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In a targeted enforcement operation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested hundreds of foreign nationals.

ICE

Ron Rogers/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Closing Argument
How Trump Is Trying to Expand the Already Colossal U.S. Prison System
The administration’s efforts — from mass deportation to harsher punishments for some crimes — rely on access to more prison and jail cells.
An officer in a navy uniform holds a walkie talkie while walking through a hall. There is an open gate in the foreground. Two people in orange uniforms with towels are walking in the background.
Three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, wearing black guard vests, green long sleeve shirts and black ski masks, stand in front of a green door.
Closing Argument February 8
How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Blurs the Lines Between Reality, Rumor and Theater
ICE arrests, including “collateral arrests,” are up — and often in front of cameras. But experts say the data is incomplete — and hoaxes abound.
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A group of men wearing white uniforms, seen from the back, walk toward a fenced area. A guard stands by the entrance.
Analysis January 22
What Will Trump’s Executive Order on Private Prisons Really Do?
The order reverses Biden’s ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Private immigrant detention never stopped and is expected to grow.
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Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Ohio, in 2023.
Closing Argument January 4
‘Perverse’ Incentives: How Local Governments Might Cash In on Trump’s Migrant Detention
Some local officials see President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations as an answer to their budget woes.
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Feature January 14, 2019
We Are Witnesses: Becoming An American
A portrait of the U.S. immigration system in 12 short films.
By The Marshall Project
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