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ICE enforcement priorities

The Justice Department and administration officials have defended ICE's actions and framed many judicial rulings as obstacles to executive enforcement priorities.

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Jan 15, 2026
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Has ice deported soldiers

Yes—Immigration and Customs Enforcement has deported non‑citizen service members and veterans: a 2019 GAO review tallied at least 250 non‑citizen veterans in removal proceedings and 92 deported betwee...

Jan 24, 2026
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Is ice more aggressive under trump

The preponderance of reporting shows operating with greater scale, visibility and broader arrest priorities under ’s administrations, marked by more interior arrests, larger budgets and new operationa...

Jan 17, 2026
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What are ICE’s formal vetting and disqualification policies for applicants with felony convictions or participation in politically violent events?

ICE’s public-facing materials and reporting emphasize enforcement priorities—targeting individuals with serious criminal convictions and national-security threats—while the supplied reporting does not...

Feb 5, 2026

What did Judge Patrick Schiltz rule about ICE’s conduct in Minnesota and which orders were violated?

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...

Jan 18, 2026

How did DHS enforcement priorities change under the Biden administration in 2021–2024?

The Biden administration shifted DHS enforcement from broad, categorical removal toward narrower, threat-focused priorities and greater use of prosecutorial discretion, formalized in January–September...

Jan 14, 2026

How many criminal noncitizens were removed from the United States in 2022?

The Department of Homeland Security reported that 63,226 noncitizens with criminal convictions were removed from the United States in fiscal year 2022, a figure reproduced by secondary aggregators suc...

Jan 9, 2026

How did Biden administration policies impact ICE staffing levels since 2021?

The Biden administration both sought substantial new immigration hires and directed ICE toward narrower enforcement priorities, producing a mixed impact on staffing: funding requests and hiring plans ...