Immigration

On a single Sunday in May, U.S. border officers stopped two cars at Southern California ports of entry — and found over 130 pounds of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine hidden inside. One driver was a Mexican national. The other was a U.S. citizen. Both now face federal charges.

A Missouri man admitted to recording himself sexually abusing young girls — one as young as 8 or 9 years old — and sharing those images online. On May 19, 2026, a federal judge sentenced Richard James Miller to 50 years in prison. The case shows how a single tip to federal agents can unravel years of hidden abuse.

A 78-year-old Brooklyn clinic owner was convicted in May 2026 of stealing millions from Medicare and Medicaid while running an illegal drug distribution ring out of his own medical office. Federal agents caught him on video paying illegal cash kickbacks — while he joked that people who do that 'go to jail.' Now, as the Homeland Security Task Force expands its reach, immigrants connected to fraudulent clinics — even as patients — may face serious immigration consequences.

When law enforcement finds a trafficking victim, every minute matters — but until now, figuring out which organizations could help and how to reach them quickly was a major gap. ICE and the University of South Florida just signed a deal to fix that. The new partnership could change how trafficking survivors across Florida — and eventually the whole country — get help.

A fake discount store near San Diego's busiest border crossing hid a secret: a nearly 1,933-foot tunnel packed with over a ton of cocaine worth $45 million. Federal agents spent months watching the store before making their move in late May 2026. Now four people face federal charges — and the operation is raising questions about what increased border enforcement means for immigrant communities nearby.

If someone who hurt you is now in ICE detention, you may have the right to know exactly where they are — and get an alert the moment that changes. ICE just released its first-ever data reports showing how many people used these victim notification programs in 2025. The numbers reveal a sharp surge in registrations, and many victims still don't know these tools exist.

A 43-year-old man from Georgia was found unresponsive in an ICE detention facility in Louisiana on the night of June 4, 2026. He died less than an hour later at a nearby hospital. His death raises urgent questions about medical care and the rights of people held in immigration detention across the US.