The Latest News about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

WASHINGTON – Today, officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington field office arrested Luis Fredy Hernandez Morales, 48, at his residence in Springfield, Va. Hernandez was charged on Nov. 5 by the Montgomery County District Court with sexual abuse of a minor. Hernandez was released by Montgomery County Detention Center (MCDC) despite ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is no longer fining several illegal aliens who are defying court orders to leave the United States, marking a major reversal from several months prior.  ICE told Daily Caller News Foundation that, while the charges have been dropped for now, these individuals are still unlawfully present in the U.S., and the decision could be reassessed in ...

NEW YORK – Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested more than 80 during a 5-day period, ending Sep. 25, in New York City, the Hudson Valley and Long Island. During the enforcement effort, ERO arrested 82 individuals for violating U.S. immigration laws. Of those arrested, more than 40 had been previously released ...

The Portland Police Bureau terminated a contract it had with federal immigration authorities, caving to pressure from members of the Democratic Socialists of America. Portland Deputy Police Chief Jami Resch ended a contract the bureau signed with the Department of Homeland Security, which allowed agents within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use its classroom space and firing range at ...

Detention centers across North Carolina have released hundreds of illegal aliens in their custody, defying detainer requests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Local authorities in North Carolina have released over 500 undocumented immigrants in the past 10 months. A total of 489 detainers were ignored by the state law enforcement officials, according to data provided by ICE. The ...

Around 300 people blocked rush-hour traffic on Thursday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), resulting in a dozen arrests for trespassing on Amazon property. “Never Again Action: Jews Against ICE,” coordinated a massive demonstration in Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday to protest private companies cooperation with the federal agency tasked with carrying out deportation orders. The demonstrators began their march ...

This Labor Day, fellow patriots will be gathering alongside Michelle Malkin, Tom Tancredo, and Randy Corporon in a #StandWithIce support rally. Conservative powerhouse, Michelle Malkin, is leading the way to honor the brave men and women who labor at the front lines to defend against the immigration invasion. This rally aims to show support to those who are avidly protecting ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement denies allegations that it shut down a hotline for detained migrants to contact a free lawyer. The California-based organization Freedom for Immigrants offered a free hotline for detained migrants to request pro bono legal representation while in detention centers, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. ICE shut down the hotline less than two weeks after it ...

GUATEMALA CITY — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) on Tuesday announced the monthlong results of a more streamlined removal process for Guatemalan adults and families arriving at the U.S. border. “We are discouraging all citizens in Central America from embarking on the dangerous, often expensive, journey to the U.S. thinking you will remain in ...

Authorities took a man into custody for allegedly firing a gun at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Antonio, shattering several windows. The San Antonio Police Department responded early Tuesday morning to a shooting that took place at a building that houses the Department of Homeland Security’s ICE division and arrived at the scene at approximately 3 a.m. ...

WASHINGTON – The acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director testified Tuesday afternoon before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, at a hearing titled, “ICE Oversight Hearing.” In his testimony, Acting ICE Director Matthew T. Albence highlighted the humanitarian crisis at the southwest border and the necessary resources and funding needed for the agency to fulfill ...

Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib unpacked her anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stance and said the U.S. was “fine” without ICE pre-9/11 during a podcast released Tuesday. “It needs to be completely dismantled. We didn’t have ICE years ago before 9/11, and I can tell you we were fine,” Tlaib said on an episode of “Authentically Detroit.” ICE was created ...

Activists transformed a Batman piñata into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent and encouraged kids to take swings during a community day event, an activity captured in videos and photos posted to social media. Anthony Martinez of the Chicago chapter of Los Brown Berets said his organization claimed responsibility for the piñata at East Side Community Day 2019, which ...

The prices on bail bonds for illegal immigrants has been surging, and those costs could be having an effect on crowding in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention centers, according to data from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Bail bonds in 2005 that judges issued for illegal migrants were all less than $2,000, Axios reported, citing the TRAC data. About ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is considering opening a detention facility capable of containing hundreds of illegal migrants in Maryland. ICE posted an advertisement on a federal contracts forum in April that it was surveying potential locations for the facility near Baltimore, the Baltimore Sun reported. The facility reportedly would have the capacity to hold 600-800 detainees, according to ...