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News Articles: immigration crackdown

On Chile's northernmost border with Peru, military excavators carve a deep trench across the windswept pampa, part of a hardline effort to tighten control of migration and cross-border crime under President José Antonio Kast.

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  • Latin America

Chile's MAGA-inspired border control

Chile digs desert trenches along its northern border as President José Antonio Kast pushes a hardline migration crackdown critics say may have little effect.

May 23, 2026
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By:
  • John Bartlett
A child cries after his father is detained by federal agents as they left an immigration court hearing at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on August 26, 2025 in New York City. The Trump administration's immigration crackdown continues nationwide.

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  • Mental Health

One clinic tracks the heavy toll Trump's immigration crackdown takes on mental health

Zocalo Health, a primary care organization, screens all its patients for depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. It documented a marked increase in those conditions since ICE enforcement actions began.

May 17, 2026
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference in front of posters of people that law enforcement arrested, held at the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations office on May 1, 2025 in Miramar, Fla. Florida has issued its own financial incentives to encourage more local police cooperation with ICE.

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  • National

ICE is giving local police big money to help with immigration enforcement

The federal government is offering local law enforcement incentives to join a program that gives their officers authority to make immigration arrests. Police leaders say the funds, which include money for salaries, equipment and vehicles, are enticing.

May 07, 2026
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By:
  • Meg Anderson
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announces charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent related to a February incident on April 16, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn.

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  • National

Minnesota has charged an ICE officer with assault for alleged actions during immigration surge

Hennepin County officials say these are the first charges filed against a federal immigration agent related to the crackdown that brought thousands of federal officers to the state. The widespread operation led to the shooting deaths of two American citizens.

April 16, 2026
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By:
  • Meg Anderson
People walk by signs showing the faces of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the two U.S. citizens killed by federal immigration agents during the ICE surge in Minneapolis.

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  • News

Months after the ICE shootings in Minnesota, a federal probe remains elusive

Officials in Minnesota have sued the Trump administration, saying federal officials are withholding evidence in the killings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by immigration agents in Minneapolis, as well as the non-fatal shooting of a Venezuelan man.

April 10, 2026
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By:
  • Meg Anderson
Entrance to Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas.

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  • USPS

ICE detention deaths are on a record pace. One Texas facility bears the brunt

ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide."

April 03, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
People waiting to apply for asylum stand in front of a sign for the CBP One app as they camp near the pedestrian entrance to the San Isidro Port of Entry, linking Tijuana, Mexico with San Diego.

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  • USPS

Federal judge rules DHS illegally stripped immigration status from thousands who entered through CBP One App

Tuesday's ruling reinstates the immigration status of those who came via CBP One and whose status was terminated.

April 01, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
A man from Venezuela is detained by masked federal agents after his hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on January 28, 2026 in New York City.

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  • USPS

DOJ admits ICE courthouse arrests relied on erroneous information

Hundreds of immigrants have been arrested at immigration courthouses. It is unclear whether the federal government's admission could lead to some of those arrests being overturned.

March 26, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

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  • USPS

ICE deployments created chaos for cities and cost them millions, NPR analysis finds

Local leaders report already-strapped police departments racked up overtime bills in the millions while others report a multi-million dollar hit to business during the worst ICE surges.

March 24, 2026
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A New York City police officer keeps watch on the campus of Columbia University in New York on May 6, 2024.

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  • National

Columbia student detained by ICE is abruptly released after Mamdani meets with Trump

Hours after the student was taken into custody in her campus apartment, she was released, after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed concerns about the arrest to President Trump.

February 26, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A Flock Safety license plate reader is seen last year along a public road in Houston.

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  • National

Some cities are ditching license plate readers over immigration surveillance concerns

Cities around the country are debating whether to keep their automatic license plate readers. Concerns about privacy and federal immigration agents can access local data are driving these debates.

February 19, 2026
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block
Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in May 2025.

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  • USPS

Top DHS spokesperson who became a face of Trump immigration policy is leaving

Tricia McLaughlin has become the public face defending the Trump administration's mass deportation policy and immigration tactics over the past year.

February 17, 2026
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
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
ICE agents depart the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on Feb. 4, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn.

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  • USPS

DHS says immigration agents appear to have lied about shooting in Minnesota

Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis was shot in the leg during the incident. Another Venezuelan man was also accused of attacking an immigration officer.

February 13, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Feb. 12, 2026 in Minneapolis.

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  • National

Trump border czar Tom Homan announces Minnesota immigration surge is ending

The aggressive enforcement operation resulted in thousands of arrests, and two U.S. citizens were fatally shot in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents.

February 12, 2026
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By:
  • Gigi Douban
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