At any point, air travel and the airport can be a stressful scene. Finding a place to park, ensuring we get to the airport two hours before our flight takes off, making sure we pick the perfect coffee and snack to keep us company on a long flight, and ICE agents? And a shortage of […]
Tag: Immigration
The Firing of Kristi Noem
With immigration at the forefront of the Trump administration, the Secretary of Homeland Security was leading the way for ICE and the deportation plans within the United States. Kristi Noem, former Governor of South Dakota from 2019-2025, was sworn into the position on January 25, 2025. Her plans for the department focused on sealing the […]
NJ Governor Announces Portal to Track ICE Activity
“If you see an ICE agent in the street, get your phone out, we want to know,” said New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill as she announced a new state-run public portal to track ICE activity across the state. The online portal is expected to launch within the next few days and will allow citizens to […]
What is ICE Really Doing?
We live in a world where there are media sources everywhere–social media, a multitude of broadcast channels, podcasts, print, news websites, and a hundred more. When the media is everywhere and each source relays information in different ways it becomes tricky to navigate what is happening in our country. Especially with controversial situations such as […]
ICE Moves Forward with Plans for a Detention Center 50 Miles From NYC
As of January 16, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security approves plans from ICE to open an immigration detention center in Chester, New York. The town is about 50 miles north of New York City, and just over an hour drive. This new facility will serve as a processing center for detained immigrants.’ Formerly a […]
ICE Agents Exposed for Lacking Basic Training
The AI (artificial intelligence) tool ICE has been using to assess applications has made a deadly mistake. The original purpose of this AI tool was to identify any applicants who already received “law enforcement officer training” so they could skip the in-person training. These applications were automatically fast-tracked to the 4-week online courses ICE uses […]
Woman Killed By ICE in Minneapolis
On Wednesday, January 7 2026, a 37 year old woman named Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of the shooting, ICE agents were in the middle of immigration enforcement operations. In video footage provided by bystanders, it is shown that an ICE agent approached Good’s […]
New York’s Green Light Law Remains in Place
In June 2019, New York passed the “Green Light” law, which took effect on December 19, 2019. This law protects undocumented immigrants by allowing them to obtain a driver’s license without requiring proof of U.S. citizenship. With this law, immigrants have been able to obtain a license, allowing them to find work and move forward […]
A National Model for Detention?
Florida’s (FL) decision to open two new immigration detention facilities, colloquially dubbed “Deportation Depot” and “Alligator Alcatraz,” is the latest and most visceral manifestation of a national trend. Across the country, states are stepping into a role traditionally reserved for the federal government, constructing their own border security and immigration enforcement infrastructure. “Alligator Alcatraz,” the […]
Trump Sues NYC Over Sanctuary Laws Citing Immigrant Shooting
The Justice Department has announced it is suing New York City’s Mayor Eric Adam’s administration arguing that the city’s “sanctuary” policy interferes with the federal government’s deportation efforts. The lawsuit comes just days after the Trump administration placed blame on those policies for the recent shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer by […]
NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Released After Immigration Court Arrest
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was released after being arrested by federal agents at immigration court Tuesday after linking arms with the person authorities were trying to detain, AP News reported. Lander’s arrest occurred at a federal building in Manhattan, yet another confrontation between a U.S. agent and a Democratic politician objecting […]
Trump Defends Sending Troops to L.A. Protests
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump warned that any further protests against federal immigration enforcement could be met with “equal or greater force” than the roughly 4,000 National Guard personnel and 700 Marines currently stationed in Los Angeles. In response to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, California Gov. Gavin Newsom says, “Democracy is under assault.” […]