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Immigration detention and verification

Procedures for detaining and verifying individuals' immigration status, including use of documentary evidence and biometric tools

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Jan 19, 2026

What are ICE policies for verifying legal immigration status?

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) verifies immigration status through a mix of document checks, database queries and interagency data-sharing, and investigative tools that can include war...

Jan 12, 2026

Which specific forms are listed as “probative evidence” in ICE LOP 16001.2 and how are they defined?

ICE Directive 16001.2 frames “probative evidence” as documentary indicia and agency records that tend to show an individual may be a U.S. citizen, and it explicitly treats certain ICE-generated and le...

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