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News Articles: ICE detention

Then-acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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  • National

Former ICE leader lands new job consulting on national security and defense

Because of his former job, Todd Lyons cannot engage with the Department of Homeland Security for a year, per federal law.

June 15, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
A sign marks the entrance to Camp East Montana immigrant detention center in the desert at a U.S. Army base on the outskirts of El Paso, Texas, Feb. 13, 2026.

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  • National

Immigrant detainees sue over 'horrific' conditions at Texas ICE facility

Immigrant detainees accuse the federal government of 'inhumane' abuse and treatment at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas.

May 31, 2026
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By:
  • Kristin Wright
Rodney Taylor and his wife Mildred spoke publicly May 11th, 2026 for the first time since he was released after 15 months in ICE custody. Amanda Andrews/GPB News

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  • News

'Continue fighting': Georgia barber released after 15 months in ICE custody calls for systemic change

Rodney Taylor celebrated his release with family and immigration advocates alike, but he said there is a lot more work to be done around immigration law. 

May 11, 2026
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025.

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  • USPS

A Mexican teen migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees

Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week.

March 20, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
People place flowers on a fence outside Krome Detention Center in Miami in May 2025, during a vigil to recognize people who have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody as well as those affected by mass deportations.

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  • USPS

Immigration detention on track for deadliest fiscal year since 2004

Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.

March 10, 2026
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Rahul Mukherjee
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers search the inside of a car during a traffic stop on Aug.14, 2025 in Washington, DC. While D.C. doesn't have a 287(g) agreement, MPD officers can cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agencies.

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  • USPS

Little-used ICE agreements with local police have exploded under Trump

Partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement agencies has expanded widely, under the second Trump administration, data analyzed by NPR shows.

February 17, 2026
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin
Hundreds marched in protest of ICE in Macon, Ga. on Wednesday, January 28.

People walked from Macon's Rosa Parks Square to the steps of the William Augustus Bootle Federal Courthouse, named for the judge in the case that desegregated the University of Georgia. There they listened to speeches by protest organizers.

Protesters were aided by local law enforcement who blocked traffic for them along their route. A single supporter of President Donald Trump engaged in counter

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  • Politics

As immigration-related arrests ramp up in the U.S., Georgians find different ways to protest

GPB reporters bring us to the scenes of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in Minneapolis and here at home in Georgia. 

February 02, 2026
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By:
  • Allexa Ceballos ,
  • Chase McGee ,
  • and 3 more
Roman Surovtsev and Samantha Surovtsev are seen in a photo from August 2024.

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  • USPS

ICE tried to send one immigrant to a country he never lived in. Then he lawyered up

Roman Surovtsev is like many others who were detained at their regularly scheduled ICE check-ins. What makes his case different is that his wife has marshaled a team of lawyers on his behalf.

October 20, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
National Guard Troops stand outside Union Station on September 01, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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  • National

Where things stand with Trump's National Guard deployments

The Trump administration has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops in more than half a dozen American cities that it says are crime ridden.

October 01, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Hartounian
Federal law enforcement agents confront demonstrators protesting outside of an immigrant processing center on September 27 in Broadview, Illinois.

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  • National

Memphis and Portland, Ore. brace for troops. Why Chicago might be next

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the Department of Homeland Security has requested for 100 military personnel to help protect ICE agents and facilities in his state.

September 30, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
People hold signs during a protest on Sunday in Portland, Ore.

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  • National

3 things to know about Trump's plan to send troops to Portland and Memphis

President Trump ordered the deployment of troops to Portland and said he's authorized them to use "full force" to curb protests outside ICE facilities.

September 29, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Law enforcement and emergency personnel respond near the scene of a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday. One detainee was killed and two others were wounded in the shooting.

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  • National

Shooting at ICE detention facility in Dallas kills 1 detainee, injures 2 others

Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday at a federal immigration detention facility in Dallas. One detainee was killed in what the FBI says was an act "of targeted violence."

September 24, 2025
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By:
  • Russell Lewis and
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Tents at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in support of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the Illegal Alien Holding Operations Center during Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Feb. 17.

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  • Investigations

Water failure at Guantánamo Bay affects U.S. migrant operations there

Migrants sent by the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were moved to another part of the naval base there because of a water failure, raising doubts about housing large numbers of deportees.

September 12, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
ice detention

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  • News

Georgia Today: Gwinnett ICE detentions; Pushback against health care cuts; Forsyth Park fountain

On the July 31 edition: Gwinnett County leads the state in ICE detentions; state Democrats push back against health care cuts that could jeopardize nursing home funds; and Savannah's iconic Forsyth Park fountain gets a deep clean after decades.

July 31, 2025
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Mark Davenport
A priest during a Mass in Princeton, N.J. Catholic leaders say Mass attendance has dropped as as result of the Trump administration's immigration actions. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

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  • Religion

Diocese of San Bernardino issues dispensation saying Catholics who fear ICE don't have to attend Mass

The diocese is the first in the U.S. to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions.

July 09, 2025
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By:
  • Aleja Hertzler-McCain
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