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News Articles: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Entrance to Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas.

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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
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
James Boasberg shown here on Monday, March 13, 2023.

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  • USPS

Federal judge orders return of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act

In his Thursday order, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to allow any of the men deported last year to El Salvador to appear in a U.S. port of entry to be conditionally allowed in as they challenge their removal.

February 12, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Bad Bunny's performance during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game featured a moment in which the musician handed his Grammy to a little kid. Online speculation flared that the boy was Conejo Ramos.

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  • National

No, that wasn't Liam Conejo Ramos in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show

A publicist for Bad Bunny confirmed to NPR that the little boy in a blue bunny hat detained by ICE in Minneapolis last month did not participate in the Super Bowl halftime show.

February 08, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
  • Jasmine Garsd,
  • and 1 more
Federal agents rappelled out of a Black Hawk helicopter onto the roof of a South Shore Chicago apartment building on Sept. 30, 2025.

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  • USPS

Court records: Chicago immigration raid was about squatters, not Venezuelan gangs

In the documents, Homeland Security said the raid "was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments." There is no mention of criminal gangs or Tren de Aragua.

February 06, 2026
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Federal immigration officers get in a car as they prepare to deploy tear gas at a protest Monday in Minneapolis.

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  • USPS

Minnesota officials sue to block Trump's immigration crackdown as enforcement intensifies

More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status.

January 12, 2026
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán and
  • Meg Anderson
Anti-Maduro demonstrators fly Venezuelan flags outside the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, New York, on Monday, January 5.

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  • USPS

DHS wants Venezuelans to return home, but fears remain as long as Maduro regime is in power

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have been in limbo since the Trump administration removed their temporary protected status late last year. That uncertainty has intensified as U.S. immigration officials again push for those migrants to return to Venezuela.

January 07, 2026
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
An immigrant from Venezuela tries in vain to access the CBP One app a day after the second inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 21, 2025, in Nogales, Mexico. The incoming administration shut down the app, which was created by the Biden administration to allow migrants to schedule appointments to gain entry into the United States.

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  • USPS

Immigrants now have fewer legal options to stay in the U.S. under Trump

The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates say.

December 23, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Organizers with the People's Patrol  talk to immigrant kids in Hanover Park, a suburb of Chicago, on October 10, 2025.

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  • USPS

As tensions rise in Chicago, volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape

Several hundred volunteers are patrolling the streets of Chicago and its suburbs warning migrants of ICE's presence. This is part of a growing resistance to ICE's operations in Illinois.

October 17, 2025
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By:
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán and
  • Marisa Peñaloza
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
Federal agents and National Guard troops confront protesters outside the downtown Los Angeles federal building on June 8. In a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Los Angeles, the ACLU alleged that people at the facility have been held in deplorable conditions and denied access to lawyers.

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  • USPS

Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles

Civil rights groups alleged that ICE and Border Patrol agents are rounding people up based on their race, and denying them access to lawyers. A federal judge said there's evidence what they're doing is illegal.

July 14, 2025
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  • Adrian Florido
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in west Los Angeles has developed a response plan in case immigration agents show up on the congregation's property. Those plans are stored in easy-to-find pink folders at various entryways around the church's buildings.

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  • Religion

Los Angeles houses of worship plan for possible ICE raids

Churches in Los Angeles put contingency plans in place after the Trump administration rescinds long-standing guidance advising immigration agents to avoid houses of worship.

July 13, 2025
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  • Jason DeRose
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference, in front of posters of people that law enforcement arrested. DeSantis talked about a multi-agency immigration enforcement effort named Operation Tidal Wave that they say resulted in more than 1,100 arrests in a single week in Florida.

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  • News

No playing Spanish-language music: Many immigrants say they have new rules for driving

As the Trump administration's crackdown continues, traffic stops have become increasingly important tools of enforcement. It has led many immigrants to take alternate modes of transportation.

July 12, 2025
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
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