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October 17, 2026
Ilhan Omar’s Sister’s Phone Was Seized Before Search of Lawmaker’s Home
A criminal investigation into the lawmaker’s immigration process advanced after federal investigators reviewed family text messages from a seized phone.
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October 16, 2026
Katie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Fired After 5 Days
The ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
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October 12, 2026
Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar
The search takes places within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.
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October 9, 2026
Katie Zacharia Picked as Trump’s New White House Press Secretary
Ms. Zacharia is a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt.
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October 8, 2026
ICE Agent Shoots Man in New York City
The person who was shot had been taken to a nearby hospital and was conscious and receiving medical attention, according to the New York Police Department, which said it was not involved in the sho...
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October 8, 2026
Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.
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October 4, 2026
Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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October 2, 2026
Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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September 29, 2026
Man Shot by ICE Agent in Austin Is Charged With Assault
Prosecutors say the man struck an agent with his car’s mirror before another agent shot him. The charge reveals the existence of body camera footage of the shooting, though that has not been released.
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September 29, 2026
Man Shot by ICE Agent in Austin Is Charged With Assault
The charge reveals the existence of body camera footage of the shooting, though that video has not been released.
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September 29, 2026
ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive
A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.
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September 21, 2026
Texas Man Shot by ICE Agent Offers His Own Account of Altercation
A Venezuelan immigrant named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot in Austin on Sunday after a traffic stop. The shooting prompted calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
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September 20, 2026
Markwayne Mullin Lost His Pick to Lead ICE, as He Struggles to Prove His Toughness on Immigration
Markwayne Mullin is working to overcome hard-liners’ doubts about his leadership, his position undermined by missteps with the White House.
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September 17, 2026
White House Pulls Nomination of Lance Schroyer, Ally of Markwayne Mullin, for ICE Director
President Trump nominated Lance Schroyer, a former law enforcement officer from Oklahoma, less than three months ago.
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September 16, 2026
U.S. Fast-Tracked Deportation of Ecuadorean Politician Despite Torture Fears
The removal of José Serrano, a critic of President Daniel Noboa who has been accused of criminal activity, underscores how the Trump administration has asserted control over U.S. immigration courts.
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September 14, 2026
Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud
Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
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September 14, 2026
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages as ‘Calming Areas,’ Report Says
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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September 3, 2026
ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says
An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.
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September 2, 2026
Trump Administration Launches Hunt For Noncitizen Voter Fraud Before Midterms
The practice is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.
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August 30, 2026
Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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August 29, 2026
Milo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K.
Mr. Yiannopoulos, an early supporter of President Trump and vocal supporter of mass deportations, was himself sent back to his home country, part of a long fall from right-wing grace.
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August 29, 2026
Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa
The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.
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August 28, 2026
Milo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE
Mr. Yiannopoulos, a prominent early supporter of President Trump, was detained at the New Orleans airport. The Trump administration publicized his arrest and shared a mug shot.
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August 27, 2026
Trump Administration to Expand Deportation Flights to Haiti
Flights to the Caribbean nation will increase from once a month to once a week now that the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to cancel a humanitarian program.
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August 21, 2026
Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts
The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month.
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August 21, 2026
U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say
The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.
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August 21, 2026
5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia
Five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.
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August 18, 2026
ICE Bars Its Workers From Wearing Meta’s Smart Glasses on the Job
The agency joins a growing number of workplaces and groups to ban Meta’s devices, which have spurred privacy concerns.
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August 13, 2026
Trump’s Immigration Policy Echoes 1920s Crackdown, but This Time Congress Isn’t Involved
U.S. leaders limited immigration amid economic and social turmoil. Historians see similarities to Trump’s crackdown, with a catch: He’s doing it without Congress.
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August 13, 2026
Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.
The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
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