White House border czar Tom Homan stood behind Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thursday, saying the agency is “not going anywhere” despite recent scrutiny surrounding its escalated enforcement operations. “You can hate us all you want. We’re not going anywhere,” Homan said during an introductory speech at Department of Justice (DOJ) Victims of Violent Crime…
The Hill•Tara Suter24 Sept
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) directed Michigan State Police to launch a probe into a vehicle pursuit involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Grand Rapids on Sunday, before the other vehicle crashed and killed the driver. “Given the circumstances of this incident, the governor has directed the Michigan State Police to conduct an independent…
The Hill•Ryan Mancini24 Sept
Mario David Coronado Juarez was killed when his car struck a tree and burst into flames as he attempted to avoid ICE Leading Democrats and immigration advocates in Michigan are demanding transparency from federal authorities after a man died in a fiery car crash as he attempted to avoid agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ). Mario David Coronado Juarez, a Guatemalan national, was killed Sunday in Grand Rapids when his vehicle struck a tree at high speed and burst into flames shortly after the ICE officers tried to conduct a traffic stop. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Richard Luscombe24 Sept
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) left a U.S. citizen from Evanston, Ill., injured on the ground after he was detained in an incident of mistaken identity on Sunday, according to local police. A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson told The Hill on Wednesday that during an operation in Evanston, ICE officers found a man…
The Hill•Ryan Mancini23 Sept
The NAACP filed a lawsuit Friday alongside other civil rights groups to block the Trump administration from sending armed agents to U.S. polling places ahead of November’s midterm elections. The lawsuit names the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI and several Trump officials, seeking…
The Hill•Mira Bhakta19 Sept
Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas) released a campaign advertisement featuring a man she helped get released Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, along with his wife —who described the U.S.’s immigration system as “broken.” The ad, which first aired last week, shows an interview with Weslaco, Texas woman whose husband — a Deferred Action…
The Hill•Mira Bhakta18 Sept
Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January 2025, migrant arrests have surged in the United States. More than 610,000 people have passed through detention centres run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal immigration agency in under two years. The pace only continues to accelerate: in August 2026, nearly 51,000 arrests were made in a single month – a record for Trump’s second term. Who are the people being held in these centres? What are their living conditions like? And how is Trump’s mass deportation policy upending the lives of families settled in the United States? In this report, Valérie Defert and Pierrick Laurent investigate the issue in Texas – the heart of the new US immigration detention system.
Make ICE Pay Act would block nearly $140bn in funding and redirect money to places reeling from Trump crackdown The US congresswoman Ilhan Omar is set to introduce a bill that would make federal immigration agencies “pay the price” for terrorising vulnerable communities, blocking nearly $140bn in funding and redirecting it to local recovery efforts, the Guardian has learned. The Make ICE Pay Act, due to be introduced on Thursday, targets funding previously designated for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) under Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”. Continue reading...
The Guardian•David Smith in Washington17 Sept
A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) may not send any more warning notices to the New York man who sent a critical email to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), saying the practice “likely” violated the First Amendment. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras, appointed by former President Obama, placed…
The Hill•Ryan Mancini16 Sept
The city of Denver filed a lawsuit Thursday to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from going to voting sites. The lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secretary Markwayne Mullin argues that ordering federal officers to carry out detainments and serve warrants violated the “troops at polls” law. The troops at…
The Hill•Mira Bhakta10 Sept