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Immigration enforcement and policy

The policies and practices of immigration enforcement agencies, including the use of administrative warrants and detainers.

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Jan 27, 2026
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What are the top 5 states with the most ICE arrests in 2025?

The clearest, consistent signal across government releases compiled by the and contemporaneous reporting is that the largest raw counts of arrests in 2025 clustered in , and , with and also among the ...

Jan 26, 2026
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What official arrest totals and charging documents exist for Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis?

and have publicly offered multiple, sometimes inconsistent arrest tallies tied to : agency statements highlight roughly 3,000 arrests during a recent surge and claim more than 10,000 total arrests in ...

Jan 26, 2026
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What do state‑level studies (beyond Texas) show about undocumented immigrant crime rates and trends?

State-level research beyond generally aligns with national studies: are not associated with higher overall crime, and in many analyses immigrants—documented and undocumented—have lower arrest and conv...

Feb 5, 2026

Is ICE arresting only those with a final order of removal, and what is a final order of removal? is it really final?

does not arrest only people who have a ; the agency both executes final orders and initiates arrests of individuals without final orders based on probable cause, detainers, administrative warrants, or...

Feb 1, 2026

Were there ice agent shootings under Obama

The materials provided do not document any shootings by agents that occurred during the Obama presidency; the reporting assembled here instead focuses on shootings in the current () administration, , ...

Jan 30, 2026

ICE is good

Saying simply “"> is good” is incomplete: ICE performs legally mandated functions — arrests, investigations, and removals tied to immigration and customs laws — and supporters argue those actions prot...

Jan 27, 2026

https://factually.co/%20fact-checks/politics/compare-ice-raids-obama-vs-trump-

The core question — raids and interior immigration enforcement differ between the and administrations — has a complex answer: and formal deportations and shifted tactics toward targeted, non‑public wo...

Jan 10, 2026

ICE deportations during Obama & Biden administrations

Barack Obama presided over some of the highest annual deportation totals in recent decades, including a peak year in 2013 of roughly 400,000 removals and an often‑cited cumulative total of about 3 mil...