Deportation

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You have a criminal conviction on your record — even an old one — and you wonder if ICE could come for you next. In late July and early August 2026, ICE removed several people with convictions ranging from murder to arson, including individuals who had been deported before and returned. These cases show that prior removal orders stay active and that reentry after deportation leads to federal charges on top of removal.

What if ICE has already arrested someone in your neighborhood — and you're wondering whether you could be next? On September 10, 2026, ICE New Orleans announced it had removed its 100,000th person this fiscal year, a pace that represents a 30% jump from FY 2025. That number is not just a statistic: it signals how aggressively removal operations are running right now across the country.

For the first time in US history, a federal court created in 1996 but never used was activated to deport someone. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, an Afghan national who lived in Fort Worth, Texas, was removed from the United States after admitting she supported her family's plan for an ISIS-inspired mass shooting on Election Day 2024. She is now permanently barred from returning.

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What if someone you know was swept up in a weeklong ICE operation — and you have no idea what happens next? Between August 24 and 27, 2026, ICE and multiple Florida law enforcement agencies arrested 500 people in Fort Myers in one of the largest local enforcement actions this year. For anyone in Florida with an open immigration case or a prior order of removal, the stakes just got very real.

ICE Phoenix arrested two men in northern Arizona during the week of August 2, 2026 — one near Prescott, one near Flagstaff — both with serious criminal records. One of them had been deported and illegally reentered the country seven times since 1996. These cases show how ICE targets people with criminal histories, and what happens once someone is taken into custody.

You had a removal order filed against you years ago, and you've been living quietly since. A case out of Texas shows that ICE does not forget old orders — and that local sheriff's offices can now help enforce them. Here is what an ICE detainer actually does, and what your options are.

Missed your immigration court date? A deportation order isn't the end — you may have 180 days to file a motion to reopen, and the reason you missed matters more than you think.

Что делать, если вас остановили на пограничном переходе для дополнительной проверки — даже если вы ни в чём не виноваты? Усиление досмотра на мостах Коломбия и Уорлд Трейд в Ларедо затрагивает всех, кто пересекает границу: и грузовые фуры, и обычных путешественников. Понимать свои права в такой ситуации — не лишнее.

ICE arrested a 55-year-old man from the Philippines in Las Vegas on August 2, 2026, after Las Vegas police charged him with domestic battery, attempted arson, and drug possession. He had been living in the US without legal status since late 2000, when he overstayed his visa by more than two decades. The case shows how a visa overstay combined with a criminal record can end in detention and removal proceedings.

A 61-year-old Cuban national lived in Kendall, Florida with a green card for years. Then investigators found out how he got it. On August 7, 2026, ICE deported Fernando Armando Valdes Perez after determining he had hidden his work as a Cuban intelligence spy when he applied for lawful permanent resident status — a case that shows green card fraud can catch up with someone decades later.

What if your green card is already approved — but a judge deports you before it arrives? That is now a real risk. Hundreds of US immigration judges attended a mandatory training session telling them to stop granting extra time in court, even when immigrants are waiting for approved visas or green cards.

Roughly 1,900 unaccompanied children — some of them babies — have been sitting in US government shelters for an average of six months, even when family members in the United States are ready to take them in. Now, more than 50 legal organizations have launched a coordinated legal campaign to get them out. The tool they are using could force the government to justify each detention in federal court — or release the child.