Category: Immigration & Customs Enforcement
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David LeBlang, of the Miller Center at University of Virginia, has written an article, “Spanberger chooses evidence, not spectacle,” about newly-elected Governor Abigail Spanberger’s Executive Order 10 which reverses (previous) Governor Yougkin’s Executive Order 47 which mandated local jurisdictions and state organizations sign 287(g) agreements with ICE.
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The CATO Institute reports on tactics the US government is using to arrest ICE observers.
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The CATO Institute wrote this article, The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists, and describes incidents that have taken place throughout the country where ICE agents have threatened to arrest people for filming, following or observing ICE arrests.
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This report, After the Blitz – What our Chicago Neighbors are facing in ICE Detention, by the National Immigrant Justice Center, describes what has happened to those people who were detained in the Chicago area, where they are being detained, and what has happened to them since their arrest.
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Since 1997, the Flores Agreement established a 20-day limit on the time a minor can be held in detention. A recent report from ICE indicated at over 400 children were detained for more than this 20-day limit. Read the article here.
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The Border Report explains that there are 2000 unaccompanied minors currently being housed in ORR (Office of Refugee Resettlement) in HHS (Health and Human Services). And that 25% of those unaccompanied minors (around 500 children) are now living in facilities near that southern border in Texas. The concern is that ICE may be preparing to…
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This article, by VT Digger, suggests that ICE is looking to outsource surveillance functions to look more closely at social media and other surveillance technology to identify arrestable/reportable residents throughout the country. The new surveillance center will be located in Williston, Vermont.
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A Brookings Institute survey from July 29, 2025 indicates that Americans have changed their opinions about immigration since the election of November 2024. Here are the study highlights: Less than seven months into Trump’s second term, a majority of Americans disapproves of his record on immigration, and overall attitudes about immigration have made a U-turn.…
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Hart Research, after polling 802 reigstered U. S. voters in August 2025, reports that strong majorities reject arrests in each healthcare setting. Here are some highlights from the report: We asked about: hospitals (59% no, 32% yes), doctors’ offices (58% no -35% yes), and medical clinics (58% no -34% yes). In addition, voters object to…
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This article describes how ICE flights (both shuffle flights within the U.S. and deportation flights) are affecting immigration inmates at the Aurora (near Denver, Colorado) Immigration Detention Center.
