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News Articles: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Over the past year, many<strong> </strong>federal law enforcement agents conducting immigration arrests have been concealing their faces under masks, and vehicles being used in what appear to be immigration-related arrests do not have license plates.

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  • Investigations

Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrests

Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.

October 31, 2025
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner and
  • Ximena Bustillo
A closeup of the chest of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer

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  • News

The Trump administration is hiring more ICE agents. What training do they receive?

How much training do new ICE agents receive? A former ATF executive shares his insights with GPB's Peter Biello.

October 29, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello
A corrections officer walks beside people holding candles, signs, and flowers during a vigil outside the Krome Detention Center in Miami in May 2025, protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and mass deportations.

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  • USPS

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

October 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Doraville Police body cam showing the arrest of journalist Mario Guevara during a protest in Metro Atlanta on June 14, 2025. Screenshot

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  • News

Mario Guevara, a journalist arrested covering a protest near Atlanta, deported to native El Salvador

A Spanish-language journalist who lived and worked in Georgia has been deported to El Salvador. Mario Guevara was detained in June while covering a protest near Atlanta.

October 03, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Law enforcement agents secure an immigration facility in Dallas on Sept. 24, 2025 after a gunman shot at the facility, killing two detainees and injuring a third one.

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  • National

Second detainee dies after shooting at Dallas ICE facility

Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, 32, had been on life support after what authorities called a targeted act of violence toward federal immigration agents. He leaves behind four kids and his wife, pregnant with their fifth.

September 30, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Stephany Gauffeny talks to NPR on Sept. 27 about her husband Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, a victim of the Sept. 24 shooting at an Dallas ICE facility.

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  • USPS

'I want his name to be known:' Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out

Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."

September 27, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Dancers perform on stage at the 2024 Macon-Bibb Hispanic Festival. Yadira Sandoval

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  • News

Could Macon Hispanic festival be a target for immigration enforcement?

This year’s Macon-Bibb Hispanic Festival will feature increased security and social workers because of concerns about attending while Immigration and Customs Enforcement detains a significant number of immigrants nationwide.

September 24, 2025
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By:
  • Jesse Fraga and
  • The Telegraph
Mario Guevara

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  • News

Lawyers for Spanish-language journalist in ICE custody fear deportation after unfavorable ruling

Lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist detained since June are worried he could be deported after an unfavorable ruling. Mario Guevara was arrested in June while covering a protest near Atlanta and handed over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

September 19, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press
Mildred Pierre

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  • News

Family members and supporters call for the release of barber detained by ICE, Rodney Taylor

Outside of the Atlanta ICE field office on Friday, a group of supporters called for the release of Rodney Taylor, a disabled Georgia barber detained by federal immigration officials.

September 19, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other federal agencies continue to make detainments in immigration courts as people attend their court hearings.

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  • USPS

Trump administration rushes to rent space for immigration officers conducting raids

Employees at the General Services Administration are scrambling to lease offices to accommodate a rapid increase of immigration enforcement officers carrying out widespread raids across the country.

September 18, 2025
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin,
  • Ximena Bustillo,
  • and 1 more
People watch a TV screen showing the live broadcast of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's press conference at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday.

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  • World

Hundreds of South Koreans arrested in a U.S. immigration raid are being sent home

U.S. immigration authorities are preparing to send more than 300 South Korean workers home on a chartered flight from Atlanta, a week after detaining them for allegedly working illegally.

September 11, 2025
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Construction of the Hyundai Metaplant in Bryan County, July 3, 2024 Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • Business

Explainer: What Hyundai companies are part of the Savannah-area car plant?

Georgia promised $2 billion in tax abatements, credits and subsidies for the interconnected web of Korean companies.

September 09, 2025
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By:
  • Margaret Coker and
  • The Current
A federal agent wears a badge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement while standing outside an immigration courtroom at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City, on June 10.

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  • USPS

DHS launches immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Boston

These announcements by DHS are just the latest escalation of federal action in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. — all led by Democrats.

September 08, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
FILE - The Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America is seen on March 26, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

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  • News

Homeland security official says 475 people were detained during an immigration raid in Georgia

U.S. immigration officials say some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles. 

September 05, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press
A Boston Dynamics robot works on the line during a media tour at the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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  • News

South Korea expresses 'concern' over U.S. immigration raid at Hyundai's Georgia plant

South Korea on Friday expressed “concern and regret” over a major U.S. immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, which officials said led to the detainment of a significant number of South Korean nationals.

September 05, 2025
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  • Associated Press
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