Nine congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Trump urging him to direct ICE agents to stop harassing Native American citizens. The letter detailed incidents in Arizona and New Mexico where ICE agents stopped, questioned, or detained at least 15 Indigenous individuals, including a Tribal citizen questioned about U.S. citizenship at a convenience store.
The Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN), a Colorado nonprofit providing free legal services to immigrants, received a stop-work order on January 22, 2025, in connection with President Trump's executive order titled "Protecting the American People Against Invasion." The organization was forced to suspend its legal orientation, family group legal orientation, and immigration court help desk programs that provided pro-bono legal representation and educated immigrants on their rights and court procedures.
Following executive orders signed by President Trump, ICE conducted 308 arrests across the country in the first days of his administration. The Department of Homeland Security ended a policy that had restricted ICE arrests at sensitive locations including schools, churches, and hospitals. Officials in sanctuary cities like Chicago, Denver, and Minneapolis had anticipated major raids, though the initial arrests appear to constitute routine operations rather than large-scale coordinated raids.
The Benton County Sheriff's Office's 287(g) cooperation agreement with ICE produced over 450 arrests from January 1 through October 15, 2025—more than 1.5 arrests per day in the county of roughly 300,000 people. The program allows deputies to question people booked into jail about immigration status and alert ICE to those suspected of being undocumented. About half of those arrested have been convicted of crimes while the other half have pending charges, with severity ranging from forgery and drug trafficking to domestic violence and unsafe driving. Immigration attorneys and advocates report an uptick in ICE detentions following traffic stops for minor violations, with some describing the enforcement as increasingly aggressive and racially targeted.
Federal immigration officers made nearly 9,000 arrests in Virginia in 2025, marking a nearly 500% increase from approximately 1,500 arrests during the final year of President Biden's term. Between January and March 2025, deportation officers had already detained roughly 2,000 people in Virginia. Over 2,600 of the arrests were categorized as 'general area' arrests linked to Richmond's ICE office, and approximately 85% of those arrested had not been charged with a crime.
Green card holders have been detained by ICE since 2025, including lawful permanent residents with decades of U.S. residence being detained at airports, courthouses, and during community operations. Cases involve old criminal convictions that previously had no immigration consequences. The National Immigration Law Center stated the current administration is targeting green card holders with past criminal records and political activity.
A report from the International Refugee Assistance Project and Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center examines how climate change contributes to displacement and migration dangers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Based on 26 interviews with displaced individuals from 12 countries conducted in January 2025, the report documents how environmental disasters and extreme weather conditions drive migration decisions and intensify hazards during migration journeys.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recovered remains of 10,784 migrants from 1988 through 2024 along the U.S.-Mexico border. President Trump's 2025 border policies closed asylum application access at ports of entry. The article examines three main risks migrants face when attempting to cross into the U.S.
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