Deportation

You are driving to work early in the morning when federal agents try to stop your car. That is what happened to Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian delivery driver in Biddeford, Maine — and he did not survive the encounter. His death is the second ICE-involved killing in less than a week, and at least the seventh since January 2025.

At least 412 times in less than a year, federal and local law enforcement fired teargas, rubber bullets, and pepper spray at people protesting immigration enforcement across the US. A new report by Physicians for Human Rights and UC Berkeley's Human Rights Center puts a number to what many protesters experienced firsthand — and the injuries are severe. Two more people were shot and killed by federal immigration officials this week alone.

ICE ran removal flights during the week ending June 19, 2026, and the agency says the pace will not slow down. For anyone currently in removal proceedings, that timeline is not abstract — it is personal. Here is what the deadlines look like and what options remain.

You are sitting in your car in Minneapolis. An ICE agent shoots you. Six months later, your family still has no answers — because federal authorities refused to hand over the evidence. That standoff just ended, but the fight for accountability is far from over.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo left for work on the morning of July 7 in Houston. He had lived in the US for nearly 35 years and had no criminal record. An ICE officer shot and killed him before he got there — and now Mexico is taking the US to court over his death and 16 others.

What if ICE agents approach you on the street or try to stop your car — do you know what your rights are right now? On the morning of July 13, 2026, a person was killed in a shooting involving ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine, a city of about 21,000 people roughly 15 miles south of Portland. It is the 10th fatal shooting by federal immigration officials since the second Trump administration took office in early 2025.

A person was shot and killed during an ICE operation in Biddeford, Maine, according to Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau. State Police and the Department of Public Safety responded to the scene. The FBI is expected to investigate.

At 5:30 a.m., ICE agents knocked on Jennifer's door in Queens — then broke it down. Her 10-year-old son J. watched agents point a gun at him when he tried to film them on an iPad. Months later, he still can't stop thinking about it.

ICE arrests inside immigration courtrooms aren't banned by law — just paused by internal policy, which can change anytime. Attorney Ilya Fishkin says immigrants with no criminal record have little to fear, but those with a record should consult a lawyer before their hearing.

Immigration attorney Ilya Fishkin explains whether ICE has actually reduced arrests of non-criminal immigrants — and why having a lawyer changes everything.

ICE agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, a Houston construction worker, while he was driving his crew to a job site on Tuesday. Federal agents were looking for someone else entirely, according to Democratic Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, who cited a briefing from ICE's acting director. Salgado Araujo was weeks away from obtaining legal status — and his family says he knew exactly what to do if immigration agents stopped him.

ICE's Houston office arrested 735 people in May 2026 — and the agency says that number is not unusual. It is what every month looks like. If you live in Southeast Texas and have any open immigration matter, here is what this enforcement pattern means for you.

You are heading to a construction job before dawn, riding in a van with coworkers, when unmarked vehicles begin following you. That is how Tuesday started for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — and it ended with him dead on a Houston street, shot by ICE officers. Now the three men who survived are being pressured to sign their own deportation orders before investigators can hear their side of the story.

You are pardoned by your state, your victim has forgiven you, and you believe you have a second chance. Then the federal government deports you anyway. That is what happened to Tou Lue Vang — and his case reveals a hard truth about how little a state pardon means when a federal removal order is still on the books.

The Trump administration has a simple answer for immigrants worried about their future: leave on your own. But what sounds like a choice may actually be a removal order in disguise — one that can bar you from returning to the US for 10 years. Before you sign anything or use the CBP Home app, here is what the law actually says.