Colorado Democrats demand answers after data shows ICE held detainees for up to 39 days in holding cells with no beds, no toilets, and a 72-hour limit.
Journalists who exposed ICE’s surveillance tools explain how Flock cameras, Palantir, and networked databases track Americans from their driveways to deportation raids.
Federal judge halts construction of Maryland ICE detention center for 1,500, ruling the state will likely succeed in its challenge that DHS skipped environmental review.
ICE reverses plans to close Fort Bliss detention camp and hires a new unnamed contractor after firing the Virginia company that ran the $1.24 billion facility from a suburban house.
Leavenworth, Kansas, approves reopening a closed private prison for immigration detention after commissioners say CoreCivic lawsuit threats left them no choice.
Senate investigates husband of DHS spokesperson for his role in the $143 million Noem ad campaign, awarded no-bid to a firm incorporated seven days before the contract.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Blair privately urges House Republicans to stop saying “mass deportations” as new polls show nearly 60% disapprove of ICE after Minneapolis killings.
Hegseth orders all Pentagon supervisors to push civilian employees to volunteer for immigration enforcement, requiring senior approval to deny requests during an active war.
Second federal judge in one week restricts Portland ICE agents’ use of tear gas, this time protecting nonviolent protesters and journalists with class-action status.
Federal judge blocks DOJ rule that would have automatically dismissed most immigration appeals within 10 days, calling it devoid of “meaningful consideration.”
Tennessee Rep. Ogles says Muslims “don’t belong in American society,” calls for deporting a naturalized U.S. citizen mayor, as Sharia Free America Caucus escalates anti-Muslim rhetoric during Iran war.
ICE awards $426 million in contracts to two firms with no detention experience to convert warehouses into holding centers for up to 10,000 migrants each.
Federal judge orders ICE to justify arrest of Nashville journalist who covered immigration raids the day before she was detained, after attorneys call crumpled, unserved warrant unconstitutional.
Federal judge orders Portland ICE officers to stop using tear gas after chemicals from their facility seeped into a nearby apartment building housing seniors, veterans, and disabled tenants.
Legionella bacteria detected in Baltimore federal building that houses ICE holding rooms and a child care facility, with treatment failing to eliminate contamination.
Newly released footage shows a 23-year-old U.S. citizen was driving slowly with brake lights on in Texas last March before an immigration agent shot him through his car window.
ICE arrests Nashville reporter who covers immigration enforcement, jailing her for nearly two days with no release yet as her attorneys fight to reunite her with her young daughter.
Minnesota U.S. Attorney Rosen faces second contempt hearing in a week after judges find ICE lost immigrants’ property and ignored release orders across dozens of cases.
Trump fires DHS Secretary Noem two days after she told Congress he authorized the department’s $200 million ad campaign.
DHS Inspector General accuses Secretary Noem of systematically obstructing 11 investigations, including a criminal case where her access demands could expose the target.
ICE moves to close Fort Bliss detention camp after three deaths, measles outbreak, and homicide ruling, but offers no closure timeline.
DHS investigates Border Patrol’s Minneapolis commander Bovino for antisemitic remarks about Jewish U.S. attorney as Minnesota separately pursues criminal charges.
Internal CBP document confirms agency bought mobile advertising data to track phone locations, circumventing warrant requirements for surveillance.
New Jersey federal judge orders ICE agents to acknowledge court orders in writing under penalty of perjury after finding 17 violations in three months.
Training records show ICE cut 240 hours from recruit instruction during hiring blitz, corroborating whistleblower’s claim of “deficient, defective and broken” courses.
Measles outbreak closes Fort Bliss ICE tent camp to visitors as 14 detainees test positive and 112 are isolated, raising public health alarms in El Paso.
Noem faces bipartisan Senate grilling as GOP’s Tillis calls her leadership “a disaster” and she refuses to apologize for domestic terrorist labels on killed U.S. citizens.
Hennepin County attorney opens online evidence portal investigating 17 incidents of alleged federal agent misconduct in Minneapolis, naming former Border Patrol commander.
Twenty-eight House Democrats demand tech companies disclose how they handle DHS administrative subpoenas issued without a judge to unmask Americans who criticize the agency.
Federal judge blocks DHS detention visit policy for the third time as Noem keeps rewriting the same restriction to evade prior rulings.
More than 1,000 protesters rally in Trump-voting New Jersey suburb as bipartisan opposition mounts against DHS plan to convert $129 million warehouse into East Coast’s largest ICE detention facility.
DHS Secretary Noem diverts border security and deportation funds to buy nearly $300 million in luxury jets, alarming top Trump officials.
Radiohead demands ICE remove its song from anti-immigrant propaganda video and tells Department of Homeland Security to “go fuck yourselves.”
Mistakenly deported Babson College student refuses government flight from Honduras after learning feds plan to detain and re-deport her upon arrival.
Federal judge extends order blocking ICE from arresting Minnesota refugees, calls administration policy a “dystopian nightmare.”
DOJ indicts 30 more people for January anti-ICE protest at St. Paul church where pastor doubled as acting ICE field office director.
DHS admits to Congress it deported 86 DACA recipients protected under U.S. law, claiming 241 of 261 detained had “criminal histories” but providing no details on charges.
Denver Mayor Johnston bans federal immigration agents from all city property and orders police to arrest agents using excessive force, citing the two fatal Minnesota shootings.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end Temporary Protected Status for Syrian nationals, accusing lower courts of “persistent disregard” for the court’s prior rulings on TPS terminations.
Judge rules California must let 20,000 immigrant truck drivers keep their licenses despite Trump administration threats to revoke the state’s authority to issue commercial licenses entirely.
NYC Mayor Mamdani wins Trump backing for 12,000-unit federal housing project and a detained Columbia student’s release in one White House visit after bringing mocked-up newspaper front pages.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks judge to toss smuggling charges as vindictive after unsealed records suggest DOJ leadership directed prosecution because he won his wrongful deportation case.
Federal judge rules IRS violated the law 42,695 times by disclosing confidential taxpayer addresses to ICE through an automated system that matched names and Social Security numbers in bulk.
Chief Judge Schiltz warns Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor and ICE they face criminal contempt after review finds 97 order violations in original cases and 113 more in 77 new cases since January.
U.S. military uses anti-drone laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone in Texas, prompting FAA to close more El Paso airspace two weeks after a similar incident shut down the airport.
Mostly blind Myanmar refugee who spoke no English found dead in Buffalo five days after Border Patrol agents dropped him at a Tim Hortons without notifying anyone.
DOJ tells court the $608M federal reimbursement Florida counted on for its Everglades detention facility won’t cover construction costs and may not materialize at all.
Capitol Police arrest Rep. Omar’s State of the Union guest Aliya Rahman for standing silently during the speech, weeks after federal agents dragged her from her vehicle in Minneapolis and injured both shoulders.
Trump’s Treasury undersecretary for terrorism financing exits after objecting to blanket surveillance of Minneapolis Somali community, with administration offering him ambassador to Germany instead.
Supreme Court unanimously rejects GEO Group’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit alleging its Aurora immigration detainees were forced to work for $1 a day, sending the case back for trial.
