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DHS and ICE Enforcement Priorities

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have issued memoranda and operational directives that guide enforcement priorities, including the use of databases and social-media analytics to locate targets.

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Jan 25, 2026

What internal DHS or ICE memos (if any) formally define arrest targets and can they be obtained through FOIA?

has issued formal enforcement-priority memoranda (notably January 20 and February 18, 2021) that set categories of immigration enforcement “priorities,” and has circulated additional internal memorand...