ProPublica documented nearly 50 incidents of ICE officers breaking car windows to make arrests since Trump took office, compared to just eight in the previous decade. The tactic has resulted in injuries to detainees including children and U.S. citizens. Use-of-force experts say there is no official policy authorizing the practice, but officers who employ it are being promoted rather than disciplined.
ICE arrests have increased in the Pittsburgh area since May 2025. ICE has been tasked with arresting 3,000 immigrants daily nationwide and received an additional $75 billion in funding to increase detention capacity from 40,000 to 100,000. Immigration attorneys report increased demand for legal support.
Gov. Larry Rhoden announced 'Operation Prairie Thunder,' a state initiative to support federal immigration enforcement in South Dakota. The state will deploy six National Guard members to handle ICE paperwork and commit the prison system to transport detainees and sign a 287(g) agreement with ICE for jail detention, freeing up federal agents to conduct street enforcement operations.
Governor Mark Gordon formalized a 287(g) agreement between the Wyoming Highway Patrol and ICE, making Wyoming the first state agency in the state to join the program. Only select officers will receive training to make arrests on behalf of ICE, with five Wyoming counties planning to train at least two officers each. Gordon indicated the Wyoming National Guard could be deployed under a bolstered partnership with ICE as part of the state's expanded immigration enforcement role.
Channel 4 News reported on immigration enforcement actions under the Trump administration, including ICE arrests at schools, hospitals, and churches. The report included an embedded patrol with Tim Foley, leader of Arizona Border Recon, a vigilante militia group operating in the Sonoran Desert, and documented the impact on migrant communities.
ICE arrests in Colorado and Wyoming surged to 2,273 from January to June 2025, up from 489 in the same period in 2024, with Wyoming arrests rising 136% year over year. Most people arrested had no criminal convictions, contradicting the Trump administration's stated focus on targeting individuals with serious crimes. Among those with convictions, DUI was the most commonly cited offense. Advocates report ICE is now routinely arresting undocumented immigrants with pending asylum cases and no criminal history, including people arrested at homes, workplaces, and while performing daily activities.
Multiple men across at least three states have been arrested for impersonating ICE agents to sexually assault immigrant women since Trump's inauguration. Cases include a man in Prince George's County, Maryland who raped a Latina woman while posing as an ICE agent, and another in Raleigh, North Carolina who kidnapped and raped an immigrant woman while threatening deportation.
A Guardian investigation found ICE increasingly detains people in small holding facilities for days or weeks in violation of federal policy, with detention times increasing by nearly 600% after a June 2025 rule change allowing up to three days. Colorado congressional Democrats and state legislators demanded in March 2026 that ICE immediately stop the practice, citing reports of individuals held for as long as 39 days in facilities across the state, far exceeding even the three-day limit.
The Trump administration plans to expand ICE detention capacity in Colorado by opening multiple new facilities, including a proposed expansion in Hudson that would increase statewide capacity from approximately 1,500 to more than 2,700 beds. Colorado's congressional delegation, including Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen and Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, demanded in February 2026 that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem abandon the Hudson facility plans, citing concerns about detainee treatment, legal access, and oversight. Over 3,000 migrant detainees were held in Colorado's ICE network in 2025, including 39 children ages 9 or younger, with arrests in the field office increasing nearly 300 percent since Trump took office.
The American Civil Liberties Union obtained documents through FOIA litigation revealing ICE's plans to expand immigration detention facilities in Colorado. The documents identify six potential detention sites under consideration, many of which are closed facilities owned by private prison corporations. The expansion comes after Congress allocated $45 billion to ICE for nationwide detention infrastructure expansion.
Bellingcat analyzed videos of over 100 immigration raids in Los Angeles between June 6 and June 22, 2025, documenting patterns in enforcement by ICE and CBP officers. The raids targeted workers at car washes, street vendors, and Home Depot parking lots, with officers often masked, unmarked, and using unmarked vehicles. Some have claimed the tactics constitute racial profiling and violation of federal law regarding identification and warrants.
The Butler County Sheriff's Office assisted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in arresting 33 people in June 2025. Those detained were arrested on charges of armed robbery, assault, drug offenses, and unauthorized entry, with most arrests made in the southern portion of the county, according to Sheriff Mike Slupe.
The Trump administration expanded mandatory immigration detention in July 2025 to include all immigrants who arrived illegally, regardless of criminal history. North Lake Detention Center in Baldwin, Michigan, experienced a surge from 400 to nearly 1,400 detainees by late 2025, resulting in inadequate medical care, multiple 911 calls, at least one death, and numerous cases of medical neglect.
Two Los Angeles City Council members introduced motions to require LAPD to verify the identities of individuals claiming to be law enforcement and increase penalties for impersonating public safety personnel. The motions address plainclothes individuals in unmarked vehicles conducting immigration enforcement without proper identification. The motions were introduced following immigration enforcement actions in Huntington Park and other areas across Los Angeles County.
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