What Happened A new lawsuit filed by Common Cause alleges that federal agencies have systematically surveilled and intimidated private citizens who try to peacefully observe and record immigration enforcement operations. The suit describes seven Common Cause members in Maryland, Minnesota and New Jersey who say they were photographed, followed, reported to local police, pepper-sprayed, or … Read more
An ICE officer charged in Minnesota with shooting a man and lying about it was released from a Texas jail Thursday after Gov. Greg Abbott declined to sign an extradition warrant, and a federal judge ruled he could not force the issue. Christian Castro, 52, had been held in Cameron County since late May, when … Read more
Reuters reports that information from the agency caring for unaccompanied migrant children contributed to more than 12,000 immigration arrests.
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department’s challenge to Minnesota sanctuary policies, leaving state and local limits on immigration-enforcement cooperation in place.
Federal officials and witnesses give conflicting accounts of the fatal ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
What Happened President Trump announced on June 27 that he is nominating Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as the next director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. If confirmed, Schroyer would be the first Senate-confirmed ICE director since Sarah Saldana left the post in early 2017, ending nearly a decade of acting directors, thirteen … Read more
This is from Jubilee Media’s Middle Ground series, released in April 2026, bringing together eight participants (four per side) with opposing views on US immigration enforcement, including former Border Patrol agents and civil rights advocates. Participants argue over five connected propositions: whether ICE should be abolished, whether ICE agents are unfairly vilified, whether enforcement should … Read more
