The Trump administration has detained approximately 12 Somali immigrants at Guantanamo Bay's Migrant Operations Center, telling them they were being deported to Somalia. The detainees report harsh conditions including frigid temperatures and constant shackling, marking an escalation of Trump's targeting of Somali immigrants, whom he previously stated contribute nothing to the United States.
The US is pursuing deportation of noncitizen technology researchers who monitor online safety, despite a judge blocking the policy as unconstitutional in July. Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the policy as preventing foreign manipulation of US public discourse, but courts found no evidence linking targeted researchers to foreign powers and ruled the policy too broad. The US has appealed the ruling while another court declined jurisdiction in a case involving hate speech researcher Imran Ahmed.
Ibrahim Topkaya, a Turkish medical doctor and researcher at Upstate Medical University, was detained by immigration officials at the U.S.-Canada border in Niagara Falls after a GPS navigation error. Despite claims of approved asylum status and valid work authorization, DHS states he overstayed his visa and is being held pending removal proceedings.
Two U.S. citizen teenagers were attacked by ICE agents while heading to enlist in the Marines after allegedly filming ICE arrests outside a Texas school. One teen was pepper-sprayed and punched; both were detained for eight hours. The incident has raised questions about ICE accountability and whether the agency respects citizens' rights.
Abolish-Ice.net documents the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, funded at $113.375 billion across 2025–2026 laws, detailing detention practices, custody deaths, and financial ties between ICE and private contractors like GEO Group and CoreCivic. The site argues ICE's enforcement infrastructure is not inevitable and proposes redirecting resources toward community-based alternatives.
The IRS illegally shared approximately 47,000 records containing addresses of undocumented individuals with ICE to support deportation efforts, violating federal law protecting tax information. An appeals court found the agency circumvented legal requirements by processing bulk requests without proper criminal investigation documentation, and both the government and IRS employees could face civil and criminal penalties.