Clergy seek court order to allow pastoral access to immigrants held at Minneapolis ICE facility

MINNEAPOLIS — Protestant and Catholic clergy are asking a federal judge to order that they be allowed to minister to immigrants in a holding facility at the headquarters of the Trump administration’s enforcement surge in Minnesota. U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell will hear Friday from attorneys for Minnesota branches of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in … Read more

Minneapolis police chief says video of ICE arrest

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara shook as he watched video of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pulling a woman — a U.S. citizen on her way to a medical appointment — from her car.  The woman, Aliya Rahman, can be heard on video telling ICE officers she’s disabled. Rahman’s lawyer said she was overwhelmed by … Read more

A Mexican teen migrant dies in a Florida jail holding ICE detainees

MIAMI — A 19-year-old Mexican migrant died at a county jail in Florida that has been holding immigrant detainees, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. According to ICE, Royer Perez-Jimenez “died of presumed suicide,” although an official cause of death remains under investigation. The death of Perez-Jimenez on Monday is the 46th reported under … Read more

Dem rep’s staffer repeatedly posed as lawyer for detainees, smuggled phone into Texas facility, ICE says

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A staffer for Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, allegedly lied about being an attorney at least 11 times for detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in an effort to meet with them and sneak in cell phones.  Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons informed Escobar in … Read more

Illegal immigrant accused of running over US citizen nabbed by ICE after Biden-era release

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A road rage incident in a Philadelphia suburb led to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arresting an illegal alien with a massive and violent criminal history. Fox News Digital learned that ICE apprehended Christopher Leon Bailey, a 27-year-old Jamaican national, Monday in Ridley … Read more

Family speaks after Afghan refugee who fought alongside U.S. forces dies in ICE custody

Mohammed Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, a former soldier in the Afghan military who was evacuated to the U.S. in 2021, died in ICE custody on March 14. Thirteen people have died in ICE detention three months into 2026, following a two-decade high death tally reported last year. CBS News spoke to Paktiawal’s brother and 12-year-old son, … Read more

Slotkin presses DHS pick on ICE at polls, says she can’t trust Trump to allow ‘free and fair’ election

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Homeland Security Secretary-designate Markwayne Mullin was challenged Wednesday over concerns that the Trump administration could position ICE agents near polling places this November. The back-and-forth with Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., comes amid warnings from some on the right that many blue states’ election security policies are potentially … Read more

ICE custody deaths are at a 2-decade high. An Afghan refugee who helped U.S. forces is the latest to die.

Dallas — On March 13, Afghan immigrant Naseer Paktiawal received a call from Immigration and Custom Enforcement, which had just arrested his brother in North Texas. The first thing his brother told him was that he wasn’t feeling well.  “I told [the agent] my brother needs help. He’s not feeling good. He’s feeling pain in … Read more

Immigration judge orders deportation of NYC Council employee after ICE arrest, city leaders push back

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An immigration judge has ordered the deportation of a former New York City Council employee federal officials said in January was an undocumented immigrant with a prior assault arrest. City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced the deportation ruling on Wednesday, condemning it as a “miscarriage of justice … Read more