General reporting
January 13, 2026: You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof. (Laura Jedeed)
January 13, 2026: We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing (ProPublica)
January 10, 2026: Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings (WSJ)
January 9, 2026: Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high (G. Elliott Morris)
December 15, 2025: The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists (CATO’s David Bier)
December 8, 2025: How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
October 16, 2025: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. (ProPublica)
September 3, 2025: ICE Has Diverted Over 25,000 Officers from Their Jobs (CATO David Bier)
June 26, 2025: ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show (404 Media)
April 15, 2025: Trump’s immigration agenda is not popular (G. Elliott Morris)
Notable cases
Abrego Garcia v. Noem (8:25-cv-02780; Kilmar Abrego’s civil lawsuit)
United States v. Abrego Garcia (3:25-cr-00115; criminal case versus Kilmer Abrego)
United States v. Huerta (2:25-cr-00841; interfering case versus CA SEIU President)
United States v. Martinez (1:25-cr-00636; shot then charged with vehicle assault)
- Texts showing Charles Exum bragging after shooting Marimar Martinez
United States v. MCIVER (2:25-cr-00388; assault case versus Congresswoman McIver)
United States v. Parias (2:25-cr-00904; TikToker shot during arrest)
Carlitos Ricardo Parias Ramales v. Santacruz Jr (5:26-cv-00040; habeas corpus case)
United States v. Raygoza, et., al. (2:25-cr-00780; conspiracy to dox case)
Venegas v. Homan (1:25-cv-00397; Alabama home builder sues for repeated detention)
California
Legal cases
Newsom v Trump docket (District level National Guard challenge)
Pedro Vasquez Perdomo v. Kristi Noem docket (4A challenge)
Los Angeles Press Club v. Kristi Noem (2:25-cv-05563; policing challenge)
News
December 29, 2025: Officer video raises questions about ICE shooting of TikTok streamer (LAT)
December 28, 2025: Body cam footage captures moment when ICE officer shoots a TikTok streamer (LAT)
September 27, 2025: 79-year-old US citizen claims ICE agents body-slammed him at his business, seeks $50M (ABC)
Media outlets
Brittny Mejia (LATimes immigration reporter)
Oregon
Legal cases
State of Oregon v. Trump docket (District level National Guard challenge)
News
October 4, 2025: Portland Frog back after being pepper sprayed (FreedomTV)
October 4, 2025: Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest (Oregonian)
October 5, 2025: Trump Sends California National Guard Troops to Portland, Ore. (NYT)
October 5, 2025: Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump (OPB)
Illinois
Legal cases
State of Illinois v. Trump docket (District level National Guard challenge)
State of Illinois v. Trump docket (Appellate level)
Trump v. State of Illinois; decline stay (SCOTUS challenge)
Chicago Headline Club docket (Constitutional violations)
Court filings from Chicago invasion (most from Chicago Headline)
Media outlets
News
November 13, 2025: “I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
October 6, 2025, JB Pritzker press conference
Minnesota
Tincher v. Noem docket (Constitutional violations)
Hussen v. Noem (0:26-cv-00324; Constitutional violations)
Renee Good killing
- Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments (NYT)
- Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis (NYT)
- Positioning of the Agent’s Gun at the Shooting in Minneapolis (Bellingcat)
- Video shows ICE agent in Minneapolis fired at driver as vehicle veered past him (WaPo)
- A close examination of the shooting of Renee Good (Star Tribune)
Other resources
CATO Institute Immigration work
