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News Articles: ICE detention

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
Tensions in Los Angeles remain high after the Trump administration called in National Guard against the wishes of city leaders.

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  • National

Retired Marine Corps leader concerned about military deployment in LA

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Walter Gaskin about President Trump's activation of Marines and what comes with following orders on American streets.

June 11, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Christopher Intagliata,
  • and 1 more
California Highway Patrol officers attempt to control crowds on the 101 Freeway during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Protests erupted after a wave of federal immigration raids began around the city, with National Guard troops deployed despite objections from local officials.

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  • National

What powers does Trump have to send troops to cities — even if they don't want them?

President Trump ordered California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell anti-immigration enforcement protests. Experts explain the laws that enable him to make this extraordinary move.

June 10, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A protester confronts a line of U.S. National Guard in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles on Sunday.

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  • National

4 things to know about the immigration raid protests that roiled LA this weekend

Protesters opposed to federal immigration raids faced off with law enforcement in Los Angeles over the weekend. President Trump called in the National Guard against the wishes of the governor.

June 09, 2025
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By:
  • Jeff Brady and
  • Joe Hernandez
Jennifer Vasquez Sura speaks during an April 4 news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., after her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

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  • USPS

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador, is back in the U.S. to face smuggling charges

Abrego Garcia faces criminal charges for allegedly transporting migrants without legal status around the country, according to a Justice Department indictment.

June 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
People place white carnation flowers on the fence of the Krome Detention Center during a vigil protesting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and mass deportations in Miami on May 24, 2025.

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  • National

In recorded calls, reports of overcrowding and lack of food at ICE detention centers

ICE detentions have surged, but deportations have not. In the past month, NPR spoke to dozens of detainees, families and lawyers who spoke of overcrowded centers in Florida lacking food and medicine.

June 05, 2025
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
A member of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Removal Operations (ERO) (San Francisco and Northern California) Fugitive Operations teams is pictured during an operation in San Jose, California, on Sept. 25, 2019. File photo by Kate Munsch/ Reuters

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  • News

South Georgia ICE processing center doubles capacity in nationwide push

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in South Georgia’s Charlton County is set to more than double its capacity.

June 04, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Churchgoers pray during service at the Evangelical church Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Tampa, Florida. The service focused on celebrating the mothers in attendance, as well as Maurilio Ambrocio's continued detention in an immigration facility. 

(Lexi Parra for NPR)

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  • USPS

In Florida, an immigrant pastor's detention sends a community reeling

In one weekend in May, more than a 1,000 immigrants were arrested in Florida. The massive crackdown has Trump supporters asking why their neighbors were detained and must be deported.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
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