Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Louisiana does not share a land border with another country and has become one of the United States' largest detention hubs for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with detention capacity reported upward of 6,000 detainees.

Louisiana is home to one of the nation's largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention capacities, with capacity upward of 6,000 detainees.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) maintains a permanent operational presence in the state of North Carolina.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its component Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have authority to arrest and remove (deport) individuals present in the United States unlawfully.

An immigration judge can grant protection from deportation that allows an individual to live and work in the United States under Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) supervision without granting lawful permanent resident status.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement characterize some immigration enforcement actions as 'targeted, intelligence-based' operations.

Individuals appointed as immigration judges commonly have varied professional backgrounds, including prior work in the Department of Homeland Security, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Immigration and Customs Enforcement's legal branch, asylum officer roles, immigrant-defense nonprofits, private legal practice, or military legal service; some appointees have had no prior immigration-law experience.

Immigration enforcement operations in the United States can be carried out by agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol.

U.S. federal agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the U.S. Coast Guard conduct arrests and removals of noncitizens.

The No Kings network identifies immigration detentions carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), reductions in federal education funding, rollbacks of environmental protections, and gerrymandering as core issues it opposes.

ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a U.S. federal agency responsible for civil immigration enforcement and removal (deportation) operations.

A 2025 Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) American Values Survey of 5,543 U.S. adults found 62% said the country was going in the wrong direction, with 92% of Democrats, 71% of independents, and 24% of Republicans saying the country was going in the wrong direction.

In 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployed personnel to major U.S. metropolitan areas such as Chicago and Washington, D.C. as part of expanded efforts to disrupt smuggling networks and track undocumented migrants.

In 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued guidance that allowed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to make arrests at or near immigration courts.

U.S. immigration enforcement practices have included operations to arrest suspected undocumented immigrants at or shortly after immigration court or asylum hearings.

A U.S. House resolution introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna urges the Department of Homeland Security to require Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel to wear body cameras, display visible identification, and refrain from wearing facial coverings except in cases of immediate safety threats.

The proposed resolution seeks to transfer oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the U.S. Department of Justice and to create independent civilian review boards to investigate enforcement actions by immigration agents.

The resolution advocates holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to the same levels of transparency and accountability expected of local police officers and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents.

United States federal agencies, including the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, use programs and automated tools (including artificial intelligence) to monitor visa holders' social media and identify posts expressing specific viewpoints such as criticism of the U.S. government and Israel.

The abbreviation ICE in the article refers to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing immigration laws and conducting immigration-related enforcement operations.

The State of Illinois has sanctuary policies that limit cooperation between state or local officials and federal immigration enforcement requests such as ICE detainers.

A measure enacted by the Illinois General Assembly creates a 1,000-foot buffer zone around courthouses, hospitals, daycares, and colleges that restricts Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from making arrests within that zone.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) maintains a field office in Chicago.