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Cuban man is 18th person to die in US ICE custody this year: Monitor

Rights group says believed suicide underscores need for more oversight amid Trump's mass deportation drive.

FIFA urged to push US for โ€˜ICE Truceโ€™ at World Cup by Human Rights Watch

ICE has represented the US immigration crackdown and deportation drive, but HRW wants a truce for duration of World Cup.

US Senate passes $70bn funding plan for ICE, Border Patrol

Senate votes 50-48 early on Thursday morning to advance the plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security.

โ€˜Red flagโ€™ recruits: how record US$75 billion ICE expansion led to questionable hiring

Their backgrounds stand out. And not in a good way. Two bankruptcies and six law enforcement jobs in three years. An allegation of lying in a police report to justify a felony charge against an innocent woman โ€“ an incident that led to a US$75,000 settlement and criticism of his integrity. A third job candidate once failed to graduate from a police academy, then lasted only three weeks in his only job as a police officer. Their common bond: all were hired recently by US Immigration and Customs...

Widow, 86, back in France after being held by ICE

Marie-Thรฉrรจse had moved to the US after reuniting with her long-lost love, an American man who died in January.

Brazil's former spy chief released from ICE detention

Bolsonaro ally Alexandre Ramagem was stopped by immigration agents in Orlando, Florida on Monday.

Brazilโ€™s fugitive ex-spy chief freed in the US after ICE detention

Alexandre Ramagem, who fled Brazil following his conviction for plotting a coup, was held by ICE in Florida on Monday.

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FIFA faces pressure to call on Trump to stop ICE raids at 2026 World Cup

The Athletic reports FIFA chief Gianni Infantino is receptive to a proposal to ask Trump for a moratorium on ICE raids.

French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to reunite with long-lost love

The son of pensioner Marie-Thรฉrรจse told French media he is worried for his mother's frail health as she is detained in a Louisiana ICE centre.

Minnesota investigates ICE arrest of Hmong American man as possible kidnapping

A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials said on Monday. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher said at a news conference they are pursuing information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that they need for their investigation into the arrest of ChongLy โ€œScottโ€ Thao, 56, on January 18. Ramsey County includes the...

Brazilโ€™s fugitive ex-spy chief detained by ICE in the US

Former Brazilian intelligence โ chief Alexandre Ramagem has โ been detained by ICE in the United States, the agency reported on its website on Monday, after he fled Brazil in September following his conviction for plotting a coup with โ€Œthen-president Jair Bolsonaro. Ramagem, 53, is a former congressman and police officer who commanded Brazilโ€™s main intelligence agency, ABIN, under Bolsonaro. He was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for his role in a plot to overturn leftist leader Luiz...

Brazilian ex-intelligence chief detained by US immigration authorities

Brazilian media reports that Alexandre Ramagem fled the country after being convicted for involvement in coup plot.

Newlywed wife of US soldier freed by ICE after detention at military base

Annie Ramos, an undocumented immigrant who came to the US as a toddler, had gone to the base to complete paperwork so the couple could move in together.

ICE says its agents donโ€™t carry guns in Canada as World Cup approaches

Amid fears of ICE deployment at World Cup venues in Canada, the agency says its personnel do not make arrests or carry guns.

Los Angeles Stadium workers urge FIFA to bar ICE from World Cup

A workers' union at the World Cup venue has asked FIFA to keep ICE agents away from the venue to alleviate their fears.

Video brings new scrutiny to Minnesota ICE shooting after charges against 2 men collapsed

The city of Minneapolis released a video on Monday showing a chase and scuffle that ended in a non-fatal shooting in January and the suspensions of two federal officers involved in the Trump administrationโ€™s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The video โ€“ from a city-owned security camera โ€“ captured part of the incident in which federal officers chased a Venezuelan man to his home. Another Venezuelan man who lives there was shot during the confrontation. Federal authorities in February dropped...

ICE wanted to build a detention centre - this small farming town said no

Residents say they support the administration's immigration agenda - but not its plans to build a detention centre in their backyard.

Beijing hails US cooperation as ICE returns suspected drug smuggler to China

A Chinese fugitive suspected of drug-related crimes has been repatriated from the United States and handed to police in China, the first such case in years, state media said on Friday. The suspect was returned to China by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) via cooperation channels between the two countries, based on information provided by Chinese narcotics control authorities, said Xinhua, citing the public security ministry. The Chinese national, identified by the surname Han, is...

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Rights groups, Milwaukee leaders slam ICEโ€™s arrest of Palestinian advocate

Salah Sarsour, the president of Islamic Society of Milwaukee, was reportedly detained while driving on March 30.