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A Phoenix woman lost her 9-year-old daughter in a rollover crash — and then lost her freedom to ICE. Even though criminal charges were dropped, Brenda Liliana Rivera-Estrada is now in immigration detention facing deportation. Her case shows how a visa overstay from over 17 years ago can still lead to removal proceedings today.

A Honduran man walked out of a Tennessee prison on April 20 — and straight into ICE custody. He had served six years for killing a Nashville musician in a drunk-driving crash. His case is now a clear example of how a criminal record can trigger immediate removal proceedings, even years after entering the US.

Gabriel Ayuel came to the US as a refugee from Sudan in 1995. After a murder conviction and a deportation order issued in 2008, he simply stayed — for 17 more years. On May 5, 2026, ICE found him in a Nashville apartment, and now he faces removal from the country he has lived in for three decades.

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.

In just three days, ICE and South Carolina police arrested 114 people on two major highways. The operations targeted truck drivers, immigration violations, and drug activity — and they show how quickly a routine traffic stop can turn into a deportation case. If you live or work in the Southeast, here is what you need to know.

A 24-year-old Salvadoran man walked into a USCIS office on Long Island expecting to move closer to a green card. Instead, he was arrested by ICE agents who had been tipped off by USCIS itself. The case is now raising serious questions for thousands of immigrants who use the Special Immigrant Juvenile program to apply for legal status.

A man who entered the US illegally from Guatemala in 2024 was sentenced to 50 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material featuring two young children in his own family. ICE arrested him in Los Angeles in November 2025. The case has drawn national attention — and renewed debate about immigration enforcement and who gets released into the country.

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.

A 21-year-old man from Mexico will spend the next two decades in a federal prison — and then face deportation. His case is part of a sweeping federal operation targeting cartel-linked drug networks across the US. For immigrants living here, it raises an urgent question: what happens to your immigration status if you are caught up in a federal investigation?

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 man in suburban Chicago told immigrants he was a licensed attorney who could get them asylum. For four years, he took their money, filed fake documents, and put their cases — and their futures — at risk. On May 7, 2026, a federal judge sentenced him to nine years in prison.

Millions of immigrants on student, tourist, and work visas have long applied for a green card without ever leaving the US. On May 22, 2026, USCIS issued a memo that could end that path for most of them. If you are waiting to apply — or already applied — this change may directly affect your future in the US.

A man deported from the US twice was arrested again in Texas over Memorial Day weekend — this time caught not by federal agents, but by local sheriff's deputies trained to do ICE's job. His case shows exactly how the 287(g) program turns any local arrest into a potential immigration detention. If you live in a county with this program, here is what you need to know.

On a single Tuesday in May 2026, 24 people were arrested by ICE in Corpus Christi, Texas — some for prior criminal convictions, others for arrests that never led to a conviction. The operation is part of a nationwide enforcement push that is putting immigrant communities on high alert. If you live in Texas or anywhere in the U.S. without legal status, knowing your rights right now could make all the difference.

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.

A California man ran two visa companies and used a university official's name to get H-1B work visas approved for jobs that never existed. The workers were then sold to other clients like a product. Now both men face up to five years in prison — and the case is a warning to every H-1B worker about what fraud in the system can mean for them.

Twelve people who became US citizens may soon lose that citizenship. The US government says they lied, hid crimes, or used fake identities to pass the naturalization process. The cases range from terrorism support to war crimes — and they show that citizenship is not always permanent.

A man in the Northern Mariana Islands filed hundreds of fake work permit applications and collected thousands of dollars from immigrants who trusted him. Sixty-six people got work permits they were never entitled to. Now those permits are gone — and deportation proceedings have begun.