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Former ICE acting director John Sandweg, who served under President Obama, says , and multiple recent reports indicate mask-wearing by ICE became prominent in 2025 rather than during the Obama-era rai...
The available reporting indicates that U.S. federal officials have said , with amounts reported up to $50,000; those statements were made publicly by Department of Homeland Security and ICE officials ...
The central factual difference reported in the available analyses is that ICE practices on face coverings shifted from a posture of operational allowance under the Trump-era leadership to a flashpoint...
ICE and its defenders say agents have increasingly worn masks to protect officers’ identities and shield their families from doxxing, threats and, in some instances, follow‑home harassment and explici...
The , Director Todd Lyons, instructs officers that an ICE-issued administrative Form I-205 (a warrant of removal) can authorize arrests in private residences and—per the memo’s language—may be used to...
An internal memorandum dated May 12, 2025, signed by , has drawn attention for instructing officers that an agency-issued can in some cases authorize entry into homes without a judge-signed warrant . ...
and related federal immigration officers have been wearing masks or other face coverings while conducting arrests and raids since at least 2025, a practice the agencies defend as protection against do...
concluded that in engaged in widespread, repeated defiance of federal court orders during the January 2026 enforcement surge, cataloguing what he described as an “extraordinary” pattern of noncomplian...
in January–February 2026 have filed a series of emergency and remedial orders against , most visibly in where demanded the agency’s acting director personally explain widespread noncompliance, and oth...
A recently disclosed internal memo instructs officers they may in some cases use agency-issued “administrative” warrants or even make warrantless arrests, a sharp departure from longstanding practice ...
The available reporting shows a federal judge concluded failed to comply with scores of court orders in January 2026 and threatened contempt, before cancelling a personal-summons after one detainee wa...
A federal judge in has concluded that people detained by have been denied required hearings and ordered ICE’s acting director to appear in court to explain why he should not be held in contempt, signa...
The Director is the agency's senior official responsible for overall operations, policy and strategic direction and reports to the , while Executive Associate Directors (EADs) run large, mission-speci...
A flurry of reporting and a recent federal decision have focused attention on an internal memorandum that instructs officers they may execute to arrest people in their homes without obtaining a separa...
Masked ICE operations became a prominent feature of public reporting during the Trump years and surged again under the Trump 2025 administration, with multiple rights groups, news outlets, and legal o...
Multiple investigations and oversight actions into ICE conduct were active in late 2025: congressional inquiries and subcommittee reports are probing ICE tactics and detentions while the agency’s own ...