Key Facts

1. Immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and their allies are no longer safe, evidenced by the tragic killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE and CBP officers.
2. There has been an unusually large proportion of shootings by ICE involving moving vehicles. At least 5 of the people shot in this way were US citizens.
3. The Trump regime has repeatedly attempted to justify shooting at moving vehicles by claiming that the drivers were weaponizing their vehicles. However, in many cases, video evidence shows drivers attempting to maneuver away from agents at the time the shots were fired.
4. Many US police agencies, including the federal Department of Justice, have trained officers not to fire into moving vehicles or have banned the practice outside of rare circumstances, such as a driver shooting at people or already attempting to run them over.
5. The increased activity from ICE and CBP nationwide stems from an inhumane quota directive from Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to arrest up to 3,000 immigrants each day.
6. The raids have created a climate of fear and anxiety for immigrant communities across the country as ICE and CBP do not target immigrants with criminal convictions as they promised they would.
7. In 2025, Congress gave DHS an unprecedented $170 billion for immigration enforcement to dramatically increase their capacity to target, detain, and deport immigrants across the country.
8. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operates under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the primary agency responsible for the apprehension, detention, and deportation of immigrants. ICE deportation officers conduct the majority of apprehensions of immigrants in the interior of the country.
9. ICE employs more than 22,000 personnel and operates over 200 detainment facilities, many through private contracts. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed last year has significantly increased the number of ICE deportation officers and detention facilities, turbocharging the agency to conduct raids across the country.
10. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operates under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and is responsible for border security. CBP officers have broad authority to stop, question, and search individuals and their property at all US ports of entry, often without a warrant or probable cause.
11. Historically, CBP officers limited their operations to within 100 miles of a border or port of entry. However, both the CBP and ICE have the authority to interrogate any person they believe may be an immigrant and make warrantless arrests anywhere in the US, not just near a border.
12. The Trump regime has increasingly used CBP officers in roving patrols throughout the country. It was long-time CBP officers who shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a US citizen who nonviolently came to the aid of another protester.
13. As of 2026, there are approximately 73,000 immigrants held in ICE detention. This is the highest number ever recorded and is an 84% increase from January 2025.
14. Over 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal record, and 95% have never been convicted of a violent crime.
15. 32 people died in ICE detention during 2025--the agency's deadliest year in more than two decades.
16. Although previous presidents were also aggressive in deporting immigrants, in particular Obama and Biden, Trump's efforts to increase the number of detentions has gone beyond previous norms. ICE has targeted people at workplaces, farms, university campuses, private homes, as well as during random traffic stops. The administration rescinded a bipartisan policy that once limited raids in schools, places of worship, hospitals, and other sensitive areas.
17. Although Trump has acknowledged that his imigration policies are damaging the US economy, he has persisted.
18. Thre Trump regime has sought to penalize sanctuary jurisdictions--cities and states that legally limit cooperation with ICE--through slapsuits and the illegal withholding of federal funds.
19. The Trump regime's increase in deportations often comes at the expense of due process rights. They prioritize speed and political gain over the individual legal protections.
20. The Trump regime's divisive raids distract from more realistic and practical solutions that would better address the significant and legitimate need to reform the US immigration system.