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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...
’ use-of-force decisions when a bystander is legally carrying a concealed handgun are governed primarily by agency use-of-force policies that require deadly force only when an agent reasonably believe...
Responsibility for investigating is layered: state and local election officials and prosecutors handle most allegations under state law, while authorities — principally the (including the Criminal Div...
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 ...
policy defines as force that carries a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily injury and expressly limits firing at moving vehicles to narrow circumstances where an officer reasonably bel...
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...
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...
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...
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...
To secure a against a federal construction project, plaintiffs must satisfy the federal preliminary‑injunction framework: show a likelihood of success on the merits (or, in some circuits, raise seriou...
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...
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 public reporting examined does not state a single, authoritative count of how many were opened in the specifically "as a result of" CyberTipline submissions; NCMEC publishes the volume of reports ...
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...
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 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...
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...