ICE
The latest on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (or ICE). Founded in 2003 under President George W. Bush, the federal agency is tasked with crime related to the U.S. border and illegal immigration. The agency is a division of the Department of Homeland Security.
ICE, CBP to Increase Fines for Employers Who Exploit Undocumented Workers
ICE, CBP and Citizenship and Immigration Services must also make plans for collaboration with other agencies, like the Department of Labor.
California's Private Prison Ban Blocks Immigration Enforcement, Judge Rules
""Prisons and detention centers shouldn't be places of profit," California Attorney General Rob Bonta wrote in response.
Health of Immigrants in Detention Endangered by Toxic Cleaning Chemicals
"Sometimes, when I'm asleep at night, they've sprayed," said Jean Cleophat, a Haitian man who suffers from asthma and has been detained since late 2020.
Immigration Processing Now Takes 6 Times Longer Following Trump Policies
Under the Trump administration's rule, hundreds of small changes were made to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services forms that complicated the process.
US Agents Find Drug Tunnel With Its Own Railroad On Mexico Border
The dig, 22 feet underground, would have allowed drug traffickers to move narcotics into the U.S. undetected.
How Church and Community Groups Try to Keep Immigrants Out of Detention
Biden and the Democratic Congress shovel money into ICE, paying millions for immigrant surveillance and detention.
Number of Detainees in ICE Custody Has Doubled in 5 Months
"I never imagined or expected to receive this inhumane treatment," said Alexander Martinez, a detainee.
New Illinois Law to End Immigrant Detention in Privately Run Facilities
"Every family, every child, every human being deserves to feel safe and secure in the place that they call home," Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said.
Only 13 Percent of the 500,000 Migrants Released in US Have Reported to ICE
Typically, migrants who are released from immigration custody are given an official court date, but thousands have instead been told to report to ICE offices.
ACLU Files First Lawsuit Against Biden Admin Over Transfers of Migrants
"We will sue any administration — Democrat or Republican — and hold them accountable when they take positions that violate civil liberties and civil rights," said ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero.
DHS Officer Says Women Can't Give Water to People in ICE Center Line: Video
Twitter commenters said the video reminded them of a recently passed Georgia law that made it a crime to give free water to voters standing in line for hours.
How Cartels Use Ads to Trick Border Residents Into Smuggling Drugs
"These organizations are taking these folks vehicles, secreting drugs in those vehicles and those folks are getting stopped and caught at the ports of entry," Homeland Security Investigations agent Erik P. Breitzke told Border Report.
U.S. Immigration Detention Centers Remain Strongholds of COVID Transmission
The occurrence of COVID-19 outbreaks inside ICE detention centers demonstrates the continued insufficient implementation of protective policies for detained people by authorities.
The U.S. Is Failing to Protect Pregnant Asylum Seekers
The situation at the U.S. border presents an opportunity for the United States to reverse its track record.
Arizona Cop Files Report Saying He 'Smelled' Undocumented Migrants in Van
"The passenger window was rolled down and I immediately smelled an odor that was consistent with smuggling of illegal aliens from past experiences. Once I was at the passenger window, I noticed numerous persons in the van and the driver looked scared."
Office for Victims of Immigrant Crimes, Opened by Trump, Closed by Biden
Former President Donald Trump's Victim Of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE) is being replaced by a new agency.
Detention of Refugee Shows Need for Policy Change
The Biden administration should immediately review whether there is any legitimate basis for continuing to detain Omar Ameen, a resettled Iraqi refugee in the U.S., who has roots and a family with four children in Sacramento, or to continue to push for his deportation.
Texas Sees 800% Increase in Fentanyl Coming Across Border
"The border issue is not just the Rio Grande valley, it goes all the way up to New York, and Minnesota or Chicago," Abbott said.
Roadmap for Urgent Change in Immigration Detention
The best way to protect the rights and health of the thousands of people needlessly detained is to release them.
Woman Allegedly Posed as Immigration Attorney, Threatened Clients With ICE
The woman, a former candidate for the Virginia state Senate, allegedly had no legal license and provided no legal services despite threatening clients to pay for them.
ICE Resumes Dropping Migrants Off at Phoenix Greyhound Terminal
An ICE spokesperson said that "officers ask all individuals being released to the bus station whether they have coordinated travel arrangements prior to" being dropped off at a Phoenix, Arizona Greyhound bus station.
Tiger's Walk Across Frozen Pond Goes Hilariously Wrong in Viral Video
A tiger learns the hard way about walking on thin ice in a hilarious clip that has prompted viewers to compare the animal to Scooby-Doo.
Kyrsten Sinema: DHS Accountable for Safety as Migrants Begin Hotel Stays
The Democratic senator's office said Friday that Alejandro Mayorkas and the DHS will be "held accountable for protecting Arizona communities and ensuring all migrants are treated fairly and humanely."
Washington Senate Passes Ban on for-Profit Prisons, Would Close ICE Center
Over 20 other states have enacted similar bans. Washington's bill alleges that for-profit prisons have a "consistently and repeatedly documented" history of abusive, dangerous and unsanitary conditions for inmates.
Collins Says CBP 'Discouraged' By Biden Policies As President Asks for Time
"Border Patrol is overwhelmed, overworked, & discouraged by new policies," Collins tweeted on Friday morning, after spending a night shift with the agency.
Fact Check: Is Joe Biden Spending $395 a Night for Migrants' Hotel Rooms?
GOP Congresswoman Lauren Boebert claimed the Biden administration's $86.9 million contract to house migrant families in hotels amounts to $395 per night.
Omar Demands End to ICE Contracts As Kids Cram Into 'Jail-Like' Custody
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has requested the Biden administration cease federal contracts with ICE.
Hundreds of Migrants Flown to El Paso to Ease Overcrowding Amid Pandemic
As many as two flights will arrive in the western Texas city on a daily basis, each plane carrying up to 135 migrants. Roughly 270 migrants arrived on Monday, including some young children.
Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Cancel Trump's Operation Targeting Sex Offenders?
Operation Talon is a national operation geared toward deporting sex offenders illegally living in the U.S.
Nazi Concentration Guard Deported From U.S. To Germany
Freidrich Karl Berger, 95 had been living in Tennessee but his removal was ordered in February 2020.
