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ICE
The personal police of an authoritarian project: what ICE was, what it has been rebuilt into, and the record of its violence.
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The forgotten racial history of Alligator Alcatraz
Trump administration changes to ‘public charge’ rule could keep millions of immigrants – and their US citizen kids – from getting healthcare they need
We borrowed from dating apps to identify ICE agents
To Defend ICE Masks, the Trump Regime Needed a Villain. It Chose Us.
You Can Help Document ICE From Your Couch in Thirty Seconds
DHS Plans “All-Out War” on Immigration Scammers as Fraud Complaints Double
12 Scary Things ICE Can Legally Do in 2026
ICE's Own Account of Killing Joan Sebastian Guerrero Admits He Was No Threat
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You Can Help Document ICE From Your Couch in Thirty Seconds
As November approaches, immigration enforcement is escalating across the country. We're opening the ICE List to the public, so anyone can help document it.
What the Numbers Say About Trump's Deportation Machine
Since January 2025 the United States has built the largest immigration detention system in its history. Here is what it has done, who it has taken, and what it has cost, as far as the public record allows anyone to say.
ICE Is Paying 15,000 Police Officers to Deport Your Neighbours
A program you've never heard of is turning your local Police units into ICE agents
We Built a Public Record of ICE Because They Refuse to Keep One
Tracking Immigration Enforcement as It Accelerates Under Authoritarian Rule
We’re Building the Wikipedia of ICE Activity, Crimes and Identities
A wealth of ICE data needs a home, we're building it
British Journalist And Nobel-Prize Winner Become Latest Examples That U.S. Visas Are Now A Loyalty Test
The land of free speech now restricts speeh at the level of Russia, Iran and others
ICE Kidnap American Citizen To Cover Hit And Run By ICE Agents
Yet another violent crime covered up by a kidnapping by Trump's private army
ICE Claimed The Cartel Have Put $50k Bounties On Agents, They Lied
When ICE wants sympathy, it doesn’t go to therapy. It goes to the press.
ICE Violently Kidnap Black 19-Year-Old American Citizen In Chicago
Video shows the moment ICE take an American citizen without explanation
Trump’s ICE Fulfils The USA's Definition of Terrorism
Terrorism has a clear definition in US law, under Trump, ICE matches that definition
Public Shaming Worked Against The KKK. It Will Work Against ICE Too.
Call it public shaming, call it doxxing, whatever you prefer, it's an effective method of fighting racist gangs
Federal Agents Mace 19-Year-Old at Point-Blank Range Outside Portland ICE Facility
Hands raised, eyes burning, a young protester becomes another witness to the quiet brutality that has defined Trump's regime
Black Hawks Over Chicago: The Raid That Should Terrify Every American
What Chicago saw was a blueprint for other cities in the USA
Trump Has Ushered In An Era Of Politically Motivated Arrests In The USA
The regime of secret police don't draw the line at politicians