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fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

A once-underused immigration enforcement program has exploded under Trump

The 287(g) program has rapidly expanded under Trump's second term, with over 1,400 active agreements largely signed in 2025.
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
6 days ago

'Uncanny Valley': ICE's Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers' Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants

ICE plans to expand operations into nearly every U.S. state, Palantir leadership offered little substantive engagement on employee ethical concerns, and AI agents show limited real-world capabilities.
fromWIRED
1 week ago

The ICE Expansion Won't Happen in the Dark

ICE has designs on every major US city. It plans to not only occupy existing government spaces but share hallways and elevator bays with medical offices and small businesses. It will be down the street from daycares and within walking distance of churches and treatment centers. Its enforcement officers and lawyers will have cubicles a modest drive away from giant warehouses that have been tapped to hold thousands of humans that ICE will detain.
US politics
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 weeks ago

Trump's ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it

Massive federal funding and tax cuts have expanded ICE into a national law enforcement force with 22,000 officers, hiring bonuses, and unprecedented deportation operations.
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

How are ICE agents recruited, and who are they?

ICE doubled its agent force and accelerated deportations while shortening training and removing Spanish requirements, prompting screening, suitability, and politicization concerns after a fatality.
US politics
fromFlowingData
1 month ago

Job cuts for every federal agency

The federal workforce has shrunk by about 220,000 workers, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement grew roughly 30 percent amid expanded deportation efforts.
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US politics
fromFortune
1 month ago

Former ICE director warns 'wartime recruitment' tactics like influencer campaigns and $50,000 bonuses could attract the wrong kind of agents | Fortune

Massive ICE expansion and aggressive recruitment, funded by federal legislation, coincided with increased deadly encounters and raised training and hiring practice concerns.
US politics
fromThe Nation
4 months ago

"We Have a Common Enemy-And It's Not Your Immigrant Neighbor"

U.S. authorities detained and sought to deport Rumeysa Ozturk for pro-Palestine speech; mass mobilization secured her release on bail after two months.
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 months ago

More deportations, but far from the largest in history': Nine months of Trump's immigration crusade in charts

Donald Trump triumphantly returned to the Oval Office on January 20, 2025, with the mission of inaugurating a new golden age for the United States. And transforming immigration was always a central component of that grand vision that began with an avalanche of executive orders signed on his first day in office. The promise was to carry out the largest deportation in history and expel all undocumented immigrants from the country.
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fromSlate Magazine
5 months ago

Trump Actually Has an Opening to Do Something Great on Immigration. Hear Me Out.

Immigration hawks secured unprecedented enforcement under Trump, creating leverage for bipartisan reform while expanding ICE, advancing a border wall, and intensifying deportations.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Trump's private army': inside the push to recruit 10,000 immigration officers

Rapid ICE/CBP expansion with reduced vetting, higher incentives, expanded age, and shortened training risks increasing misconduct, corruption, and violent abuse among officers.
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

Wake Up Everybody!' Gavin Newsom Warns Trump Is Setting Up' To Stay in Power

He then revealed, for the first time, details of his private meeting with Trump at the White House, when Trump pointed out a painting of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the only president to serve more than two terms: He showed me a painting. He said, Turn around.' And I said, Oh, there's FDR.' And I went, Of course.' And he goes, he said, What do you mean?' I said, I know exactly what you mean.' And then he went on and on about the third term.
US politics
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago

ICE adopts new measures to meet Trump administration's goals

ICE is rapidly expanding staffing and resources to accelerate deportations, shortening training and altering eligibility while raising concerns about detention and transport tactics.
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