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As the partial government shutdown continues, DHS border czar Tom Homan said ICE agents deployed to airports may stay after TSA workers are paid, depending on whether TSA staff return to work.
President Trump proposed deploying ICE agents to airports to ease TSA lines, but Senate Democrats are demanding restraints on immigration agents and a DHS funding deal remains elusive, leaving wait times and lines unchanged despite the deployment.
ICE agents arrived at several U.S. airports to help staff a strained TSA, a deployment tied to the ongoing partial government shutdown after President Trump threatened to use ICE unless Democrats backed a funding deal; Democrats criticized the move as political theater and raised concerns Trump could target undocumented immigrants.
A Texas jury convicted most of nine defendants accused of aiding an alleged ‘antifa cell’ and plotting an attack outside an ICE detention facility, with several convicted on terrorism-support charges and one on attempted murder, in a landmark national case tied to a crackdown on left-wing protesters.
A former ICE instructor testified at a Capitol hearing that ICE dramatically cut vital training for new recruits and lied to Congress about it as the Trump administration seeks to expand mass deportations.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a memo directing federal immigration agents to arrest refugees who have not yet obtained green cards and detain them indefinitely for re-screening, a dramatic policy shift that reverses decades of protections and threatens tens of thousands who entered during the Biden administration; resettlement groups say the guidance upends protections and endangers refugee families.
A Reuters investigation found judges have ruled ICE detainees were held illegally more than 4,400 times since October, as the Trump administration expanded mass deportations and ICE custody rose to about 68,000. The administration pursued aggressive arrest quotas, while habeas petitions topped 20,000, with hundreds of court orders violated and officials urged to be held accountable for widespread due-process violations.
A House Homeland Security Committee hearing questioned Todd Lyons (acting ICE director), Rodney Scott (CBP commissioner) and Joseph Edlow (USCIS director) about immigration enforcement tactics amid scrutiny of the Minneapolis surge, marking the first such appearance before the panel since the start of Trump’s second term and following the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renée Good linked to federal immigration personnel.
The Washington Post argues Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show could foreground the United States’ immigration divide, tying debates about Trump’s deportation agenda to the event even if the performer does not issue an explicit political message.
Democrats are linking funding for the Department of Homeland Security (and thus ICE) to new restrictions on federal immigration agents, including barring agents from wearing face masks and requiring a judge’s warrant to enter private property; Republicans have called the proposals a “ridiculous Christmas list” but say they’re open to negotiation as they grid through a funding stalemate over immigration policy.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger directed state law enforcement agencies to dissolve any 287(g) partnerships with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, further distancing Virginia from federal immigration operations and criticizing similar actions in other states as undermining public trust.
Border czar Tom Homan says 700 ICE and CBP officers will depart the Minneapolis area after weeks of violence and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens, marking a substantial pullback of DHS presence in Minnesota with the move taking effect immediately.
Two Minnesota school districts and a teachers union filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, alleging that ICE operations have spilled onto campuses and disrupted attendance and school functioning statewide, and asking a judge to keep federal officers off school grounds.
Tenants living near the Portland ICE facility filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to bar agents from using tear gas that is likely to infiltrate their homes, arguing the gas endangers residents and should only be deployed if officers face an imminent threat.
An Oregon judge issued a temporary injunction barring federal agents from deploying tear gas at protests outside the Portland ICE office, following an earlier use of chemical agents during a largely peaceful demonstration that included children.