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ICE enforcement activity trends

Trends in ICE enforcement activity, including arrests and removals, under Trump and Biden administrations

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Jan 24, 2026
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ice violence difference between obama and trump

by and Border Patrol have a documented history across administrations, but the pattern and public visibility shifted sharply between the and presidencies: enforcement capacity while layering priority ...

Jan 24, 2026
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what are the differences between obama era and trump era ice enforcement

The core difference between -era and -era enforcement was intent and scope: Obama narrowed interior removals by prioritizing serious criminals and recent border crossers and used prosecutorial discret...

Jan 24, 2026
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How did ICE’s enforcement priorities change between the Obama and Trump administrations and what were the measurable effects on arrests of U.S. citizens?

enforcement shifted from a narrowly prioritized, supervisory-reviewed model under that emphasized criminal convictions and mitigating factors to a broad, aggressive posture under that directed agents ...

Jan 26, 2026

How did ICE agents protect themselves from infectious diseases during Obama-era raids?

Public reporting and agency statements do not show a documented, standardized program of for officers during ‑era enforcement actions; what the available sources do record are tactics aimed at (plainc...

Jan 14, 2026

what was ICE's first controversy under Trump?

The first major controversy tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the second Trump administration arose from a rapid, large-scale interior enforcement surge that produced an early ...

Jan 8, 2026

What criteria and priorities guided ICE deportations during the Obama administration?

The Obama administration structured ICE deportation policy around explicit enforcement priorities—primarily removing convicted criminals and recent border crossers—while acknowledging limited removal ...