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ICE enforcement tactics

The tactics used by ICE in Minnesota and the response from the community and local authorities.

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Jan 16, 2026
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US citizens arrested by ICE

Yes — while federal immigration law and ICE policy do not authorize the deportation of U.S. citizens, U.S. citizens have been arrested, detained and in rare historical cases nearly deported after enco...

Jan 11, 2026
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How can a U.S. citizen prove their citizenship to ICE if detained?

A U.S. citizen detained by ICE can usually establish citizenship by presenting primary documents — most commonly a U.S. passport or a certified birth certificate — or a Certificate of Naturalization o...

Jan 13, 2026
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How did expedited removal use change year-to-year during the Obama administration (FY2009–FY2016) and which border policies drove those shifts?

Expedited removal became a larger and more central tool for removing noncitizens at or near U.S. borders during the Obama years even as total interior removals fell sharply; border removals rose from ...

Jan 21, 2026

How do local law enforcement agencies in Memphis coordinate with ICE, and what guidelines determine which individuals are targeted?

Local law enforcement in coordinates with through formal agreements and ad hoc operational ride‑alongs that embed federal personnel alongside city, county and state agencies, including under the feder...

Jan 19, 2026

How have Hmong and Southeast Asian community groups in Minnesota organized legal support after recent ICE operations?

Hmong and broader Southeast Asian community groups in Minnesota have rapidly scaled a mixed legal-response ecosystem that combines know-your-rights trainings, constitutional/legal observer programs, d...

Jan 16, 2026

ICe tactics

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has long used a mix of aggressive field tactics, covert “ruses,” and militarized deployments to locate, detain, and remove people — practices that critics say...

Jan 12, 2026

Ice is operating outside if loreqlly any law. Citizens are being beaten and killed. There is no reason to believe a brown person even a citizen in this country is going to live for long, correct?

ICE has been credibly accused of a range of violent and rights-violating practices — from aggressive street operations and deadly use of force in a high-profile Minneapolis shooting to documented inhu...

Jan 9, 2026

Why does ice go to places, and seemingly harass, assault, kill, or arrest what appear to be American citizens

ICE conducts interior enforcement operations to identify, arrest and remove noncitizens whom the agency believes are unlawfully present or pose public-safety risks, but expanded directives, poor data ...