Attempts to Charge People With Assaulting Immigration Agents are Falling Apart

An examination of cases in which people were arrested for supposedly assaulting an immigration agent finds that nearly half of those charges were either dropped or resulted in no conviction — suggesting that federal law enforcement has engaged in widespread misconduct in carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The New York Times report, published on July 18…
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Trump Rejects Pause on ICE Traffic Stops After Fatal July Shootings

Less than a full day after several news outlets reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would temporarily suspend agents from conducting traffic stops across the country, President Donald Trump demanded that the agency continue engaging in the practice. ICE agents have shot and killed two people while conducting traffic stops during this month alone. In a Truth Social…
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ICE Temporarily Pauses Traffic Stops After Fatal Shootings in Texas, Maine

The Trump administration has ordered that agents within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) temporarily suspend “non-urgent” vehicle stops, following a series of fatal shootings by federal agents, including two killings in Texas and Maine this month. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin issued the order on Tuesday. The order will supposedly affect ICE agents…
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Mexico Filing Criminal Complaints Over Deaths of Its Nationals in ICE Custody

On Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced plans for her government to file criminal complaints against the United States, seeking to hold the country accountable for the deaths of Mexican citizens who died while in custody of immigration agencies or while being pursued in anti-immigration raids. A total of 17 Mexican citizens could be included in the complaint process…
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ICE Detained 10,000 People in 5 Days after White House Ordered Surge in Arrests

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained over 10,000 people across the U.S. over the past five days. According to The New York Times, top ICE officials have pushed to double daily arrest numbers in recent days after the White House called for an increase to 2,000 ICE arrests per day. The number of people detained in ICE immigration jails has also jumped by nearly 4,000…
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New Report Highlights Growing Partnership Between Surveillance Tech and ICE

A new report has outlined the massive expansion in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s use of surveillance technologies and partnerships with technology companies during President Donald Trump’s second term. The report, released this week by Mijente, Just Futures Law, and Surveillance Resistance Lab, explains that billions of dollars of taxpayer funds have been diverted for…
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