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New Alligator Alcatraz Court Filings Allege Trump Admin Withheld Evidence
The filings undermine DHS claims the facility was solely a state project, potentially reviving a court-ordered shutdown.
ICE Claims Broad Power to Carry Out Warrantless Arrests in Leaked DHS Memo
Experts said the memo's legal claims violate Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Blackout Procedures Make It Hard for Families to Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees
Some hospitals are registering patients under pseudonyms and prohibiting staff from contacting family members.
Abducted 5-Year-Old in Texas ICE Jail Now Sick Amid “Abysmal” Conditions
Liam Conejo Ramos “has stomach pain, he’s vomiting, he has a fever, and he no longer wants to eat,” his mother said.
Fed Judge Blasts ICE for Violating Nearly 100 Judicial Decrees in January Alone
ICE has violated more orders this month than some agencies have “in their entire existence,” Judge Patrick Shiltz said.
Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison Over ICE Jail Inspection
The Trump administration has repeatedly attempted to restrict or thwart congressmembers’ access to ICE jails.
ICE’s Child Abductions Echo the Gestapo’s — But Its Tactics Are Homegrown
ICE’s kidnapping of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and other kids echoes the US’s long history of child snatching.
Majority of Americans Want ICE Defunded as Confidence in Agency Collapses
In a recent poll, 55 percent of Americans said they have “no confidence” in ICE.
Trump Administration Barred From Deporting 5-Year-Old Used by ICE as “Bait”
Liam and his father are detained in a Texas prison that one immigration lawyer has called a “horrible, horrible place.”
Trump Administration Brought the Violence of US Border Policies Into US Cities
A former Border Patrol agent rejects the idea of insufficient training causing violence, saying, “this is the training.”