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There is no reporting in the documents provided that Minneapolis police officers "quit and joined ICE"; what is documented instead are resignations by federal prosecutors in protest and a large, exped...
You will be part of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), carrying out arrests, custody, transport and physical removal of noncitizens—both criminal and non‑criminal—often working with other...
A person with a felony conviction is not categorically barred by the U.S. Constitution from running for or serving as President or from holding most federal elected offices; the Constitution’s eligibi...
8 U.S.C. §1325 criminalizes unlawful entry as a misdemeanor—applied to people who cross without inspection, avoid examination, or make false statements—punishable by fine and up to six months in jail ...
Intentionally collecting Social Security benefits after a recipient’s death is treated by federal law and the Social Security Administration (SSA) as fraud that can trigger criminal charges, civil pen...
ICE defines and targets "criminal aliens" through programs like the Criminal Alien Program (CAP) and enforcement actions publicized in DHS/ICE press releases; ICE says 70% of its arrests are of people...
The available materials show that prosecutions tied to the 2020 and 2024 election cycles most commonly involved , with the Justice Department emphasizing enforcement of a range of election-crime statu...
Federal investigations into use-of-force incidents balance two legal imperatives: protecting individuals’ medical privacy and securing evidence necessary to determine whether force caused death or ser...
Federal investigations of alleged misconduct by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are carried out by a mix of internal ICE units and independent federal bodies: ICE’s Office of Profes...
Federal grand juries decide indictments on the probable-cause standard and by Rule 6 require 16–23 members with at least 12 concurring votes to return an indictment . States vary: the Fifth Amendment’...
Over the last five years U.S. law enforcement seizures of fentanyl have risen dramatically in volume and shifted in form and geography: pill seizures and pill-making domestically have surged while tot...
Undocumented immigrants who overstayed a visa face civil immigration penalties (removal, bars to reentry) and are routinely subject to administrative enforcement, but being an overstay alone has not h...
The Justice Department has produced a tranche of unclassified materials from its Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations — including photos, videos, emails, flight logs and investigative ...
Verified public reporting shows a contested and complicated picture: some federal case-level prosecution and arrest data indicate declines in certain child-sex-trafficking prosecutions during the Trum...
D.C. Superior Court (magistrate) Judge Renee Raymond presided over Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s first court appearance on Dec. 2, 2025; she ordered him held without bond and the defendant pleaded not guilty...
Multiple news organizations and congressional records show renewed scrutiny of politicians’ ties to Jeffrey Epstein after House Democrats and Republicans released tens of thousands of pages of estate ...
Law enforcement uses online “honeypots” and sting operations to detect and identify people seeking or distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM); academic and agency sources say honeypots can col...
A criminal complaint is a prosecutor-filed sworn document or affidavit that a magistrate judge can use to authorize arrest and begin federal proceedings; it means a grand jury has not yet reviewed pro...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can and does conduct large-scale enforcement operations under federal authority, and ; whether local officials are notified depends on policy, legal cons...
A precise, verifiable tally of federal convictions solely arising from /Homeland Security Investigations () child‑trafficking cases "since 2023" is not available in the provided reporting; the sources...