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The American Immigration Council

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Jan 13, 2026
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Is President Trump allowed to stop payments to sanctuary cities and states?

The President can issue executive orders directing agencies to identify and attempt to withhold federal funds from jurisdictions labeled “sanctuary,” but longstanding constitutional limits, prior cour...

Jan 12, 2026
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Ice murders by year

The most consistent, verifiable finding in recent reporting is that 2025 was the deadliest year for people in ICE custody in two decades, with independent outlets and advocacy groups citing roughly 30...

Jan 27, 2026

Is ICE trained for urban conflict

does train for operations in built environments: agency documents and reporting show investments in “hyper‑realistic” urban simulation facilities and (SRT) training that replicate homes, hotels and co...

Jan 17, 2026

What trends in wrongful immigration detentions did ICE report for 2023–2025?

ICE’s public statistics release in 2025 introduced new dashboards covering arrests, detentions, removals and Alternatives to Detention through December 31, 2024, but it does not frame those tables as ...

Nov 25, 2025

How did the Trump administration's 'zero-tolerance' policy affect ICE raids and deportations?

The Trump administration’s “zero‑tolerance” framing preceded a broad, high‑visibility expansion of ICE and related federal immigration operations that produced large numbers of arrests, detentions and...

Nov 21, 2025

What were the outcomes of the lawsuits filed by Donald Trump against the federal government?

Donald Trump’s second-term administration has faced hundreds of lawsuits challenging executive orders and agency actions; trackers count over 186 legal actions and at least 24 multistate suits by late...

Nov 21, 2025

What was ICE's total enacted budget for FY2025 and how does it compare to FY2024?

Available sources give differing figures and focuses: Congressional Research Service materials say the Administration’s FY2025 gross annual appropriations request for ICE was $9.31 billion, which CRS ...

Nov 12, 2025

how will mass deportations affect economy

Mass deportation plans are projected by multiple economic groups to ; modeled scenarios range from modest contractions around 1–3 percent to catastrophic declines approaching 6–7 percent, with large o...