Dilley Immigration Processing Center

Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility — ProPublica

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight.

ICE Detention Trends | Vera Institute of Justice

Every year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subjects hundreds of thousands of people to civil immigration detention—a practice that is unjust, inhumane, and completely unnecessary. It does so under a veil of secrecy, sharing only limited, often error-prone statistics with the public. ICE’s failure to regularly release accurate, complete, and accessible data to the public enables it to operate its multi-billion-dollar detention network with impunity and little oversight.

2025 Prairieland ICE detention center incident

On the evening of July 4, 2025, a civil disturbance and shooting occurred at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, United States, during one of a series of protests against mass deportations and mass incarcerations carried out during Donald Trump's second presidency.

Opinion | I'm a U.S. senator. Here’s why Delaney Hall immigration detention center must be closed.

Sen. Andy Kim: The Trump administration is trying to break immigrants’ spirits in places like Delaney Hall. We can’t let that happen.

Opinion | 3 ways you can stand against the cruelty of family immigration detention

Elora Mukherjee: Children held in Dilley detention center face panic attacks, malnutrition and suicidal ideation. We must call on our representatives to stop the cruelty.

ICE Has Placed a Record 600 Immigrant Kids in Federal Shelters This Year — ProPublica

Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.

Operation Metro Surge

Operation Metro Surge was an operation by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with the stated purpose of apprehending undocumented immigrants and deporting them. Beginning in December 2025, it initially targeted the Twin Cities, and later expanded to all of Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called it "the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out".

ICE Detention Facilities - Directory

This directory provides transparency and information about ICE detention facilities across the United States.

Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.

Children do not deserve immigration detention.

Why do Latinos work for ICE?

Half of border agents are Latino, and they are part of a long history of Hispanic support for – and enforcement of – harsh immigration policies

Know Your Rights | Enforcement at the Airport | ACLU

At the border, you are likely to encounter Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, and you may encounter Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents. HSI is part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Know your rights in these scenarios.

Opinion | A terrifyingly common ICE tactic targets lawful green card applicants

Arresting legal immigrants at their immigration appointments has become part of a new and terrifyingly common strategy for immigration enforcement.