Category: Dept of Homeland Security
-
This article describes a potential loophole in the Nlets database which allows data sharing with ICE. Source: NextGov.com Here’s more information about Nlets (Int’l Justice and Public Safety Network) a nonprofit created for data sharing across local, state, and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies.
-
FACT SHEET: Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Is Dangerous – And Americans Know It Trump’s mass deportation agenda is failing America. The administration’s city-by-city, community-by-community crusade is traumatizing children, separating families, and endangering the rights and safety of all Americans. Most Americans oppose Trump’s mass deportation agenda: People understand that real public safety means smart, targeted…
-
This article, by the Vera Institute of Justice, shares information about the expansion of federal Immigrant Detention in the US – both the number of facilities and the number of immigrants. This includes:
-
The new USCIS citizenship test recently initiated by USCIS is longer and more difficult. Recent statistics comparing denial rates during the Biden administration with those during the Trump administration show an increase in denials from 7.9% to 9.9%. In addition to a more difficult citizenship test, there is now more scrutiny of the applicants social…
-
Civil Eats is keeping a running list of ICE raids that have affected food – including agriculture, restaurants, food processing, food handling and food trucks.
-
This report, The Truth Behind these Walls, outlines the deficiencies (Medical, Food, Guard Behavior, Living Conditions) that are present in the Aurora Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado.
-
Here is the federal announcement that, as of October 1, 2025, ICE will reimburse some salary and benefits (and possible bonus payments) for trained local police or sheriffs. Read details here.
-
Here you can listen to an hour-long discussion with Austin Kocher (Syracuse University) about the new book, “Immigration Detention, Inc” by Nancy Heimstra (Stonybrook University) and Deirdre Conlon (University of Leeds).
-
This article shares details of the border wall contracts that have been signed by Department of Homeland Security.
Immigration Insight 