Hamed Aleaziz

The agency is ramping up arrests, but local pushback is complicating efforts to expand detention capacity and prevent overcrowding.

The move is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.

Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.

Jim Stolley, the chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, has left as government prosecutors grapple with a crush of cases.

The prosecutor, Julie T. Le, told a judge that she and her colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office were overwhelmed by the White House’s immigration operation in Minnesota.

Nine people have been accused of violating federal law during the demonstration at a church this month, reviving a case that was rejected last week by a magistrate judge.

Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.

An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene.

A whistle-blower group said a memo apparently signed by the leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

A similar operation that unfolded in Minnesota became a flashpoint between protesters and immigration authorities.

The Department of Homeland Security was formed after 9/11 amid international terrorism threats. Now, its most visible targets are domestic.

As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data shows otherwise.

An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”

The Transportation Security Administration is providing passenger lists to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders.

It was the latest restrictive change to the immigration system after this week’s shooting of two National Guard members.

The Biden administration set up the initiative after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021 for those who assisted U.S. troops.