That’s according to Western New York Rep. Tim Kennedy, who released a letter from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday.
Category: Immigration
Immigration enforcement, detention, court rulings and the communities affected by shifting federal policy.
Crime & Justice Oct 2, 2026ICE Watch: ICE Quietly Removed Thousands of Detainees From Its Public Locator, AP Reports
Since September 15, anyone searching ICE’s public database for thousands of detained immigrants has found nothing.
Crime & Justice Oct 1, 2026ICE Watch: Fiscal Year 2026 Becomes Deadliest in ICE History: 37 Deaths in Custody, Including Cubans
The recently concluded federal fiscal year has been recorded as the most fatal for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): 37 individuals died while in the agency’s custody between October 2025 and September 2026.
Crime & Justice Sep 30, 2026ICE Watch: Nurse Helped Injured Mexican Escape ICE Custody at Hospital: Feds
A Michigan nurse has been charged with a federal misdemeanor after authorities alleged she helped an injured immigration detainee leave a hospital while he was in federal custody, according to court filings.
Crime & Justice Sep 29, 2026ICE Watch: His mom was detained by ICE. Two months later, he died by suicide
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Crime & Justice Sep 28, 2026ICE Watch: East Side ICE Detention Facility Now Expected To Open This Winter
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement now expects the facility at 542 S.E. Loop 410 to begin operations this winter as crews continue converting a nearly 640,000-square-foot warehouse into an immigration processing and detention center.
Civil Rights Sep 17, 2026DOJ Asks Judge to Reject New Jersey’s ICE Mask Law as Courts Split State by State
Federal judges have blocked ICE mask-and-ID laws in Virginia and New York; New Jersey argues its version is different, and the Justice Department wants the case thrown out anyway.
Civil Rights Sep 16, 2026Nine Courts to Two: ICE’s No-Bond Detention Policy Is Losing Everywhere but the Fifth and Eighth Circuits
The Fourth Circuit called mass no-bond detention a throwback to internment, the Supreme Court dropped its test case after a Hochul pardon, and where you are arrested now decides whether you get a hearing.