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Racial profiling in immigration enforcement

ICE operations in Los Angeles were found to rely on impermissible factors such as race, spoken Spanish, location, and type of work.

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Jan 12, 2026
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Have courts limited ICE's authority to demand proof of citizenship from U.S. citizens?

Federal courts have at times constrained ICE practices—finding racial profiling and improper stops—but those limits have been eroded recently by higher-court action and long-standing administrative gu...

Jan 18, 2026
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How does Hispanic representation in ICE compare to other federal law‑enforcement agencies over the past decade?

Hispanic representation in ICE has been consistently higher than the Hispanic share of the overall federal workforce, and notably lower than some border-focused agencies such as Border Patrol, which r...

Jan 21, 2026

Which federal court rulings have held ICE entries into homes unconstitutional and why?

Federal courts in recent years have struck down several practices connected to home entries, detentions, and sweeps—notably district and circuit rulings that found arrests and detainers based on unrel...

Jan 17, 2026

Common mistakes by ICE leading to wrongful detention of citizens

Wrongful detention of U.S. citizens by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has recurred in recent years because of systemic errors: weak identity and citizenship-verification practices, incomple...

Jan 16, 2026

How did immigration policy, enforcement practices, or data matching contribute to wrongful deportations between 2009 and 2017?

Between 2009 and 2017, a mix of aggressive enforcement priorities, automated data-sharing programs and uneven agency practices created conditions that resulted in wrongful arrests and at least some de...