Category Archives: Immigration

Yes, an American citizen can file a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a wrongful detention. In February 2026, a man born in California filed a civil complaint against ICE and two other federal agencies after a 2025 incident that resulted in a three-day detention at a military base and the Metropolitan Detention …Read More

Many of the civil and legal rights enjoyed by American citizens extend to foreigners regardless of their immigration status. Some of the rights are enshrined in the United States Constitution, including the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses that apply to all individuals under the 14th Amendment as well as certain labor protections. While immigration …Read More

ICE doesn’t independently decide who gets deported. Generally, immigration judges within the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) issue removal orders after legal proceedings, and ICE then enforces those orders through custodial or at-large arrests based on federal data sources and law enforcement coordination. When agents from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain …Read More

In August 2025, the Pew Research Center published an analysis of United States Census data from January to July. One of the report’s most worrisome findings focused on the negative effects of anti-immigration policies on the workforce. Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term, 1.25 million foreigners have dropped …Read More

The first year of the second administration under United States President Donald Trump has been underscored by the anti-immigration policies he promised during his marathon election campaign. In 2025, news reports about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showed an aggressive and heavy-handed approach to detaining undocumented foreigners. The masked ICE agents and their mass …Read More

Sandi Bachom, an American filmmaker and journalist, has been documenting the divisive political and governance climate of the United States since the first Trump administration. In October 2025, Bachom was at Immigration Court 25 at Federal Plaza in New York City, where she filmed an interaction between masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and …Read More

Statistics released by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency indicate 59,207 foreigners were in detention centers across the country as of September 2025. According to a report issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in August, the number of unauthorized migrants had decreased from 15.8 million to 14.2 million, but DHS Secretary …Read More

In September 2025, United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation introducing a new H-1B visa fee of $100,000. By signing the “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers” proclamation, Trump directed the Department of State to implement the exorbitant fee for new H-1B applications, which are filed by American employers on behalf of skilled …Read More

The increased operational pace of federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has been crucial in advancing the anti-immigration policies espoused by President Donald Trump, has drawn widespread condemnation and protests. Street rallies in Southern California turned violent as protesters clashed with ICE agents in June 2025, prompting Trump to deploy National Guard …Read More

The immigration policies implemented by President Donald Trump since returning to the White House are creating widespread concern and consternation. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have been very active since January 2025. They’re also coordinating raids and detentions with the Border Patrol and …Read More