Tag Archives: ICE

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fired seven shots at a car in New York City’s Marble Hill neighborhood Thursday, striking a 28-year-old man in the neck while a 5-year-old boy sat in the backseat, according to New York City officials. The man, identified by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch …

Nearly a year after a Customs and Border Protection agent shot Marimar Martinez during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago, the U.S. citizen is suing the federal government — alleging the agent’s account of the shooting was false and that he fired at her vehicle even after moving behind …

The family of Renee Good filed a pair of lawsuits against the federal government and top Trump administration officials Thursday morning, seeking compensation and a trial to determine the liability of several federal officials in Good’s killing. Good was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross …

An immigration enforcement agent shot and injured a man in Austin on Sunday, city officials said. Police nor the U.S. Department of Homeland Security identified the man. But Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an Austin immigration lawyer, said she was hired to represent the man and that he was released from the hospital …

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest monthly total of President Donald Trump’s second term, as the administration expands its mass deportation campaign through traffic stops, local police partnerships and community arrests. ICE recorded 49,571 arrests in July, a 15% increase from 43,021 in …

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million on gloves capable of delivering painful electric shocks to help agents control people who resist arrest, according to a Department of Homeland Security procurement notice. The planned purchase of so-called G.L.O.V.E. devices — short for Generated …

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to not deport a witness in the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by a federal immigration agent earlier this month in Houston. U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison issued the directive on Monday after an attorney for Jose …

President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s use of traffic stops, calling the tactic one of the agency’s most effective law enforcement tools despite mounting criticism following a series of fatal encounters involving federal immigration agents. In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised ICE officers and …

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man during an immigration enforcement operation Monday morning in southern Maine, marking the second deadly encounter involving ICE officers in less than a week and intensifying questions about the agency’s use of force during vehicle stops. The victim was identified by …

Federal immigration agents who fatally shot a Houston-area man during a traffic stop this week were attempting to locate different suspects, according to the Department of Homeland Security, a revelation that has intensified scrutiny of the deadly encounter and prompted renewed calls for an independent investigation. The Department of Homeland …

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested approximately 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June, according to data obtained by a person familiar with the figures, marking one of the most aggressive phases yet in President Donald Trump’s renewed campaign to increase deportations. The arrests, which occurred …

President Donald Trump signed a nearly $70 billion immigration funding package into law Wednesday, providing billions of dollars in additional funding for federal immigration enforcement agencies through the end of his term and beyond while rejecting Democratic efforts to impose new restrictions on their operations. The legislation delivers major funding …

The Senate approved a $70 billion immigration funding package early Friday morning after Republicans overcame weeks of delays and internal divisions over a controversial Trump administration settlement fund that nearly derailed the legislation. The bill passed 52-47 shortly before 5 a.m. and would provide funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

U.S. Senate Republicans fended off an attempt Thursday to block the Department of Justice from using an “anti-weaponization” fund to pay people who feel they were wrongly prosecuted, as well as another proposal that sought to require congressional authorization for a new White House ballroom. Debate on amendments and motions, …

Minnesota prosecutors charged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Christian J. Castro, 52, on Monday with assault in the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis. The ICE agent, who was identified for the first time publicly on Monday, faces four counts of second-degree assault as well as …