One plaintiff is jobless after his work authorization was taken. The agency also won't return his wedding ring.
ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
The move represents a stark departure from previous practice and highlights the hardline nature of President Trump's immigration crackdown, leaving thousands of detainees exceedingly hard to trace and potentially unable to exercise all of their legal options.
Minnesota ICE Enforcement: Alleged Constitutional Violations
The ACLU and partners sued over alleged racial profiling and unlawful arrests in Minnesota. Read sworn declarations and case details.
Appeals Court Compares ICE Detention to Japanese Internment in Scathing Ruling
The Trump administration’s policy of holding undocumented immigrants without bond faced its ninth appeals court loss on Thursday.
Man sues DHS after agents tracked him down for sending a scathing email to ICE
Federal agents tried to track David Streever to his home and hotel, and left him a warning notice that a critical email he sent the former head of ICE may have been illegal. Now he's suing.
More Than 90 Percent Of ICE Detainees Have Never Been Convicted Of Violent Crimes
To call the administration’s “worst of the worst” claims a ruse is to give this administration too much credit. It’s not clever enough to run a con. Going after criminals wa…
Third federal appeals court rejects ICE’s mandatory detention push
The 6th Circuit said detainees must have a chance to argue for their release.
An ICE facility in the Everglades is under scrutiny for the treatment of detainees
Detainees at an ICE facility in the Florida Everglades referred to Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishments from guards.
ICE is laying off agents hired during its rapid expansion after discovering discrepancies in their backgrounds
A ‘Washington Post’ investigation reveals that the agency hired thousands of officers with incomplete background checks, while a whistleblower warned of an unprecedented lowering of hiring standards
10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies
A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings.
Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving basic prenatal care and screenings
ICE Office Of Professional Responsibility Ditches ICE Oversight, Starts Hunting Down ICE Critics
ICE has already been operating like a paramilitary kidnapping squad. Officers roam through neighborhoods, stake out hardware store parking lots, and even occasionally enjoy some ethnic food just so…
Court: The First Amendment Allows You To Tell The ICE Director He’s A ‘Sad, Despised Man’
You may recall that back in July we had the ridiculous story of how ICE decided to go all gestapo on its critics, including tracking down and threatening David Streever, who had emailed then-acting…
ICE Detained Them, and Then They Vanished
Under Trump, the U.S. increasingly sends immigrants all over the nation with little warning, leaving families and attorneys unsure where they are.
It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight
Man wins fight to block ICE threat over off-the-cuff angry email.
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.
Exclusive: ICE agents investigated for sexual assault, bribery, drug smuggling
Records obtained by Newsweek reveal 148 allegations of misconduct and potential crimes.
