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Immigration enforcement crackdown

The systematic expansion of immigration enforcement including workplace raids, bond denial, TPS terminations, sensitive locations policy rescission, and detention conditions.

9 records · Last updated March 25, 2026

From rescinding the sensitive locations policy to record detention deaths, these records document the scope of the immigration enforcement escalation.

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Updated March 25, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing Active litigation

Systematic Elimination of Bond Hearings and Indefinite Immigration Detention

An ICE directive and BIA precedential decision eliminated bond hearings for millions of immigrants, creating a system of indefinite detention without judicial review. 71.7% of the 57,861 ICE detainees had no criminal convictions.

  • On July 8, 2025, Acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons issued a memo declaring that immigrants who entered without inspection are no longer eligible for bond hearings.
  • On September 5, 2025, the BIA ruled in Matter of Yajure Hurtado that immigration judges lack authority to conduct bond hearings for anyone present 'without admission' -- even those who have lived in the US for decades.
  • Entry without inspection was the charge in over 1 million of the 1.76 million immigration court cases initiated in FY 2024.
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Updated March 25, 2026 Civil Rights
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Official executive action

Expanded Travel Ban Targeting Up to 39 Countries, Predominantly Muslim and African Nations

A sweeping expansion of travel restrictions targeting predominantly Muslim-majority and African nations, growing from the original first-term ban to cover 39 countries. The bans affect millions of people and have been widely characterized as religious and racial discrimination codified into immigration policy.

  • On June 4, 2025, Trump issued a proclamation restricting entry from 12 countries (Afghanistan, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen) and partially restricting 7 more (Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela).
  • In December 2025, the ban was expanded to fully restrict entry from 7 additional countries: Burkina Faso, Laos, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Syria — plus people with Palestinian Authority travel documents.
  • The expanded ban affects people from 39 countries total and took effect January 1, 2026. The New York Immigration Coalition estimates 420,000 New Yorkers alone are affected.
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Updated March 25, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Official executive action

Rescission of ICE Sensitive Locations Policy — Churches, Schools, and Hospitals Open to Raids

The rescission of the sensitive locations policy removed decades-old protections for churches, schools, hospitals, courthouses, and shelters from immigration enforcement. The change unleashed a dramatic surge in arrests of non-criminal immigrants and chilled access to essential services including healthcare and education.

  • On January 20, 2025, the Trump administration rescinded the DHS Protected Areas policy via executive order 'Protecting the American People Against Invasion,' removing protections for churches, schools, hospitals, courthouses, shelters, and childcare facilities from ICE operations.
  • Arrests of people with no criminal record surged 2,450% in Trump's first year — from 6% of ICE detainees in January 2025 to 41% by December 2025.
  • ICE's detainee population reached a record high of 73,000, with the daily arrest quota increased from 1,000 to 3,000 beginning in May 2025.
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Updated March 25, 2026 Deportation to Torture
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing Reported record

Record ICE Detention Deaths and Medical Care Payment Halt

46 deaths in ICE custody since January 2025 mark a two-decade high. ICE's October 2025 halt of medical care payments left detainees without access to health services as the detention population reached record levels, creating conditions that contributed to preventable deaths.

  • 46 people have died in ICE custody or detention facilities since January 2025 — a two-decade high, with 2025 seeing the highest death rate (5.6 per 10,000 detainees) since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
  • ICE halted payments to medical care contractors in October 2025 after the VA terminated a longstanding reimbursement agreement, leaving detention facilities without funded medical services.
  • Some medical providers began denying services to ICE detainees as a direct result of the payment halt, even as the detained population continued to break records.
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Updated March 24, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Reported record

Family Separations and Prolonged Child Detention Under Immigration Enforcement

Immigration enforcement separated at least 11,000 US citizen children from their parents, with children held in government custody for an average of six months while officials used reunification processes as traps to arrest parents and caregivers.

  • At least 11,000 US citizen children had a parent detained by ICE in the first seven months of Trump's second term -- an average of more than 50 children per day.
  • Children in ICE detention jumped more than sixfold compared to the Biden administration, from ~25 per day to ~170 per day.
  • Average custody time in ORR shelters rose from one month (2024) to over six months (February 2026).
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Updated March 13, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Active litigation

Mass Termination of Temporary Protected Status Across 11 Countries

TPS was terminated or targeted for termination across 11 countries, de-documenting over 1 million people. Federal courts have blocked or paused several terminations. The State Department maintains 'Do Not Travel' advisories for many of the same countries DHS claims are safe for return.

  • 1.6 million people lost their legal right to stay in the United States in 2025 across all TPS and parole terminations -- the largest mass de-documentation in US history.
  • TPS was terminated or targeted for 11 countries: Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Syria, Somalia, Myanmar, and Ethiopia.
  • 550,000 workers lost status by end of 2025, with significant economic impact across healthcare, construction, and food industries.
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Updated February 28, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Reported record

Record Expansion of ICE Deportation Flights to 79 Countries

ICE Air conducted 2,253 deportation flights to 79 countries in one year -- a 46% increase over the Biden era -- including to 25 countries that had never received ICE flights. Domestic transfer flights surged 132%. Airlines increasingly concealed flight details from public tracking.

  • 2,253 deportation flights to 79 countries from January 20, 2025 to January 20, 2026 -- a 46% increase in flights and 76% increase in destinations.
  • Removal flights included 25 countries that had never previously received ICE deportation flights.
  • Domestic transfer 'shuffle' flights surged to 9,066 -- a 132% increase -- with ICE Air using 35 new local airports.
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Updated February 1, 2026 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Official executive action

ICE Workplace Raids and Mass Arrests at Job Sites

ICE conducted at least 40 workplace raids with over 1,100 arrests in seven months, including the largest single-site raid in DHS history at a Hyundai plant in Georgia (475 arrests). The raids triggered diplomatic incidents and devastated communities dependent on immigrant labor.

  • At least 40 publicly reported ICE worksite enforcement actions in the first seven months of the administration, resulting in over 1,100 arrests.
  • The Hyundai Metaplant raid in Ellabell, Georgia (September 4, 2025) was the largest single-site immigration raid in DHS history, with 475 arrests.
  • Over 300 South Korean nationals were among those arrested at the Hyundai plant, triggering a diplomatic dispute between the US and South Korea.
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Updated June 12, 2025 Deportation & Immigration
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing Judicial finding

Termination of CHNV Humanitarian Parole for 532,000 People

DHS terminated humanitarian parole for 532,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, stripping legal status effective April 24, 2025. The Supreme Court allowed the mass revocation in a 7-2 ruling, and DHS urged affected individuals to 'self-deport immediately.'

  • Approximately 532,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela had been granted humanitarian parole under the CHNV programs established in 2022-2023.
  • DHS published a Federal Register notice on March 25, 2025 terminating all CHNV parole, with parole expiring April 24, 2025.
  • A district court in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction on April 14, 2025 staying the termination.
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