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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 …

A former executive at private prison contractor GEO Group has been selected to lead the federal agency at the center of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, according to the Department of Homeland Security. DHS announced Tuesday that David Venturella will serve as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, …

The House on Thursday approved a Senate-passed funding bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, ending a record 75-day shutdown just hours before emergency funds were set to run dry and thousands of federal workers risked missing paychecks. The measure passed by voice vote, allowing lawmakers to avoid recording …

Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Thursday he will resign at the end of May, marking a significant leadership change at the agency tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Lyons said …

Major U.S. airports continued to warn travelers of long security lines Sunday, even after Donald Trump ordered emergency pay for Transportation Security Administration officers amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown. The directive, issued Friday, instructs the Department of Homeland Security to begin paying TSA workers who have gone …