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Secret ICE Agent Tried to “Entice” Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational Tactics

Organizers in Minneapolis long suspected they were being surveilled by the federal government during the height of the winter protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It was not until a court filing on Thursday, however, that the youth-led Sunrise Movement and other groups learned the depths of infiltration.

https://theintercept.com/2026/08/15/undercover-ice-agents-minneapolis-sunrise-movement/?

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ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct.

https://apnews.com/article/ice-liability-insurance-misconduct-civil-lawsuit-af330d49dcb9e40295c1fea4fc9ae6f6?

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Judge denies Minnesota’s bid to compel the extradition of an ICE officer from Texas

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday refused to order Texas to extradite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.

https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-texas-ice-shooting-christian-castro-extradition-384843049feeba26fac6fc09412161ca?

ICE officer’s release from Texas jail opens a new front in the escalating fight over extradition

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The release of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer from a Texas jail on Thursday despite Minnesota’s request for his return could set a dangerous precedent, increasing friction between states and helping criminal defendants avoid justice, legal experts said.

https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-texas-ice-shooting-christian-castro-extradition-d1299b21657fe35afae615386d40552d?

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ICE aims to equip all agents with body cameras

ICE agents in Newark, New Jersey, on May 28, 2026. (Ryan Murphy/Reuters)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the field are expected to have body cameras by the end of September, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said at a news conference on Tuesday. The use of body cameras has largely garnered bipartisan agreement, particularly amid a series of recent aggressive and sometimes deadly confrontations between federal agents and members of the public. A CNN investigation earlier this year found that ICE agents were using personal cellphone cameras in unconventional ways during tense encounters, including for facial recognition and to document their actions, often in place of body cameras. The practice raised questions about privacy, accountability and how footage of the encounters is handled.

+ Read more: ICE plans body cameras for all agents by month’s end

+ Video: How ICE agents use their cellphones in the field

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ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas, local authorities said, and anti-ICE protesters quickly gathered at the scene.

https://apnews.com/article/austin-texas-ice-shooting-immigration-37653feb8e2c5f5a85d64c5a6a38cba5?

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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, an unannounced move that has made it far more difficult for lawyers and relatives to find them, according to current and former officials familiar with the practice. Read more.

Why this matters: The move represents a stark departure from previous practice and highlights the hardline nature of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. It leaves thousands of detainees exceedingly hard to trace and potentially unable to exercise all of their legal options. The practice could speed deportations by making last-minute legal challenges harder to pursue, immigration lawyers said. Nearly 16,000 people who were arrested and booked into ICE detention in July were subject to final removal orders.   ICE did not publicize the move and did not confirm or deny it in a statement to The Associated Press. The agency said detainees with final removal orders were being prioritized for deportation, even as ICE faces a “historic number of injunctions” from courts stopping individual removals.

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