ICE agents are detaining kids…from teens to toddlers

ICE agents have detained numerous children this month, including at least one toddler. Immigration attorneys call the detainment of children a “cruel" escalation of force in the ongoing Operation Metro Surge.

ICE detainees have already filed more habeas petitions than in all of 2025

Federal judges are scrutinizing ICE's methods in Minnesota, leading to the release of several detainees through legal petitions as the number of filings in U.S. District Court explodes during Operation Metro Surge.

ICE’s widening net spreads fear from Targets to bus stops

The eroding lines of protection from federal surveillance are prompting fear and anger among tight-knit communities now trying to shield parents, teachers and coworkers from roving immigration agents.

Judge: ICE violated Liberian man’s rights by bursting through front door during arrest

A federal court judge has ruled that the recent ICE arrest of a Liberian immigrant in Minneapolis violated his constitutional rights, ordering his immediate release.

Border Patrol chief was 'outright lying' about previous ICE surge

As a central figure in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown efforts, Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino was found by a federal judge to have been “evasive", “not credible", and was “outright lying" at times when questioned under oath about how agents used force against the public.

ICE says it’s illegal to record agents, but is DHS policy actually unlawful?

Several videos posted to social media show ICE agents in Minnesota telling observers to stop recording. Some observers say they've been detained simply for filming. A federal judge recently found DHS has adopted an unlawful policy that suppresses First Amendment rights.

ICE claims about vehicle attacks 'difficult' to believe, says federal judge

The Department of Homeland Security claims ICE agents are being attacked by drivers who are following them during immigration operations, but a federal judge said similar claims made in Chicago last year were “difficult, if not impossible, to believe."

ACLU asked judge to limit ICE weeks before Renee Good fatal shooting

Three weeks before the deadly shooting of Renee Good, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security over the tactics of its agents deployed in Minnesota.

59 ICE shooting investigations – not a single agent indicted

Federal immigration agents faced no criminal charges following 59 shootings examined by "The Trace" and "Business Insider" as part of its investigation Armed and Untouchable: Ice’s History of Deadly Force.

DHS says ICE agent defended himself from 'domestic terrorism'; a similar claim in Chicago was dismissed

An attorney, whose client was shot by a federal agent during a recent immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, sees direct parallels to the deadly encounter in Minneapolis on Wednesday and is skeptical of the Trump administration’s portrayal of the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism.

Can ICE agents shoot at moving vehicles? Yes and no.

ICE and other immigration agents are “generally" prohibited from firing at moving vehicles. But the policy includes an exception for when agents feel someone is “threatening deadly force" and "no other objectively reasonable means of defense is available."

Some ICE agents wear body cameras...but not everywhere

Bystander videos showed an ICE agent shooting and killing a driver in south Minneapolis. It is not clear whether the ICE agent had a body-worn camera that recorded what happened right before the shooting.