Deportation

Got an order of removal? Act within 30 days. Learn your legal options — appeal, reopen, stay of deportation — step by step.

ICE at your door? Know your rights: don't open without a warrant, stay silent, contact an immigration attorney immediately.

Know your rights if ICE arrests you. Learn what agents can and cannot do, key legal protections, and steps to take during an ICE encounter.

Learn how a criminal conviction can trigger deportation, visa denial, or a bar to citizenship. Key crimmigration rules explained.

You have lived in the same rural town for 15 years, worked on a ranch, and never been arrested. That did not protect hundreds of immigrants in West Virginia, where ICE detained more than 593 people in January — about three-quarters of whom had no criminal record. Now a Republican senator and close Trump ally is publicly calling on the administration to step back and reconsider its tactics.

Burundi has agreed to accept migrants deported from the United States — including people who have never set foot in Burundi. Rights groups say these third-country deportation deals let the US government bypass protections that immigration courts already granted to specific individuals, sending them to countries where they have no ties and no legal status.

Voluntary departure vs deportation — learn the key differences, legal consequences, eligibility rules, and steps to protect your immigration future.

ICE lodged an immigration detainer in Loudoun County, Virginia, on August 20, 2026 — inside a state with sanctuary policies. The arrest exposed a gap that affects thousands of immigrants across the US: a local 287(g) agreement can make a county jail a direct partner of ICE, regardless of what the state says.

Learn how an immigration bond hearing works, who qualifies, steps to take, and how to fight for release from ICE detention. Expert guidance inside.

Learn how to stop deportation in the US: legal options, key deadlines, forms, and steps to take immediately if you receive an order of removal.

ICE Dallas arrested 121 people near Lake Lewisville over the summer in a joint operation with state and local agencies — one of the largest regional enforcement sweeps of the season. The arrests stretched from late June through Labor Day weekend, targeting a popular recreational area where many immigrants live and work nearby. For undocumented immigrants across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the operation signals that ICE enforcement is expanding beyond city centers into everyday public spaces.

You work on a cruise ship, and a single CBP inspection at the Port of Boston can end your time in the US permanently. Since mid-August 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has removed 87 cruise ship crewmembers from various vessels in Boston — all connected to child sexual abuse material. The most recent action, on September 20, removed six Filipino nationals from the cruise ship Breakaway after they admitted to previously possessing such material.

Can a drug conviction lead to deportation? Learn your rights, legal defenses, and step-by-step actions to fight removal under U.S. immigration law.

A 36-year-old man from Costa Rica died in ICE custody at a Louisiana detention facility on September 18, 2026. Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena was found unresponsive at Winnfield Correctional Center; the official cause of death is still pending. His death is a reminder that ICE detention carries real risks — and that families need to know their rights before a crisis happens.

ICE Chicago removed Amos Sheik Massaquoi, 55, to Liberia on August 11, 2026, after he spent nearly two decades living in the United States illegally. Massaquoi is believed to have ordered extrajudicial killings, torture, forced labor, and the recruitment of child soldiers during Liberia's civil wars. His case shows that ICE actively pursues individuals suspected of human rights violations abroad — even those who have lived quietly in the US for years.