Interior Enforcement

ICE’s Private Bounty Hunters Use AI to Track Immigrants

ICE’s Private Bounty Hunters Use AI to Track Immigrants

The federal government’s hunt for immigrants is ramping up. Each month, private contractors receive tens of thousands of names from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and are asked to locate those individuals as quickly as possible so that ICE can conduct targeted enforcement operations to arrest and detain… Read More

What A DHS Funding Deal Should Include

What A DHS Funding Deal Should Include

As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown stretches into its 40th day, the pressure to reach a funding agreement is intensifying. Airport security lines are growing longer and thousands of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel have missed paychecks. With new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin stepping in… Read More

A video screenshot of Senior Policy Fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick speaking about ICE warehouses

ICE’s Warehouse Purchases Herald New Model for Immigration Detention

ICE is rapidly reshaping the U.S. immigration detention system by purchasing and converting commercial warehouses into large-scale detention facilities. Backed by an unprecedented $45 billion funding boost, this new “reengineered” model aims to dramatically expand capacity and centralize operations—raising significant concerns about mass detention, oversight, and the future of immigration enforcement. Read More

6 Deaths in ICE Custody and 2 Fatal Shootings: A Horrific Start to 2026

6 Deaths in ICE Custody and 2 Fatal Shootings: A Horrific Start to 2026

January 2026 saw a shocking number of deaths tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This includes fatalities inside immigration detention centers as well as deadly shootings involving ICE agents in public spaces. The deaths of eight people last month come on top of a record number of… Read More

Trump's Radical Mandatory Immigration Detention Policy Upheld by US Appeals Court

Trump’s Radical Mandatory Immigration Detention Policy Upheld by US Appeals Court

Late on February 6, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision with staggering ramifications: it subjects millions of noncitizens in this country to the possibility of mandatory immigration detention without any opportunity for a bond hearing. The court’s decision… Read More

Mission Creep: AI Surveillance at DHS Crosses Dangerous Line Into Tracking Americans

Mission Creep: AI Surveillance at DHS Crosses Dangerous Line Into Tracking Americans

The artificial intelligence (AI) tools built to guard America’s borders are now extending their policing powers into America’s neighborhoods. What began as AI-powered immigration enforcement confined primarily to our southern border is rapidly becoming something else: a quiet expansion of government surveillance into everyday life. Facial recognition, biometric… Read More

Immigration Enforcement Could Come to Your Town. Here’s What You Can Do to Prepare.

Immigration Enforcement Could Come to Your Town. Here’s What You Can Do to Prepare.

Minneapolis has been the latest battleground for the Trump administration in its ongoing campaign of aggressive immigration enforcement across the country. In the year since resuming office, President Trump directed a surge of immigration enforcement officers into several localities, including Los Angeles; Chicago; New Orleans; Portland, Oregon; Charlotte, North… Read More

ICE’s Secret Policy to Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Judicial Warrant Threatens All Americans

ICE’s Secret Policy to Forcibly Enter Homes Without a Judicial Warrant Threatens All Americans

Two whistleblowers recently revealed a secret U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy permitting agents to forcibly enter the homes of certain noncitizens without a judicial warrant. According to a memo issued in May 2025, ICE now believes it can enter homes with just an administrative warrant—an ICE Form… Read More

New Report Details ICE’s Expanding and Increasingly Unaccountable Detention System

New Report Details ICE’s Expanding and Increasingly Unaccountable Detention System

When President Trump took office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was holding roughly 40,000 people in a national network of detention centers on any given day. In just one year, this number has increased by over 75%, with a record 73,000 people being held in detention as… Read More

Report: Immigration Detention Is Bigger, Harsher, and Less Accountable Than Ever 

Report: Immigration Detention Is Bigger, Harsher, and Less Accountable Than Ever 

Trump Administration Targets People with No Criminal Record and Uses Detention to Pressure Them to Give Up Their Cases  Washington DC, Jan. 14 Wednesday — A new report released today by the American Immigration Council shows that the Trump administration is locking up hundreds of thousands of people— most with no… Read More

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