The DEA conducted a multi-agency raid at an underground nightclub in Colorado Springs on Sunday, resulting in the arrest of 114 undocumented immigrants who were placed on buses for processing and deportation. The operation also resulted in the seizure of drugs and weapons. More than 200 people were in the club when arrests began around 3:45 a.m.
The Dominican Republic conducted a major enforcement operation deporting over 130 Haitian women and children, including approximately 48 pregnant women and 39 new mothers, from hospitals across the country. The deportations were carried out under a new immigration policy implemented by President Luis Abinader requiring hospital patients to provide identification and proof of residence at 33 public hospitals. Medical professionals, human rights groups, and the UN issued statements regarding the action. The crackdown is part of the government's broader effort to reduce undocumented migration.
Florida launched Operation Tidal Wave, a major immigration enforcement initiative utilizing 287(g) agreements that allow local police to exercise federal immigration authority. The operation, which began in April 2025 and continued through January 2026, resulted in over 10,400 arrests across the state targeting individuals with final deportation orders and serious criminal records. The effort involved coordination between Florida state and local law enforcement with federal agencies including ICE, CBP, FBI, DEA, ATF, and U.S. Marshals Service.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 206 undocumented immigrants during an enhanced enforcement operation in and around New York City from April 6-12, 2025. Of those arrested, 121 individuals had serious criminal histories or pending felony charges including murder, rape, assault, gun crimes, and drug trafficking. The operation focused on neighborhoods with high violent crime rates and individuals with alleged gang affiliations. The enforcement action sparked debate about local-federal cooperation and sanctuary city policies.
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the charter airline operating deportation flights for ICE, reported concerns about safety and humanitarian conditions aboard these flights. Flight attendants reported being instructed not to interact with shackled detainees, receiving inadequate emergency evacuation training for restrained passengers, and equipment failures including broken air conditioning and lavatories. Multiple attendants stated concerns about safety risks and their inability to properly care for passengers.
The Supreme Court appeared likely to strike down President Trump's January 2025 executive order ending birthright citizenship, which sought to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporarily present immigrants. The 14th Amendment's citizenship clause, ratified in 1868, has been understood for over a century to confer citizenship on nearly everyone born in the United States. Multiple federal courts have already blocked the executive order as unconstitutional.
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