Policy & Analysis

757 documented incidents tagged “Policy & Analysis” in the Human Impact Project database — showing the 100 most recent. View all on the interactive map.

• ICE plans new coordination center to expand 287(g) program in Tennessee

  Aug 21, 2026

• USCIS warns employers TPS for 150,000 Salvadorans may end abruptly

  Aug 21, 2026

• US sends nearly 2,300 Mexican deportees through Guatemala, Honduras to bypass direct returns

  Aug 21, 2026

• Medical examiner identifies skeletal remains found in Pima County desert

  Aug 21, 2026 · Pima County, AZ

• 160+ Haitians deported to gang-controlled Haiti after TPS status ends

  Aug 20, 2026 · Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

• ICE operations intensify in Springfield, dozens of Haitians detained this month

  Aug 20, 2026 · Springfield, OH

• Grievance system meant to protect ICE detainees has collapsed, NPR review finds

  Aug 20, 2026

• ICE says San Diego County blocked agents from routine training facilities

  Aug 20, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Delaney Hall detainees seek crime-victim visas after alleged abuse during protests

  Aug 20, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Judge appoints monitors after migrant children held far past legal detention limit

  Aug 20, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Mexico pursues legal action over 17 deaths of its nationals in ICE custody

  Aug 19, 2026

• First deportation flight to Liberia carries 20 people under U.S. third-country deal

  Aug 19, 2026

• Florida's ICE office leads nation in arrests amid expanding local police partnerships

  Aug 19, 2026 · Miami, FL

• Liberia to accept 1,200 third-country deportees from US within a year

  Aug 19, 2026

• Treasury proposes rule barring noncitizens from claiming refundable tax credits

  Aug 19, 2026

• Universities, unions sue to block new limit on international student visa status

  Aug 18, 2026 · Boston, MA

• Immigration judges fired en masse as Trump administration reshapes deportation rulings

  August 18, 2026

• Emails show ICE coordinated with Iran on deportation flights amid rising tensions

  August 18, 2026

• US secretly deports Mexican migrants to Guatemala and Honduras

  Aug 18, 2026

• DHS responds to county report on immigration detention surge

  Aug 18, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• Haitian TPS termination leaves thousands in Queens fearing deportation

  Aug 18, 2026 · Queens, NY

• Flatbush businesses lose customers as ICE fears grip immigrant neighborhood

  Aug 17, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Queens officials and community groups rally against ICE surge in East Elmhurst

  Aug 17, 2026 · East Elmhurst, NY

• Refugee admissions to U.S. plunge to record low under Trump

  Aug 17, 2026

• Seattle sees surge in masked ICE arrests aided by state driver data

  Aug 15, 2026 · Seattle, WA

• Surge in ICE operations across Loudoun County; agencies report multiple arrests

  Aug 15, 2026 · Loudoun, VA

• ICE plans $20 million purchase of electric shock gloves for officers

  Aug 15, 2026

• Bulldozers begin border wall construction through Big Bend National Park's Santa Elena Canyon

  Aug 14, 2026 · Big Bend National Park, TX

• ICE plans to insure local police who arrest migrants under 287(g) deals

  August 14, 2026

• ICE arrests of Asian Americans in California surged more than 1,000%, analysis finds

  Aug 14, 2026 · CA

• DHS surveilled Minnesota activists, unions with facial recognition and informants

  Aug 13, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

• Federal judge poised to restrict warrantless immigration arrests in Los Angeles

  Aug 13, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA

• Fear of ICE Operations Pushes New York Immigrants to Consider Self-Deportation

  Aug 12, 2026 · New York, NY

• Dilley family detention center holding 60+ children beyond federal 20-day limit

  Aug 12, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• Tens of thousands of Haitian TPS holders face deportation after Supreme Court ruling

  Aug 12, 2026

• El Paso grocer says new money-transfer rules scare immigrant customers into isolation

  Aug 11, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• Communities rally against ICE enforcement, fear tears families apart

  Aug 11, 2026 · New York, NY

• NYC Mayor appeals to Trump to restore Haitian TPS as city forced to dismiss workers

  Aug 10, 2026 · New York, NY

• Queens residents rally against reported ICE enforcement surge in Corona, Elmhurst

  Aug 10, 2026 · Corona, NY

• ICE launches enforcement operations in NYC targeting immigrants with prior detainers

  Aug 10, 2026 · Queens, NY

• Trump administration targets immigration judges for removal, accelerates deportations

  Aug 10, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• ICE adopts body camera policy with broad discretion to withhold footage

  Aug 10, 2026

• Suit alleges Homeland Security targeted immigration enforcement observers

  Aug 9, 2026

• Military families of active-duty troops detained and deported as Trump administration reverses longstanding protections

  Aug 9, 2026 · New York, NY

• New Jersey launches civil rights investigation into Delaney Hall ICE detention center

  Aug 8, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• ICE arrests 1,226 undocumented immigrants across Georgia in Operation Safe Community

  Aug 8, 2026 · Georgia

• Trump signs orders restricting birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants

  Aug 7, 2026

• ICE arrests 1,226 people in Georgia operation, 720 with criminal convictions or charges

  Aug 7, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• Judge allows Trump administration to end TPS for South Sudanese nationals

  Aug 7, 2026

• Democrats describe grim conditions at ICE detention centers in Texas

  Aug 7, 2026 · Dilley, TX

• 70 arrested in Operation Muddy Waters child exploitation crackdown across Mississippi

  Aug 7, 2026 · Mississippi

• Haitian caregivers lose work authorization as Trump ends TPS program

  Aug 6, 2026 · Westchester, NY

• DHS plans to hire bounty hunters to track deported people abroad for fines

  Aug 6, 2026

• More than 54,000 immigrants tracked with GPS ankle monitors as ICE expands electronic surveillance

  Aug 6, 2026 · United States

• ICE expands airport enforcement nationwide, detaining travelers with pending applications and work authorization

  Aug 6, 2026 · Dallas, TX

• Federal agents threaten criminal charges to force sheriff to surrender inmates

  Aug 6, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Massachusetts governor signs strongest immigrant protections law amid ICE enforcement

  Aug 5, 2026 · Chelsea, MA

• Texas law firm with no immigration experience awarded $150M to represent migrant children

  Aug 5, 2026 · Austin, TX

• Supreme Court likely to reject Trump birthright citizenship order

  Aug 5, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY

• Deported immigrants targeted by DHS-hired private investigators photographing their homes abroad

  Aug 5, 2026 · Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala

• Massachusetts Governor Signs Law Limiting ICE Access to Schools, Hospitals, Courts

  Aug 5, 2026 · Chelsea, MA

• Trafficking survivors and vulnerable children face accelerated deportations under Trump administration

  Aug 5, 2026 · Pittsburgh, PA

• ICE launches major operation in New York City targeting those with detainers

  Aug 5, 2026 · New York, NY

• Over 50 military family members detained under Trump immigration crackdown

  Aug 5, 2026

• Detained migrants use constitutional remedy to challenge detention, avoid legal fees

  Aug 4, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Washington driver data still used in ICE arrests, UW report

  Aug 4, 2026 · Seattle, WA

• ICE arrests surge in Washington state during Trump immigration crackdown

  Aug 4, 2026 · Washington, WA

• Social media users critical of ICE monitored by government-paid contractors

  Aug 2, 2026 · United States

• Indiana police collaborate quietly with ICE on enforcement operations

  Aug 2, 2026 · Avon, IN

• Idaho probation office compiles 'foreign born list' for ICE

  May 2026 to July 2026 · Caldwell, ID

• Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children face deportation without legal representation as federal contract lapses

  Jul 31, 2026 · New York, NY

• Hastily opened detention center faces lawsuits over conditions, medical neglect, solitary confinement

  Jul 30, 2026 · California City, CA

• ICE detention center implements controversial strip-search policy after physical visits

  Jul 30, 2026 · San Diego, CA

• ICE reports over 350,000 removals in fiscal year 2026

  Jul 30, 2026

• Haitian migrants in Springfield ordered to ICE check-ins, fitted with ankle monitors

  Jul 29, 2026 · Springfield, OH

• Nigerian nun detained by ICE while walking to Mass in Texas, released after congressional intervention

  Jul 29, 2026 · McAllen, TX

• Trump rule could push 450,000 asylum seekers into fast-track deportation proceedings

  Jul 28, 2026

• California's largest ICE detention center fails to provide adequate medical care

  Jul 28, 2026 · California City, CA

• ICE launches large-scale enforcement operation across NYC

  Jul 28, 2026 · Queens, NY

• ICE New York Operation Begins in Queens With Officials Warning

  Jul 28, 2026 · Queens, NY

• Immigration judges issue 100,000+ deportation orders in accelerated hearings

  Jul 27, 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Man from Burkina Faso confined a year at Newark detention center seeking asylum

  Jul 27, 2026 · Newark, NJ

• Hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants face arrest and deportation as TPS protections end

  Jul 26, 2026 · Springfield, OH

• ICE arrests 259 immigrants in Houston over two weeks

  Jul 26, 2026 · Houston, TX

• ICE and CBP averaging 1,593 arrests per day, highest since Trump

  Jul 23, 2026

• ICE's 'weaponized vehicle' claims against immigrants mostly fall apart in court

  Jul 22, 2026

• Record 43,138 immigrants arrested by ICE in June under Trump administration

  Jul 21, 2026

• Twin Cities suburbs ban immigration searches on license plate cameras

  Jul 21, 2026 · Fridley, MN

• ICE arrests of criminals in NYC top 6,500 ahead of promised surge

  Jul 21, 2026 · New York, NY

• More than 650 children detained in California under Trump enforcement crackdown

  Jul 21, 2026 · California, CA

• Immigration courts deny bond to detained immigrants at accelerating rate

  Jul 20, 2026 · Elizabeth, NJ

• ICE enforcement surge across New Jersey amid Trump administration escalation

  Jul 18, 2026 · New Jersey

• DHS finalizes rule ending indefinite stays for foreign students, exchange visitors

  Jul 17, 2026 · Washington, DC

• ICE detentions surge in Maine weeks before Biddeford shooting

  Jul 17, 2026 · Maine, ME

• Colombian delivery driver fatally shot by ICE officer in mistaken Maine traffic stop

  Jul 17, 2026 · Biddeford, ME

• Federal judge orders sweeping reforms at Adelanto ICE detention center over inhumane conditions

  Jul 17, 2026 · Adelanto, CA

• Detainees at Fort Bliss beaten by guards, denied medical care in widespread abuse documented by ACLU and Human Rights Watch

  Jul 16, 2026 · El Paso, TX

• 55 immigrants die in ICE custody under Trump's second term, highest rate in two decades

  Jul 15, 2026

• Haitian TPS holders face anxiety despite last-minute work authorization extension

  Jul 15, 2026 · New York, NY

• Detainees report indiscriminate beatings, medical neglect at Fort Bliss immigration detention camp

  Jul 15, 2026 · El Paso, TX