U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

[phkrause]

ICE Agent Fled From Angry Residents Outside New York School — and Got in a Car Crash

A dozen or more masked men, some with long guns, tried to enter a men’s homeless shelter without identifying themselves in a rural town with a long-standing immigrant community on eastern Long Island in New York. Officials from the local police department later admitted they didn’t know where the masked men came from — only adding to local residents’ concerns.

https://theintercept.com/2025/06/13/ice-school-raid-long-island-new-york/?

[phkrause]

Mahmoud Khalil

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil reunited with his wife and met his newborn son for the first time after being detained for 104 days at an ICE facility in Louisiana. A judge ordered Khalil’s release on bail Friday after finding he was not a flight risk nor a danger to public safety. The Columbia University graduate played a central role in negotiations on behalf of pro-Palestinian student protesters last year. Although he is a lawful permanent resident and is married to a US citizen, Khalil was one of the first people the Trump administration arrested in its crackdown on student activists. “Trump and his administration, they chose the wrong person for this,” he said. “That doesn’t mean that there is a ‘right’ person for this. There’s no right person who should be detained for actually protesting a genocide, for protesting their university.”

[phkrause]

? Inside ICE's superpowers

Photo illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. Photos: Adam Gray/Getty Images and Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The images of masked, heavily armed immigration agents snatching people off the streets and taking them away in unmarked cars have shocked many Americans — and led to a simple question: Is all of this legal? It is — at least for now. Why it matters: Since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was created after the 9/11 attacks, its agents have operated with vastly more enforcement power, less transparency and fewer guardrails than local police, Axios' Russell Contreras reports. ICE's rules were designed largely to give the agency broad leeway in helping the FBI identify and arrest domestic terror suspects. Now the Trump administration is using that power to go after unauthorized immigrants — potentially millions of them — with a frequency and aggressiveness that has sent ripples through communities nationwide. Zoom in: Under Trump, critics say, ICE has become the closest thing the U.S. has to a secret police force. ICE agents aren't required to wear body cameras, can cover their faces, don't have to provide badge numbers or identify themselves, can arrive in unmarked cars and don't need a warrant from a judge to detain someone. They can arrest anyone they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally. Agents can arrest U.S. citizens only if they see them breaking laws, and they aren't supposed to place them in immigration detention units. Even so, a few U.S. citizens have been detained in recent ICE raids because of agents' mistakes or negligence. What ICE can't do: Agents can't enter a private home unless they have a judicial warrant. ICE also can't force a local law enforcement agency to join an operation, though police are obligated to keep order if protesters surround an ICE operation. Keep reading.

[phkrause]

ICE Agents Deserve No Privacy

Attempts by the public to keep tabs on ICE are provoking predictable and pathetic responses from the government.

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/01/masked-ice-agents-victimization-accountability/?

[phkrause]

⚖️ ICE accused of detaining Latino citizens

Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios

A growing number of U.S. citizens — many of them Latinos — are reporting they were detained for various periods by immigration agents in what critics say were instances of racial profiling and overzealous policing, Axios' Russell Contreras writes. Why it matters: U.S. citizens aren't supposed to be arrested or detained unless agents allege they're breaking laws. But reports of citizens of Latino descent being detained — or stopped and asked to prove citizenship — are rippling through Latino communities nationwide. ICE hasn't released statistics on such detentions in months. Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, told Axios that recent reports of citizens wrongly being arrested are false — and that "the media is shamefully peddling a false narrative" to demonize ICE agents. But an Axios review of news reports, social media videos and claims by advocacy groups about raids since President Trump took office found several instances in which U.S. citizens alleged they were wrongfully detained — in one case, for 10 days in immigration detention. Zoom in: In May, ICE briefly detained Florida-born Leonardo Garcia Venegas from his job at a construction site in Foley, Ala. Agents alleged that Garcia's Real ID was fake, according to Noticias Telemundo. Immigration officials held U.S. citizen and Albuquerque resident Jose Hermosillo for 10 days in Arizona's Florence Correctional Center after arresting him, and didn't believe him when he said he was a citizen, Arizona Public Media reports. Last month, ICE briefly detained U.S. citizen Elzon Lemus, an electrician from Brentwood, N.Y., during a traffic stop after agents told Lemus he "looked like" someone they were looking for, CBS News reported. Keep reading.

[phkrause]

A Pattern of Violence

Documenting ICE Agents’ Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/07/ice-raids-la-violence-video-bystanders/?

ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa.

When eight men in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement boarded a plane in May, officials told them that they were being sent on a short trip from Texas to another ICE facility in Louisiana.

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/08/ice-deportation-louisiana-south-sudan/?

Georgia Police Arrest Farmworkers — Then Get Warrants From DHS

On a muggy evening in mid-May, Lorenzo Sarabia Morales was driving home with his co-worker from a 12-hour shift at a poultry farm when the lights of a Georgia State Patrol car flashed behind him. Sarabia and his co-worker, Abraham Mendez Luna, were both concerned about recent rumors of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Moultrie, an agricultural town in southwest Georgia’s Colquitt County. But as they pulled over to the side of the road, they didn’t sense any immediate danger. These seemed to be police officers, not federal agents, and Sarabia hadn’t been speeding.

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/09/georgia-sheriff-dhs-ice-farmworker-deportation/?

“Are We At Risk?” Wave of ICE Arrests Strikes Fear in Iranian Communities

The brief war between Israel, Iran, and the United States appears to be over for now. But for many Iranian immigrants to the United States, a new period of uncertainty is just beginning.

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/04/are-we-at-risk-wave-of-ice-arrests-strikes-fear-in-iranian-communities/?

[phkrause]

Immigration

An intense standoff occurred between protesters and armed federal immigration agents outside a Southern California cannabis farm on Thursday. ICE was raiding the farm in Ventura County to execute criminal warrants when the incident occurred. Numerous calls were made to 911 after the federal agents appeared to deploy tear gas canisters into the crowd, causing several people to experience breathing problems.    California surgical center staff demand to see warrant as ICE agents detain landscaper Federal immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a Southern California surgical center and found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification and a warrant. ICE has become much more public in detaining migrants, now going into immigration courts and workplaces to cuff people and take them away. Read more. Why this matters: In a video clip of the Tuesday altercation that has spread on social media, Ontario Advanced Surgery Center staff in blue scrubs are heard telling an armed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent wearing a mask and bulletproof vest to let go of the man, who is crying and gasping for breath. “Get your hands off of him. You don’t even have a warrant,” says one staff member, shielding the man from an immigration agent.   The Department of Homeland Security said the surgery center staff “assaulted law enforcement” and attempted to obstruct the arrest. The private surgery center didn’t respond to a voicemail seeking comment.

[phkrause]

California farmworker who fell from greenhouse roof during chaotic ICE raid dies

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic ICE raid this week at a California cannabis facility died Saturday of his injuries.

https://apnews.com/article/jaime-alanis-immigrant-farmworker-death-raid-c3c6f60a087f5f9f1d2b053fcef35b57?

ICE Campaign of Violence Will Lead to More Deaths

After weeks of brazen rights violations and outright impunity from America’s secret police force, the racist tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement earned a sharp rebuke from a federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday.

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/12/ice-violence-deaths-jaime-alanis/?

[phkrause]

? ICE arrests of noncriminals spike

Data: ICE via UC Berkeley. (Arrests were counted even if they didn't lead to detainment. Multiple arrests of the same individual were counted separately.) Chart: Kavya Beheraj/Axios ICE arrests of people without criminal charges or convictions surged last month, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj write from data compiled by the Deportation Data Project at UC Berkeley School of Law. Why it matters: The numbers illustrate a major shift soon after the Trump administration tripled the agency's daily arrests. Zoom in: People without criminal charges or convictions made up an average of 47% of daily ICE arrests in early June, up from about 21% in early May. The spike in non-criminal ICE arrests came despite the Trump administration claiming it wanted to focus on removing criminals living in the country illegally.

[phkrause]

Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone U.S. Army veteran George Retes, 25, who works as a security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, said he was arriving at work on July 10 when several federal agents surrounded his car and — despite him identifying himself as a U.S. citizen — broke his window, pepper-sprayed him and dragged him out. Read more.

Why this matters: Retes said federal agents never told him why he was arrested or allowed him to contact a lawyer or his family during his three-day detention. Authorities never let him shower or change clothes, even though he was covered in tear gas and pepper spray, Retes said, adding that his hands burned throughout the first night he spent in custody. On Sunday, an officer had him sign a paper and walked him out of the detention center. He said he was told he faced no charges.   “They gave me nothing I could wrap my head around,” Retes said, explaining that he was met with silence on his way out when he asked about being “locked up for three days with no reason and no charges.” Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, confirmed Retes’ arrest but didn’t say on what charges. Retes said he plans to sue for wrongful detention.   A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests without warrants in seven California counties. Immigrant advocates accused federal agents of detaining people because they looked Latino. The Justice Department appealed on Monday and asked for the order to be stayed.

RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courts   Nationwide protests planned against Trump’s immigration crackdown and health care cuts   What to know about the African kingdom of Eswatini, where the US sent 5 deportees

[phkrause]

ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court

Inside a federal immigration courtroom in New York City last month, a judge took an exceedingly unusual step: declining to state the name of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney pressing to deport asylum seekers. 

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/15/ice-lawyers-hiding-names-court/?

ps:What's to hide? Isn't this all legit?????

[phkrause]

State, local officials want to ban ICE masks

Federal agents wear masks as they patrol the halls of immigration court at the Ted Weiss Federal Building in Manhattan on July 9. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images A growing number of Democratic-leaning states and cities are weighing proposals to ban federal immigration agents from wearing masks and to require them to display IDs when making arrests. Why it matters: Images of masked, armed agents in plain clothes grabbing people off the streets have alarmed many Americans — and put pressure on lawmakers to respond, Axios' Russell Contreras reports. Zoom in: Democrat-led state legislatures in California, New York and Massachusetts are discussing or have introduced bills that would ban agents from wearing masks in most operations. Meanwhile, local leaders in Chicago, Albuquerque and several southern California towns are considering proposals to ban masks and require IDs. Keep reading.

[phkrause]

Immigration arrest outside Oregon preschool rattles parents

BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Parents at a preschool in a Portland suburb are reeling after immigration officers arrested a father in front of the school during morning drop-off hours, breaking his car window to detain him in front of children, families and staffers.

https://apnews.com/article/immigrant-arrested-montessori-preschool-beaverton-oregon-aee104fa12299efa4cc821683b4b6cf2?

[phkrause]

ICE windfall

When we look back at President Donald Trump’s big agenda law in a few years, its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement could be what we remember most. The agency received a huge amount of money — and it’s also extremely unpopular.

[phkrause]

Feds Make It a Crime to Give PPE to ICE Protesters

Speaking on Fox News last week, a top official from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the agency was expanding its dragnet for arrests. 

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/feds-criminalize-protests-masked-ice/?

[phkrause]

? What ICE raids leave behind

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Federal immigration raids across the U.S. are leaving many immigrants no choice but to abandon their vehicles, work tools and even cherished family dogs and cats, Axios' Russell Contreras writes. Why it matters: The forsaken pets and property can pose safety problems for cities and towns, along with ramping up the stress for family members who also fear being detained. Unlike local law enforcement agencies, ICE agents don't appear to be impounding property after arrests, leaving work trucks, food carts and lawnmowers for the taking. With few systems in place to confiscate property or pets after immigration arrests, new networks of volunteers have erupted and cities are scrambling to come up with solutions. ? The big picture: The phenomenon of abandoned pets and property appears to be most common in Southern California. A resident of Ontario, Calif., told KTLA-TV that agents took away two gardeners mowing his lawn last month. "They left the lawnmower going right here on the front lawn." Zoom in: An immigrant family was seen in a video on the network earlier this month giving an emotional farewell to a dog after receiving orders to leave the country. In California, the San Diego Humane Society tells Axios they had to take in two dogs in June from an ICE detention case. In Florida, the Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control told the Miami New Times that it's aware of at least 19 pets surrendered to the shelter or its rescue partners this year "as a specific result of immigration detention."

[phkrause]

“We’ll Smash the F@#$%^g Window Out and Drag Him Out”

A month into the new Trump administration, on the predawn streets of suburban Maryland, a high-ranking ICE official stood alongside a Mazda sedan that his officers had just stopped.

https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/

[phkrause]

Judge Tears Into ICE Barbie in Blistering Ruling on Deportation Plot

A federal judge accused the Trump administration of perpetuating the racist theory that people of color will “replace” the white population.

A federal judge accused Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem of pushing racist conspiracies in a scathing ruling involving the Trump administration’s efforts to deport tens of thousands of immigrants who have been living and working in the country legally.

In July, Noem canceled the Temporary Protected Status—a designation that allows immigrants from certain countries to live and work in the U.S. and pay taxes—for 63,000 immigrants from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and ordered them to return to their home countries by September 8.

“Color is neither a poison nor a crime,” Judge Trina Thompson wrote in a decision extending the immigrants’ TPS status until at least November 18, when she will hold a hearing to consider further relief.

In her ruling, she said that Noem was perpetuating “the discriminatory belief that certain immigrant populations will replace the white population,” also known as the great replacement theory.

The Daily Beast has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.

Thompson’s decision highlighted that TPS designations had been in effect since the 1990s for Honduras and Nicaragua, and since 2015 in the case of Nepal, meaning many of the people who were ordered to go home had been living and working in the U.S. for years.

During that time, some of them earned college degrees, bought homes, started businesses, and had children and grandchildren who were U.S. citizens, Judge Trina Thompson wrote in her ruling.

 

“The freedom to live fearlessly, the opportunity of liberty, and the American dream. That is all Plaintiffs seek. Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood,” Thompson wrote. “The Court disagrees.”

In January, Trump issued an executive order that called for limiting the scope of TPS in order to stop an “invasion” of “illegal aliens” who are “committing vile and heinous acts against innocent Americans.” He also said on the campaign trail that migrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” Thompson, a Biden appointee with the Northern District of California, noted.

Noem has made similar statements, describing immigration as an “invasion happening on purpose… to remake the foundation of this country,” and said during her confirmation hearing that TPS “has been abused and manipulated by the Biden administration.”

She also testified that TPS extensions—which have long been approved by both Republican and Democratic administrations—would “no longer be allowed” to go forward as they had been.

By law, the decision on whether or not to extend TPS must be based on an objective review of facts on the ground. In this case, the decision appears to have been “preordained” based on Noem and Trump’s statements, Thompson wrote.

She also criticized the administration for conflating TPS holders with criminals.

The Department of Homeland Security has generally described TPS holders as “poorly vetted migrants” that included “MS-13 gang members to known terrorists and murderers,” Thompson noted.

In fact, TPS holders are in the country legally and would not qualify for TPS if they had been convicted of either a felony or two or more misdemeanors in the U.S., Thompson wrote. They have also contributed billions of dollars to the economy by legally working, paying taxes, and contributing to Medicare and Social Security.

“By stereotyping the TPS program and immigrants as invaders that are criminal, and by highlighting the need for migration management, Secretary Noem’s statements perpetuate the discriminatory belief that certain immigrant populations will replace the white population,” Thompson wrote.

The Trump administration will almost certainly appeal the decision, according to Politico. In May, the Supreme Court allowed the administration to end TPS for about 350,000 Venezuelans living in the U.S.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-tears-into-kristi-noem-in-blistering-ruling-on-deportation-plot/?

[phkrause]

? ICE arrests decline

Arrests by U.S. immigration agents dropped by nearly 20% in July, Axios' Russell Contreras writes.

• Why it matters: The decline followed protests over the waves of raids by masked immigration agents in June — particularly in Southern California — that led to court orders that have hindered some ICE operations, at least for now.

? By the numbers: ICE agents booked an average of 990 arrests per day from July 1 to July 27, according to data collected by the nonpartisan Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).

• That was down from an average of 1,224 daily arrests in June — and well short of Stephen Miller's stated goal of at least 3,000 immigration arrests per day, which the Trump administration appears to have backed off from.

Keep reading.

[phkrause]

ICE Arrests Plunge in Humiliating Blow to Stephen Miller

The top ally of President Donald Trump has been demanding that ICE detain at least 3,000 migrants day.

The number of arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dropped by nearly 20 percent between June and July, despite Stephen Miller pushing the agency to detain thousands of migrants a day.

Figures from the nonpartisan Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) show that ICE booked an average of 990 arrests per day from July 1 to July 27, a sharp 19 percent drop from the daily rate of 1,224 arrests recorded in June.

Both months fall far short of the 3,000-a-day arrests Miller has demanded to fulfill President Donald Trump’s plan to carry out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. The White House deputy chief of staff, credited as the architect of many of Trump’s hardline immigration policies, was reportedly so aggressive he even threatened to fire ICE field office leaders who ranked in the bottom 10 percent for migrant arrests.

Trump administration attorneys are now walking back claims in court that Miller ever set such an ambitious arrest target, despite Miller explicitly telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity he was putting it in place in May.

In late July, a federal judge asked Department of Justice attorney Yaakov Roth whether ICE was under pressure to meet an arrest quota, and if that meant people were being rounded up based on race or ethnicity to hit the numbers.

The DoJ has now denied the existence of a daily quota for immigration arrests in Wednesday filings to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

“DHS has confirmed that neither ICE leadership nor its field offices have been directed to meet any numerical quota or target for arrests, detentions, removals, field encounters, or any other operational activities that ICE or its components undertake in the course of enforcing federal immigration law,” wrote a DOJ attorney, according to Politico.

As noted by Axios, the July dip in ICE arrests also followed backlash to anti-ICE immigration raid protests in Los Angeles, as well as Trump’s unexpected call to ease immigration enforcement immigration enforcement for farmworkers and hotel staff to help pressure on agriculture and the leisure industry as both sectors that heavily rely on migrant labor.

In a statement, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin confirmed that ICE arrests were down in July, but claimed the drop was closer to 10 percent from 31,000 in June to 27,000.

“Despite a historic number of injunctions—including the (temporary restraining order) in Los Angeles—ICE continues to arrest the worst of the worst,” McLaughlin told Axios.

“From gang members and terrorists to pedophiles, everyday ICE is removing these barbaric criminal illegal aliens from American communities. Secretary [Kristi] Noem has been clear: nothing will stop us from carrying out the President and American people’s mandate to carry out the largest deportation of criminal illegal aliens in American history.”

The DHS did not immediately respond to a request for further comment from The Daily Beast.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-arrests-plunge-in-humiliating-blow-to-stephen-miller/?

[phkrause]

ICE Barbie’s Latest Detention Camp Backfires Immediately

Kristi Noem’s plans hit an unexpected roadbump almost as soon as they were announced.

Kristi Noem’s plans for a new migrant detention stalled at the starting line after an auto racing series blasted her proposals for using their intellectual property.

“COMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer,” the cosplay-loving homeland security secretary announced in a statement Tuesday. The DHS explicitly framed the plan as a follow-up to its Florida detention center, which the Trump administration gave a similarly toe-curling name: Alligator Alcatraz.

Located at Indiana’s Miami Correctional Center, the new facility promises to expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention space by 1,000 beds, and will supposedly “house some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE.”

The name appears to have been intended as a tribute to the state’s history as a racing hub, with the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway situated roughly 60 miles south of the existing prison.

The Department of Homeland Security also posted an image on X depicting an IndyCar with “ICE” on its side, along with a caption reading: “The Speedway Slammer ?.”

But Indianapolis Motor Speedway is having absolutely none of it.

“We were unaware of plans to incorporate our imagery as part of today’s announcement,” a spokesperson told local news station WISH-TV. “Consistent with our approach to public policy and political issues, we are communicating our preference that our IP [intellectual property] not be utilized moving forward in relation to this matter.”

The Daily Beast has reached out to IndyCar and the Department of Homeland Security for further comment.

The DHS’ Tuesday statement notes the Speedway Slammer “marks the second state partnership to expand ICE detention space” after the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility—an initiative that was met with a furious backlash. That site sees detainees kept in tents on an abandoned airstrip in the Florida Everglades, itself surrounded by alligators, snakes, and other dangerous wildlife.

Both sites fit neatly with the tenor of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, which has not only seen migrants detained at Guantanamo Bay and a Salvadoran megaprison.

The administration is also exploring options for reverting Alcatraz Island to a functioning prison, after more than fifty years as a popular tourist attraction, complete with a museum and gift shop.

Quite aside from dark complaints about the living conditions at Alligator Alcatraz, claims that these state partnerships are designed to create detention space for “the worst of the worst” have also come under intense scrutiny.

Immigration data obtained by NBC News in June revealed ICE officials have detained just 6 percent of the 13,000 immigrants to the U.S. known to have committed murder, and at most 11 percent of the 16,000 migrants convicted of sexual assault.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noems-latest-detention-camp-in-indiana-dubbed-speedway-slammer-backfires-immediately/?

[phkrause]

ICE: Colombian drug lord wanted for 29 killings arrested in Orlando

A man authorities described as a Colombian drug lord wanted in over two dozen killings was arrested in Orlando, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Thursday.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/08/ice-colombian-drug-lord-wanted-for-29-killings-arrested-in-orlando/?

ps:They should be applauded for this, for actually doing there job, catching criminals!!

ICE Contractor Locked a Mother and Her Baby in a Hotel Room for Five Days

From her room on the third floor of the Sonesta Chicago O’Hare Airport Rosemont hotel, Valentina Galvis could see flight crews and travelers coming and going. Families enjoyed summer dining on the outdoor patio. Friends snapped selfies commemorating their stays. Children fidgeted as they waited for shuttles to deliver them to the nearby airport.

https://theintercept.com/2025/08/07/ice-immigrant-detention-airport-hotel-chicago-mvm/?

[phkrause]

ICE Agent Caught on Camera Disguised as a Construction Worker

Despite their proclivity for wearing masks, the Department of Homeland Security denies that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents refuse to identify themselves in the field. “I’ve been on a number of these operations,” Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said last month. “They are wearing vests that say ICE or ERO, which is the enforcement arm of ICE or Homeland Security Investigations. They clearly verbally identify themselves.”

https://theintercept.com/2025/08/11/ice-agent-caught-on-camera-disguised-as-a-construction-worker/?

ps:Years ago they'd never hide themselves as to who they were!!

[phkrause]

• ?Immigration officers must now consider the "positive attributes" of those seeking U.S. citizenship, rather than just the absence of misconduct. Go deeper.

[phkrause]

ICE Hunts Down Immigrants by Spying on Their Wire Transfers

Court records confirm what civil liberties advocates long warned would happen: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using sensitive data about wire transfers between the U.S. and Mexico to track down immigrants for deportation.

https://theintercept.com/2025/08/21/ice-immigrants-wire-transfers-remittances-surveillance/?