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ICE Center Clash Injures Officers, Brings 21 Arrests

About 300 protesters gather at ICE site outside Chicago

(Newser) - Authorities arrested 21 protesters Friday and said four officers were injured outside a Chicago-area federal immigration facility that activists say functions as a de facto detention center and is plagued by inhumane conditions. The Cook County Sheriff's Office said most faced charges of obstruction, disorderly conduct, and walking on...

Sheriff: Federal Operation in Charlotte Is Imminent

Governor is concerned that federal agents might 'wreak havoc and cause chaos and fear'

(Newser) - A North Carolina sheriff said Thursday that US Customs and Border Protection personnel are expected in Charlotte as soon as Saturday to start an immigration enforcement operation. Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said in a statement that two federal officials had confirmed that plan to him. His office declined to...

Cops: Shots Were Fired at Federal Agents in Chicago

Nobody was hurt in the incident during immigration protests

(Newser) - Chicago police officers responded to a call of gunshots fired at federal agents Saturday amid immigration enforcement operations that drew residents to protest in the streets, per the AP .There were no reports of anyone being hit by gunfire, according to police, and the Department of Homeland Security said in...

ICE Considers Putting Detainees in Warehouses Built for Amazon

Plan under consideration would retrofit unused, large sites near airports

(Newser) - The Trump administration is looking into dramatically expanding its immigrant detention capacity by retrofitting unused warehouses, originally built for companies like Amazon, into what officials are calling "mega detention centers." Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering purchasing large installations—some more than double the size of those ICE...

Chinese Filmmaker: Renner Warned He'd Call ICE on Me

Yi Zhou claims actor also sent unwanted photos, had drunken outburst before relationship soured

(Newser) - Jeremy Renner is facing fresh allegations of misconduct from Chinese filmmaker Yi Zhou, who claims the Hawkeye actor threatened to call immigration authorities on her and sent her "unsolicited" intimate photos. Zhou, who worked with Renner on the Chronicles of Disney documentary, aired the accusations in a series of...

Immigration Agents Arrest Dad, Drive Off With 1-Year-Old

Girl was reunited with family at Border Patrol office

(Newser) - Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a US citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man's toddler strapped into a car seat in the back, advocates and family said Wednesday, decrying the action....

Boebert Takes Heat Over Halloween Costume

Outfit and sign mocked Mexicans over ICE raids

(Newser) - Lauren Boebert's choice of Halloween costume hasn't landed well with Latino groups. A photo of the Colorado congresswoman surfaced online showing her in a Mexican-themed outfit, complete with sombrero, reports the Denver Post . But the kicker came with the sign she was holding, which made reference to the...

Suit: ICE Is Creating 'Black Box' Around Chicago-Area Site

Advocates allege 'inhumane' conditions at immigration facility in Broadview, Illinois

(Newser) - Illinois advocates sued federal authorities Friday over alleged "inhumane" conditions at a Chicago-area immigration facility. Attorneys with the ACLU of Illinois and the MacArthur Justice Center say Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have denied people being held at the Broadview facility private calls with attorneys and have blocked members of...

DHS Has 2 Words for Report on Agents Wearing Halloween Masks

'Happy Halloween!' agency rep says of immigration officials reportedly sporting holiday getup in LA

(Newser) - A Homeland Security spokeswoman had a two-word response when asked about a report that immigration agents in Los Angeles had been seen wearing Halloween masks: "Happy Halloween!" That answer from Tricia McLaughlin came in response to an inquiry by NBC News about an LA Taco report that included...

Honduran Man Fleeing ICE Dies on Virginia Highway

Agency says 24-year-old ran into Virginia traffic during enforcement stop

(Newser) - A Honduran man was fatally struck by a pickup truck on a Virginia highway after fleeing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a traffic stop, authorities said. It happened Thursday morning on Interstate 264 near the Military Highway interchange in Norfolk. Virginia State Police identified the man as 24-year-old...

Abrego Garcia Fights ICE's New Plan: Liberia

Lawyer says Trump administration wants to inflict 'maximum hardship'

(Newser) - The US government now plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia and could do so as soon as Oct. 31, according to a court filing on Friday. The Salvadoran national's case has become a magnet for opposition to President Trump's immigration policies since he was mistakenly deported...

New York Launches ICE Video Portal After Outrage Over Raid

4 citizens detained in Chinatown raid fuel protest, scrutiny

(Newser) - New York's attorney general launched a new portal for residents to report federal immigration enforcement activity, following a dramatic ICE raid in Manhattan's Chinatown that sparked public outrage and protests. The "Federal Action Reporting Portal" debuted just hours after the Tuesday raid, which reportedly saw more than...

US Citizens Keep Getting Busted in Immigration Raids

ProPublica documents 170 such detentions so far

(Newser) - A ProPublica investigation finds that US immigration agents have detained more than 170 American citizens in the first nine months of President Trump's second term. The federal government does not officially track these incidents, so the outlet compiled the tally from lawsuits, court records, and media reports, adding that...

Judge's Order Bars ICE From Courthouse Arrests

Homeland Security defends the practice, saying 'there are no legal sanctuaries'

(Newser) - The top judge in Cook County, which includes Chicago, has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at courthouses. Detaining residents outside court has been a common tactic for federal agents, who have been stationed outside county courthouses for weeks, making arrests and drawing crowds of protesters, the AP...

Facebook Removes ICE-Tracking Page
Facebook Removes
ICE-Tracking Page
Oct 15, 2025 12:20 PM CDT

Facebook Removes ICE-Tracking Page

Meta said page tracking agents in Chicago violated 'policies against coordinated harm'

(Newser) - Meta has removed a Facebook page used to track the presence of immigration agents at the request of the Department of Justice, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that "following outreach" from the DOJ, Facebook removed a "large group...

Dallas ICE Shooter Was a 'Loner' 'Obsessed' With AI: Parents

Joshua Jahn also believed he had radiation sickness, his parents say

(Newser) - The parents of the 29-year-old gunman who opened fire on a Dallas immigration facility in September told police their son was "completely normal" before he moved to Washington state and returned home several years ago believing he had radiation sickness, according to newly released records obtained by the Associated...

Zach Bryan, Homeland Security Clash Over ICE Song Lyrics

Country singer defends tune about immigration raids amid heated online backlash

(Newser) - Country music heavyweight Zach Bryan has landed in the crosshairs of the Department of Homeland Security after previewing a new song that references ICE immigration raids, reports the Guardian . A snippet that Bryan posted online includes pointed lyrics about law enforcement and children left frightened by raids, leading DHS...

US Government Offers Migrant Kids $2.5K to Self-Deport

Details are still unclear, but critics say the cash-driven move could lure kids into bad decisions

(Newser) - The Trump administration said on Friday that it would pay migrant children $2,500 to voluntarily return to their home countries, dangling a new incentive in efforts to persuade people to self-deport. Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn't say how much migrants would get or when the offer would take...

US Citizen Sues After ICE Detains Him Twice

Alabama man's lawsuit claims immigration raids unfairly target Latino construction workers

(Newser) - A construction worker born in Florida and now living in Baldwin County, Alabama, is suing the federal government after being detained twice by immigration authorities, despite being an American citizen. Leonardo Garcia Venegas alleges in his proposed class-action lawsuit that he was unlawfully arrested at two construction sites this...

Apple Pulls ICEBlock App
Apple Pulls ICEBlock App
Oct 3, 2025 7:47 AM CDT

Apple Pulls ICEBlock App

Developer of app used to track agents blames pressure from Trump administration

(Newser) - Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of US immigration agents, apparently after being pressured by US authorities. ICEBlock, a free iPhone-only app that lets users anonymously report and monitor activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, was no longer available on Apple's App...

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