ICE List:News

News archive

This page stores past entries from the Main Page "In the News" section.

Florida

2025-11-12: [residents concerned as ICE detains over 35 farmworkers on bus] — ICE agents reportedly set up across Immokalee, pulling over buses and detaining more than 35 farmworkers, which left families and students panicked as parents suddenly disappeared. The school district rushed in extra counselors while the community described the day as heartbreaking and frightening, especially for the children left without their mothers.

Maryland

• Legislation:Maryland 287g Ban Bill 2025 – Del. Nicole Williams plans to reintroduce a bill to prohibit 287(g) agreements in Maryland, with new backing from the state Senate president, signaling growing political resistance to local ICE partnerships.

North Carolina

2025-01-10 – Agreement:Wake_County_North_Carolina — Wake County 287(g) agreement renewed.

Pennsylvania

• Agreement:Bucks County Pennsylvania 287g – A Bucks County sheriff who joined ICE’s 287(g) program, giving local deputies federal immigration enforcement powers, faced major backlash from rights groups and his Democratic challenger. The issue became the centerpiece of the race, and voters ultimately removed him from office, with the sheriff-elect vowing to halt and withdraw from the ICE agreement immediately.

Texas

2025-01-15 – Incident:2025-01-14-Hidalgo-TX — Border pursuit ends in crash in Hidalgo, Texas.