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Immigration enforcement in the U.S.

Federal agencies and advocacy groups map and dispute the scope of sanctuary protections, and the Justice Department has published lists of jurisdictions it says materially impede federal enforcement.

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Jan 15, 2026
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did obama use ice to deport illegals

President Barack Obama directed and used U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the principal interior enforcement arm to remove unauthorized immigrants during his administration, producing...

Jan 13, 2026
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is ice really going door to door in Minnesota this week?

Yes — multiple local, national and federal outlets report that DHS and ICE have deployed a large surge of federal agents to the Twin Cities and that agents have been conducting door‑to‑door enforcemen...

Jan 24, 2026
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Which U.S. cities have the strongest sanctuary policies and what exactly do those ordinances say?

, , , and are repeatedly cited as among the U.S. cities with the strongest sanctuary policies, each backed by formal ordinances or longstanding municipal rules that limit local cooperation with . Fede...

Jan 28, 2026

How do sanctuary cities affect ICE's ability to detain undocumented immigrants with criminal records?

limit or condition local cooperation with federal —most often by refusing detainer requests, limiting information-sharing, or barring local arrests for civil immigration violations—which can reduce th...

Jan 12, 2026

Ice is literally Hitler's gestapo. Give me one reason to believe I won't be abducted and or killed eventually

A single, sober reason to believe an ordinary person will not be abducted or killed by ICE is that ICE remains a bounded federal law‑enforcement agency operating under statutes, oversight and limits t...

Jan 16, 2026

What did the 2025 Supreme Court orders say about ICE stops in Los Angeles and why did the ACLU criticize them?

The Supreme Court’s September 2025 order put on hold a federal judge’s temporary restraining order that had limited Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “roving” stops in Los Angeles, effectively...

Jan 22, 2026

Does ice show up to immigration court

and advocacy groups document that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been present at immigration courthouses and has arrested people leaving or near courtrooms as part of a recent enforceme...

Jan 31, 2026

What specific AWS contracts has ICE signed since 2020 and what do their scopes include?

Since 2020 public reporting shows no single, fully executed, line-item “ contract” from that is both large and transparently detailed; instead the record is a mix of solicitations for a major cloud ho...

Jan 24, 2026

Are ice agents deporting us citizens

Available reporting establishes that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has in multiple documented cases arrested, detained, and—for a smaller number of cases—deported people later shown or cre...

Feb 1, 2026

How can I help stop ICE

A multi-pronged strategy combining organized public pressure, legislative action to cut or redirect funding, local resistance to detention infrastructure, legal and direct-service support for affected...

Jan 31, 2026

How many deportations trump second term

Estimates of ’s second term vary widely because agencies, advocacy groups, and news organizations use different data sources and time windows; credible published tallies range from roughly 400,000 thr...

Jan 30, 2026

What agency tracks crimes by illegal immigrants

No single, neutral federal agency is charged with producing a comprehensive tally of “”; instead, portions of that subject are tracked by agencies and by independent researchers who stitch together mu...

Jan 25, 2026

What are the most common crimes handled by ICE field offices in 2025?

field offices in 2025 most frequently processed non-violent and administrative offenses — traffic-related criminal convictions (including DUI and other criminal motor-vehicle offenses), immigration-st...

Jan 25, 2026

How do DHS Yearbook 'removals' differ from CBP 'expulsions' and ICE 'removals'?

’s Yearbook-style reporting groups several distinct categories of returns to other countries under the umbrella of “repatriations,” distinguishing removals (which carry administrative penalties), retu...

Jan 19, 2026

Was the man arrested in st paul a citizen with no criminal record

Local reporting and advocacy materials indicate the man detained at a St. Paul gas station is not a U.S. citizen but rather a Honduran national who had a final order of removal in 2020, and supporters...