ICE Spent Over $71 Million on Guns, Armor, and Chemical Munitions in 2025 So Far
The total is over 600 percent more than what the agency spent from January to October 2024.
The total is over 600 percent more than what the agency spent from January to October 2024.
Without strict oversight, the agency’s new technology threatens Americans’ free speech and privacy.
He had a valid work permit and a pending asylum claim, but Ihsanullah Garay was still detained. He now faces deportation while battling brain cancer.
U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis is “profoundly concerned” about the continued clashing between protestors and federal agents despite her temporary restraining order issued last week.
The Marine Corps is trying to close a no-bid contract with Cellebrite, a company that helps police get into locked phones. The specs weren’t supposed to be public.
Um, no, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit says, upholding his conviction.
If the courts try to enforce legal limits on the president's military deployments, he can resort to an alarmingly broad statute that gives him more discretion.
As Illinois resists the federal immigration blitz, the Trump administration ups the ante on authoritarian rhetoric.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut concluded that the president's description of "War ravaged Portland" was "simply untethered to the facts."
Five years after the city’s fiery 2020 protests, Portland is mostly calm. That hasn’t stopped Trump from reviving old battles, fueled by false memories and made-for-TV outrage.
“I still believe in America. I do not feel betrayed. I feel hopeful because of how many Americans stood up for me when I was arrested.”
“This is protected speech,” said the app’s creator. “We are determined to fight this with everything we have."
Judge William Young wrote a book-length order attacking “the problem this President has with the First Amendment.”
The agency has been expanding its surveillance capabilities without a public explanation.
Trump railed against migrant crime abroad but skipped U.S. stats—because immigrants here are locked up far less often than native-born Americans.
Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.
George Retes was denied access to an attorney, wasn’t allowed to make a phone call, was not presented to a judge, and was put in an isolation cell before being released with no charges.
The Department of Homeland Security restored a $2 million contract with Paragon, maker of the surveillance tool Graphite, despite earlier civil liberties concerns.
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Donald Trump is no stranger to wasteful spending. But these examples are especially egregious.
The agency has spent millions of taxpayer dollars on custom SUVs, trucks, and recruitment ads.
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Reports of human rights abuses are piling up as the number of people in immigrant detention reaches all-time highs.
The First Amendment protects everybody from the government, whether citizen or not.
For years, the president has rightly railed against those oppressive regimes. So why is his administration targeting their victims?
A federal court clears the way for a broader legal challenge to Trump’s refugee policies, even as Afghans in the U.S. face detention, expired protections, and rising fears of deportation.
This is great news, but it also undercuts Donald Trump's claim that violent crime was out of control before he returned to office.
Paola Clouatre had no previous convictions and was detained immediately following a green card interview.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan blamed the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer on the policies of sanctuary cities like New York.
Immigrant detainees transferred thousands of miles from where they were first arrested face unique challenges in immigration court.
Recent protests at MLS matches and the ensuing bans for some fans have put the league in a delicate position, balancing tolerance and enforcement.
Immigrants who arrive illegally in the U.S. may be detained for months or years as they await a resolution to their immigration cases.
Trump promised to target violent criminals. He lost support when he went after harmless immigrants.
A DHS video lionizing Customs and Border Protection quotes the Bible and includes a song promising that "God's gonna cut you down."
The immigration agency has reportedly gained access to a private database designed to fight insurance fraud.
That's inevitable. It should also be deeply troubling to anyone who cares about constitutional government.
A new push to end work programs for international students will drive away skilled graduates and restrict U.S. innovation.
The recent immigration-related arrest shows that ICE is more concerned with targeting all immigrants than with ensuring public safety.
Although the appeals court said the president probably complied with the law he invoked to justify his California deployment, it emphasized that such decisions are subject to judicial review.
But that's not what the law says.
Trump intends to win in L.A., but to do so, he needs an adversary willing to step into the ring he has devised. Two weeks in, L.A. residents remain unwilling to do so.
The cost of Trump's immigration crackdown keeps going up.
Sayed Naser worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, fled after the Taliban killed his brother, and was awaiting asylum. ICE agents still took him in handcuffs—and the government won’t explain why.
The government's lawyer told a 9th Circuit panel the president's deployments are "unreviewable," so he need not even pretend to comply with the statute on which he is relying.
On its face, the law gives the president sweeping authority to deploy the military in response to domestic disorder.
In the shadow of immigration crackdowns and federal troops on the ground, shopkeepers and customers are scared away, leaving businesses devastated.
"I think it just puts a lot of fear in people—especially the hard-working people who are doing nothing wrong."
When cops don't look like cops, they run a greater risk their target will fight back.