3 d. ago By the numbers: the latest Ice and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US

The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inaugurationDonald Trump campaigned on a platform of mass deportation. Since he took office, his administration has reshaped immigration enforcement across the country. The Guardian US, using data published every two weeks by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), is tracking the number of people the administration has arrested, detained and deported. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Who’s cashing in on Trump’s immigration crackdown? It’s not the American people nor the federal or state governments

Private contractors run many of ICE’s largest detention facilities. Now, with a push to deport more and more immigrants, these companies stand to win big under Trump. Alicja Hagopian reports.

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7 d. ago EXCLUSIVE: ICE to spend $100 million on 1,000 more SUVs to support Trump’s mass deportation efforts

Exclusive: The immigration enforcement agency will take delivery of 100 modified SUVs every two months, for the next 20 months, according to an draft RFP obtained by The Independent

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7 d. ago Ice is processing Kilmar Ábrego García for deportation, Kristi Noem says – US politics live

US homeland security secretary says Ábrego García is being processed for deportation but doesn’t say where he will be sent amid concerns he will go to UgandaKilmar Ábrego García detained after reporting to US immigration agentsThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with Los Angeles county into slush funds that were originally set up to pay bribes to election officials in Venezuela and the Philippines between 2012 and 2016 to obtain and retain lucrative election contracts.Prosecutors say one of the executives transferred an undisclosed amount from the $282m LA county contract into the slush funds in 2019 but did not say if anyone actually received bribes from the county’s money at that point. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The Latest: Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation again as he surrenders to ICE office

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore

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7 d. ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE in Baltimore, faces possible deportation to Uganda

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has surrendered to immigration authorities in Baltimore and faces possible efforts by the Trump administration to deport him to Uganda

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7 d. ago Back home in Maryland, Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation again as he reports to ICE office

Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after checking in with immigration officials on Monday in Baltimore

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8 d. ago What to know: Four ways ICE is training new agents and scaling up

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is key in President Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations

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9 d. ago They donated millions to Trump — now, ICE detention providers are reaping the rewards

Private contractors run many of ICE’s largest detention facilities. Now, with a push to deport more and more immigrants, these companies stand to win big under Trump. Alicja Hagopian reports.

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9 d. ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia says Trump admin is trying to force him to plead guilty with Uganda threat

Wrongfully deported Salvadoran immigrant ordered to report to ICE’s Baltimore field office Monday morning

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9 d. ago Kristi Noem rages over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release as ICE warns he may be deported to Uganda

Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered to report to ICE’s Baltimore field office Monday morning

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9 d. ago Kristi Noem rages over Kilmar Abrego Garcia release as ICE warns he may be deported to Uganda

Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered to report to ICE’s Baltimore field office Monday morning

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1 week ago Inside the facility where ICE is training recruits to take on Trump's deportation goals

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is ramping up its hiring efforts to support President Donald Trump's mass deportation goals

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1 week ago Pentagon asks civilian employees to join ‘volunteer force’ to aid Ice deportations

Selected employees will join Trump’s mass deportation campaign and ‘offer critical support’ to Ice operationsThe Pentagon is recruiting civilian employees to join Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign and asking staff to sign up for deployments to immigration enforcement facilities across the United States.The defense department has posted a job listing requesting volunteers for civilian federal employees apply to join a “volunteer force” supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations. On Wednesday, the department reportedly emailed civilian employees asking them to take up this opportunity. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Taking ICE to the skies: Noem wants a whole fleet of DHS owned planes to fly deportees back to their home countries

Buying, owning, and operating its own planes could allow ICE to deport twice as many undocumented immigrants each month, former officials said

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1 week ago Marriott does not deny a hotel in its portfolio was used to detain families for Ice

Hospitality giant responded to Guardian story about Ice’s use of Sheraton hotel to hold families prior to deportationMarriott, the hospitality giant, has not disputed recent revelations that a Louisiana hotel in its portfolio was used to detain migrant families before deportation, which contradicts a 2019 policy that it would not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). In a new statement to the Guardian, the company suggested that its “acceptance of business” did not mean it supported the Trump administration’s immigration policies.The Guardian reported on Tuesday that a Sheraton hotel in the city of Alexandria, situated close to a major Ice deportation hub, has been used to hold family groups before they are removed from the US. The Sheraton brand is owned by Marriott International. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ICE adds two Mustang GT Fastbacks to its fleet – at Trump’s request – in latest move to entice recruits

Exclusive: The deportation agency believes the vehicles will serve “as a bold, high-performance symbol of innovation, strength and modern federal service,” according to federal procurement documents reviewed by The Independent

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1 week ago Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate

Sheraton in Louisiana held father and teenage son this month in apparent contradiction of former positionA Sheraton hotel in Louisiana has been used by immigration officials to hold people who are being deported, in what appears to be a contradiction of a position Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, took in 2019 when it said its properties would not be used in cooperation with Ice.The Intercept first reported that the hotel, located on MacArthur Drive in Alexandria, Louisiana, near a major deportation hub and airport used by Ice, had been used by immigration officials earlier this month to hold a father and his teenage son for four days after their arrest in New York. They were then deported to Ecuador. The Intercept cited phone-tracking evidence that had been shared with the publication and was later seen by the Guardian. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ice deported three US citizen children, including a boy with cancer, to Honduras, suit alleges

Suit filed in Louisiana says agency didn’t give parents choice as to whether children should be deported with themA lawsuit filed in Louisiana on behalf of two mothers and their four minor children, including one with cancer, claims the two families were unlawfully denied due process and deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to Honduras in April 2025.The lawsuit, which names attorney general Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem and various Ice officials as defendants, alleges Ice violated its own policies, and multiple federal laws, when officers secretly detained the families, denied access to counsel and swiftly deported them to Honduras, ignoring legal filings. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ice deported boy with cancer and two other US citizen children to Honduras, suit alleges

Suit filed in Louisiana says agency didn’t give parents choice as to whether children should be deported with themA lawsuit filed in Louisiana on behalf of two mothers and their four minor children, including one with cancer, claims the two families were unlawfully denied due process and deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to Honduras in April 2025.The lawsuit, which names the attorney general, Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, and various Ice officials as defendants, alleges Ice violated its own policies, and multiple federal laws, when officers secretly detained the families, denied access to counsel and swiftly deported them to Honduras, ignoring legal filings. Continue reading...

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