Category: Executive & Enforcement
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Read the explainer from the National Immigration Forum here.
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In this 6 1/2 minute video, a former ICE Attorney Whistleblower asserts that newly-hired ICE agent training is deficient because new ICE agents do not understand use of force policies nor constitutional authority – and, therefore, they can not recognize unlawful orders. Watch here
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The NPR series, “If you can Keep It” explores companies that are profiting off of ICE expansion and activities. Here is the podcast and article.
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This substack from Andrea Flores provides background details and suggestions for alternatives to family detention in the U.S.
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This article , by Politico, describes how the DoJ has violated dozens of federal court orders in New Jersey and throughout the country.
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In October, 2025, Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson signed an Executive Order that indicates that city property is off limits to ICE and other federal law enforcement as described in this article.
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Record earnings from the two major for-profit immigrant detention facilities (which also provide ICE check-ins and ankle monitors for DHS) are described in this article.
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This article explains that Colorado and 19 other states are required to turn some Medicaid patient data over to federal authorities. The states involved with this suit are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
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ProPublica wrote this article “The Children of Dilley” about the children being held at the Dilley Detention Center near San Antonio, Texas. Austin Kocher gives more details about Dilley Family Detention Center here which, as of late January 2026, holds over 1300 people (of all ages).
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