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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/18/phone-data-privacy-customs/ Border authorities don't need a warrant to search your phone and other devices. U.S. immigration officers the authority to search travelers’ luggage and belongings when they enter the United States including cellphones, laptop computers and tablets. U.S. Customs and...

Being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can be a scary and confusing experience. Here are some important things to remember if you are ever arrested by ICE: Do not resist arrest. Even if you believe the arrest is...

ICE limits migrants' legal rights and access to lawyers - which in turn raises their risk of deportation, a new ACLU report says. The American Civil Liberty Union study, "No Fighting Chance: ICE's Denial of Access to Counsel in U.S....

The Biden administration put new guidelines into effect in September 2021 to narrow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement priorities, ICE agents to focus limited resources on top priority threats. A federal court temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new ICE...

For several years, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subpoenaed financial services companies Western Union and Maxitransfers in California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico to turn over all records for money transfers over $500. ICE obtained over 6...

McHenry County Jail was finally forced to put the Illinois Forward Act into effect on January 13 after a federal appellate court ruling that McHenry and Kankakee counties in Illinois must stop housing federal immigration detainees. Effective January 14, ICE...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will launch a pilot program in 2022 for ICE officials in some cities to wear body cameras. The December 21 announcement by Secretary Mayorkas said the body cam pilot program is to increase accountability and...

President Joe Biden has been in office for nearly 11 months. On his first day in office, January 20, 2021, Biden issued orders for temporary changes to the enforcement of the immigration law while a full review is underway. Newly...

A new memo issued on November 3 by DHS (Department of Homeland Security) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that immigration authorities will limit arrests at schools, hospitals and other “protected” areas. The new policy limits immigration arrests at protected such as...

The Illinois General Assembly passed the Illinois Way Forward Act, a bill that will close all ICE detention centers in the state and severely restrict how local law enforcement can work with federal immigration agents. Cities and counties will be...