More than 20 large warehouse cities have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s $45 billion expansion of detention centers. Some communities complain that ICE doesn’t tell them anything until after it has bought space for thousands of detainees. In some cases, warehouse owners refuse to sell. A look at some of the locations: … Read more
In a scene that feels ripped from a procedural drama, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Scott Thomas Deiseroth42, was pulled over on a highway in the Florida Keys in August 2025 after deputies said he was driving erratically on the Seven Mile Bridge with his two young sons in the truck — and body … Read more
Federal authorities on Friday announced an investigation into two immigration officers who appeared to have made false statements under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month. It is among at least five shootings in which initial descriptions by immigration officials were later contradicted by video evidence. Among them were the fatal Minneapolis shootings of … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For days, Luis Ramirez had an uneasy feeling about the men dressed as laborers he’d seen outside his family’s Mexican restaurant in suburban Minneapolis. They wore high-visibility vests and immaculate white hard hats, he noticed, even when they were parked in their vehicle. His search for the Wisconsin electrician posted on the … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for the federal government have until next Thursday to reach an agreement with human rights advocates seeking to ensure the right to counsel for people detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota, a judge said Friday. Advocates said people held at the facility on the outskirts of Minneapolis … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that Democratic demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week unless it works with Republicans and the White House. Democrats say they won’t vote on a DHS spending bill when … Read more
This is part of a series of field reports from Minneapolis. As masked men in war gear surrounded the car my friend Patty and I were sitting in, all I could think about was the moments that led to the death of my neighbor Renee Good. “I’m not mad at you,” she had told her … Read more
During a controversial interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reiterated her claim that Renee Good, the woman who was fatally shot by an immigration agent in Minneapolis last Wednesday, was involved in “domestic terrorism” because she “armed her vehicle to commit an act of violence against a law enforcement … Read more
Sign up for Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism and advice available, delivered to your inbox daily. What happened Wednesday morning in Minneapolis? If you believe Department of Homeland Security Public Affairs Officer Tricia McLaughlin, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers found themselves in mortal danger when “violent protesters” disrupted their “targeted operations.” As … Read more