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Immigration Detainer Practices

The practices surrounding immigration detainers and their impact on US citizens.

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Jan 19, 2026
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How have courts ruled on ICE detentions of people who later proved U.S. citizenship?

Federal and lower courts have repeatedly found that ICE detentions of people who later proved U.S. citizenship can be unlawful and have awarded relief, while also recognizing limits on remedies and on...

Jan 30, 2026
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What were the key differences in ICE policies under Obama and Trump?

’s guidance emphasized targeted enforcement: focusing on national-security threats, serious criminals and recent border crossers and embedding supervisory review and prosecutorial discretion that redu...

Feb 5, 2026

What is an ICE detainer and how do state policies affect enforcement?

An is an administrative, nonbinding request from asking a state or local law enforcement agency to hold a person for up to 48 hours beyond when that person would otherwise be released so ICE can assum...

Feb 1, 2026

How many deaths in ICE custody have official death-in-custody investigations attributed to negligence or mistreatment?

Official sources and investigative reporting do not produce a single, verifiable tally of how many custody have been formally attributed to negligence or mistreatment by official death-in-custody inve...

Jan 22, 2026

How did Obama-era DHS balance ICE agent safety with civil liberties and community policing?

-era pursued a mixed strategy that tightened officer safety and enforcement capacity while rhetorically and sometimes operationally trying to narrow enforcement priorities and preserve — a balancing a...