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Federal agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection/ICE detained two people at the Target in Richfield, Minnesota on January 8, an event captured on video and reported by multiple outlets . Multipl...
The available documents show that a Department of Homeland Security product listing identifies a as security products associated with DHS programs, which suggests those weapon types are among the fire...
The short, evidence-backed answer is: yes—independent government review and multiple documented cases indicate that U.S. citizens have been deported or removed by U.S. immigration authorities, though ...
Available reporting and government reviews show that ICE has in multiple past instances detained and—according to a 2021 Government Accountability Office (GAO) finding—deported U.S. citizens (GAO coun...
During Barack Obama’s eight-year presidency the available analyses converge on a central finding: , while broader tallies that include returns, border expulsions, and other non‑removal actions produce...
Available sources show a range of figures but consistently report that the Obama administration carried out more removals/deportations than most recent presidents: reporting includes “more than 2 mill...
Available reporting and government records show that ICE agents have in multiple documented cases arrested, detained and — in at least some instances reviewed by watchdogs and advocates — deported peo...
DHS and independent analysts show wide variation by year and agency: ICE reported about 142,580 ICE removals in FY2023 and Reuters/ICE reported roughly 271,000 total deportations in FY2024, while Migr...
By CBP’s public accounting, roughly 400 miles of “new” border wall system had been completed during 2025, while additional projects and contract awards during the year put hundreds more miles into con...
Since January 20, 2025, federal agencies have resumed and expanded border-barrier activity: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report that more than...
The most direct, agency-published figure for ICE’s annual budget is the FY2026 request of $11.3 billion, while recent enacted and reported totals range roughly from $8.7–$9.0 billion for FY2024; separ...
DHS has publicly claimed that about 1.6 million people “voluntarily self-deported” in 2025, and that total departures (self‑deported plus formal removals) exceeded 2 million, with formal removals repo...
You are not legally required to show ICE an ID in every encounter: U.S. citizens generally do not have to carry proof of citizenship and noncitizens are required to carry immigration documents—state g...
Recent government and reporting data point to Colombia as the principal source of cocaine that reaches the United States: UN and Reuters reporting says Colombia was the source for most drugs crossing ...
The most recent authoritative announcements from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show active, funded expansion of a federally directed “Smart Wal...
The most recent official counts show the U.S. has about and border barriers in place along the U.S.–Mexico border as of the start of 2025, and the Department of Homeland Security awarded to add roughl...
U.S. border “encounters” rose sharply during the Biden years, peaking in 2023 at roughly 3.2 million CBP-recorded encounters nationwide and roughly 3 million+ at the southern border in recent peak yea...
There is no single, publicly verified master list of everyone who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island; available authoritative documents include flight logs and U.S. government records but do not...
The available analyses assert that , a figure presented as falling short of a stated goal of one million removals for the year; they also note claims that , which has been widely cited in prior debate...
CBP’s Smart Wall map frames the Southwest border as a 1,954‑mile frontier and reports roughly 702 miles of existing primary barrier that predate January 20, 2025, plus about 75–76 miles of secondary b...