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  • BIA Decision strips Immigration Judges of Bond Authority

    The American Immigration Council posted a summary of a new BIA (Board of Immigration Appeals) decision which requires people who crossed the border unlawfuly to be subject to mandatory detention and ineligible or bond release. Read their explanation here.

  • Message from Just Futures Law : Internal ICE Docs Show Longtime Reliance on Palantir for Surveillance Operations

    Today, we are sharing ICE records on Palantir that show how the company has long been enmeshed in the day-to-day operations fueling ICE surveillance and deportations. These records were obtained via a FOIA lawsuit filed in 2019. The documents include emails, training guides and progress reports between Palantir and ICE spanning 2014-2022.The records show how…

  • Conversation with Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks

    Here is a September, 2025 conversation between Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies and Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks about recent changes at the southern border.

  • Targeted vs. Profiling ICE Raids

    NBC News has published this article and video , Under Trump Administration, ICE scraps paperwork officers once had to do before immigration arrests. This signals a change in the background research that ICE agents had done in the past to conduct a raid and what is now being required. Targeted arrests might be the result…

  • Immigration Data Dashboard

    The FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests and litigation from the Deportation Data Project has provided more publicly available government data. There is now an Immigration Enforcement Dashboard which can provides a searchable database for arrests. Soon, the dashboard functionality will expand to include detainers, detention, encounters, and removals (deportations).

  • ICE is increasing the use of Ankle Monitors

    According to ICE/DHS data and reported by TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) there are currently 181,000 people wearing Alternatives to Detention Monitors including SmartLINK (smart phone monitoring), Ankle Monitors, and Wrist Monitors. Alternatives to Detention (ATD) is used by ICE to monitor people who have been released from detention while they wait for their court…

  • What to Do if Faced with Third-Country Deportation

    The Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network has published this recommendation (not legal advice) What to do if Faced with Third-Country Deportation

  • Deportations below Target

    This article provides basic information and data about deportations. In April, ICE records show that 17,200 people were deported. Deportation flights are up from 4-4.5/day to 6-6.5/day. But the average number of deportations per day is less than 1000. The White House target is 3000 deportations per day.

  • KINO Deportee Report: “They Didn’t Let Me Say Bye”

    The KINO Border Initiative runs a shelter in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico that is currently receiving people who have been deported into Mexico. Their recent report “They Didn’t Let Me Say Bye” provides information about 278 deportees that were interviewed at the shelter during May, June, and July, 2025. Here is some highlights from the survey…

  • ICE has diverted over 25,000 officers from their jobs

    David Bier, Director of Immigration Studies at the CATO Institute, has written this post which lists the number of personnel that are now assisting ICE. They are from DHS (Customs and Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, USCIS) and DOJ (ATF, DEA, FBI, etc) along with state police, local law enforcement (both 287g and not 287g).…