ICE, Trump and immigration arrests
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ICE preparing $45bn expansion of immigration detention facilities to meet arrest quota - Trump officials are looking to tent companies, private prison operators and disaster-relief providers for a “massive expansion” of immigration detention facilities,
Former officials said the Trump administration’s push for the agency to detain record numbers of undocumented immigrants increases the chances of mistakes.
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Many of the people arrested at appointments had been released under a program for those deemed not to be threats to public safety.
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Axios on MSNICE steps up migrant arrests in courtrooms across U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — often dressed in plainclothes — are now arresting immigrants at courthouses nationwide, sometimes moments after their hearings end. Why it matters: The courthouse crackdown is part of a sweeping Trump administration effort to fast-track removals and increase the number of deportations this year — a strategy that's dramatically expanding who gets targeted and how.
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Arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during President Trump's second term topped 100,000 this week, as federal agents intensified efforts to detain unauthorized immigrants in courthouses, worksites and communities across the U.S., internal government data obtained by CBS News shows.
In emails sent to rank-and-file agents last weekend, leaders suggested that agents get creative to detain more suspects.
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As Donald Trump revamps his promised nationwide crackdown on immigration, federal authorities are taking more aggressive measures to detain immigrants.
The latest arrests suggest tensions are increasing ahead of the weekend, when more demonstrations are planned.
Protests against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and ICE raids have emerged across the U.S., including in Iowa. Here's what to know.
One witness said a Philadelphia police officer hit a protester “wherever he could” despite the protester not offering any resistance.