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Sep 24, 2026

A Guatemalan Construction Worker Dies in a Fiery Crash After ICE Tries to Pull Over the Wrong Man in Grand Rapids — Hillary Scholten Says "No Traffic Stop Should End With a Fatality," Gretchen Whitmer Orders a State Police Review, and Rashida Tlaib Says "These Killings Have to Stop"

Around 7 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, ICE officers attempted a traffic stop near Hall Street and Century Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The driver, Mario David Coronado Juárez, a Guatemalan construction worker who had lived in the city for about seven years, fled at high speed and crashed into a tree about a mile away; the car caught fire and he died at the scene. DHS later confirmed that he was not the vehicle's registered owner — the person ICE was looking for — and said officers "immediately discontinued the enforcement action." Rep. Hillary Scholten, who represents Grand Rapids, wrote to ICE demanding answers, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer directed the Michigan State Police to conduct an independent review alongside the Grand Rapids Police Department's investigation.

“ICE killed another man. His name is Mario David Coronado Juarez. Mario lived and worked in Michigan for 7 years as a construction worker, sending money home to his kids in Guatemala. ICE pursued him in an unmarked car, causing a fatal car crash. These killings have to stop.”
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) · Sep 24, 2026

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immigration enforcement

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Sep 24, 2026

ICE Arrests at Least 31 People in New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fall River — Most of Them Asylum Seekers on Their Way to Work — and Maura Healey Asks "Who Have They Arrested and Why?", Fall River's Mayor Says "That's Where They Overreach," and Jake Auchincloss Says the Operations Are "Designed to Intimidate Our Friends and Our Neighbors"

Beginning Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, ICE arrested at least 31 people across New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fall River on Massachusetts' South Coast. Advocates say most have pending asylum cases and were picked up on their way to jobs at fishing plants and supermarkets, and two Fall River students may be among them. ICE has not released names or numbers, and New Bedford's mayor says local police were not notified. Gov. Maura Healey demanded that ICE "provide information immediately." At a Sept. 24 news conference, Rep. Jake Auchincloss and Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan condemned the operation as a dragnet aimed at working residents rather than public-safety threats.

“This administration insists on pursuing mass arrests and dragnet operations that are not targeted towards individuals who are a threat to public safety, but are instead designed to intimidate our friends and our neighbors. … Every time the public responds negatively to his illegal or unwise actions, he turns around and launches a wave of mass deportations.”
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) · Sep 24, 2026

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immigration enforcement

Massachusetts

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Sep 24, 2026

ICE Sweeps the Meatpacking Towns of Southwest Kansas Without Telling Local Police — Dodge City, Garden City and Liberal Say They Got No Warning, and Both of the State's Republican Senators Say ICE "Needs to Coordinate With Our Local Law Enforcement"

Beginning before dawn on Tuesday, September 23, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in unmarked vans set up on the roads around the big beef-packing plants in Liberal, Garden City and Dodge City, stopping vehicles and questioning passengers at shift change. The four plants employ more than 10,000 people in the region, many of them immigrants. National Beef in Liberal delayed shifts the next day, Dodge City Public Schools warned families that "we may have students whose family members have been detained," and county buildings were used as staging areas. The three cities issued a joint statement saying their governing bodies and police "were not notified in advance" and "do not have operational information regarding these federal enforcement activities." The Finney County sheriff said his office was "in no way assisting." Kansas's two Republican senators — Roger Marshall, who is on the ballot in November in a race that has tightened, and Jerry Moran — both responded by calling on ICE to work with local law enforcement, and both said they had been in contact with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. CNN noted that Marshall had previously praised ICE agents and defended their practices, and grouped the statements with other Republicans in competitive races who have begun distancing themselves from the administration's immigration enforcement.

“I am hearing from Kansans about the increased federal law enforcement presence in southwest Kansas as ICE agents carry out warrants in the area. … [Moran said he visited with Secretary Mullin to stress] the importance of DHS working with our local law enforcement to safely execute these warrants.”
Jerry Moran (R-KS) · Sep 24, 2026

Whistleblowers Tell House Democrats ICE Crammed 342 People Into a Miramar Holding Facility Built for 50 and Kept Elderly Detainees Shackled Up to 16 Hours a Day — Robert Garcia Calls It "Explosive New Information," Maxwell Frost Calls the Cover-Up "Abhorrent," and DHS Answers That "Being in Detention Is a Choice"

On Sept. 21, 2026, the top Democrats on House Oversight (Robert Garcia) and Homeland Security (Bennie Thompson), with Rep. Maxwell Frost of Orlando, released whistleblower accounts and photos of ICE's Miramar and Orlando holding facilities in Florida. The whistleblowers describe men, women, families and chronically ill elderly people held "for days to weeks in abusive and life-threatening conditions, including overcrowded cells, prolonged shackling, inadequate access to medical care and hygiene, insufficient food, and limited to no legal access." Miramar at one point held 342 people against a capacity of about 50; detainees slept on concrete or in chains, some elderly people were restrained up to 16 hours a day, and staff reported overflowing toilets and black mold in the vents. The lawmakers wrote to ICE's acting director and the DHS inspector general demanding answers. DHS did not address the specific allegations, instead urging people in the country illegally to self-deport with the CBP Home app and saying "Being in detention is a choice." Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz had toured Miramar in July and described detainees "lining the floors."

“Whistleblower reports detailing inhumane and illegal detention conditions at multiple ICE holding facilities are appalling.”
Bennie Thompson (D-MS) · Sep 21, 2026

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Florida

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Aug 19, 2026· Updated

ICE Agent Points a Gun at a U.S. Citizen in Northern Virginia; Her Dashcam Video Contradicts the DHS Account

On Monday, August 10, 2026, ICE officers conducting what the Department of Homeland Security described as a targeted enforcement operation in the Bailey's Crossroads area near Falls Church, Virginia, drew a firearm on Carolina Molina — a U.S. citizen, Northern Virginia native and licensed professional counselor who performs psychological evaluations in immigration cases. Molina says she was driving between immigration attorneys' offices dropping off business cards when she saw agents making arrests, and that she shouted at them from her car. DHS said in a statement that an "anti-ICE agitator began to drive her car in circles around our ICE officers and then attempted to harm officers by weaponizing her vehicle against them — all in an attempt to help illegal aliens get away," and that officers stopped her vehicle fearing for their safety. Molina's dashcam footage, which she released and which went viral on August 12, does not show her driving at the officers; a masked agent is seen approaching her window with a gun pointed at her, telling her "you almost ran us over." Molina was not arrested or charged. Fairfax County's Mason District Supervisor Andres Jimenez said the federal account "does not match the video." Northern Virginia's House delegation responded within a day. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA-8), whose district includes Falls Church, said his office had contacted Molina and that he would demand "answers and consequences." Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA-11), who represents most of Fairfax County, called it a product of ICE's broken accountability system. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), in whose district Molina lives, tied the encounter to a national pattern of armed confrontations between ICE agents and American citizens. The incident landed as ICE was promising to have every field officer equipped with a body camera by the end of August — a rollout already under scrutiny over provisions letting agency leadership withhold footage after serious injuries or deaths in custody.

“Carolina Molina is not only a constituent, she’s a mother. She’s a wife, she’s a daughter, she’s a sister. If not for her dash cam on her car, I don’t know what would have happened to Carolina Molina. In so many situations there is not a camera, and it’s the ICE officers sometimes making up stories about the person they have harassed or intimidated or pulled a gun on.”
Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) · Aug 19, 2026

May 26, 2026· Updated

ICE Pepper-Sprays Senator at Delaney Hall as NJ Governor Denied Entry Amid Detainee Hunger Strike

Over Memorial Day weekend 2026, more than 300 detainees at Delaney Hall — a 1,000-bed private ICE detention facility in Newark, NJ operated by GEO Group — launched a hunger and labor strike protesting spoiled food, inadequate medical care, and lack of due process. New Jersey lawmakers attempted oversight visits and were blocked from entering; on May 26, Sen. Andy Kim was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents in riot gear as he tried to de-escalate clashes between protesters and officers outside the facility. Governor Mikie Sherrill was formally denied entry when she attempted to inspect the facility on May 25. Sen. Cory Booker, Rep. Rob Menendez, Rep. LaMonica McIver, and Rep. Frank Pallone also visited and condemned conditions. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin flatly denied a hunger strike was occurring and accused the lawmakers of staging a "political stunt" for "fundraising clicks."

“What I witnessed and experienced today was shameful. Delaney Hall is a failure; it's this administration's failure. The only way to make this right for our communities is to shut it down and make sure the failures we've seen never happen again.”
Andy Kim (D-NJ) · May 26, 2026

May 20, 2026· Updated

Senate Republicans Advance $72 Billion ICE and CBP Reconciliation Bill

Senate Republicans advanced a nearly $72 billion budget reconciliation package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement ($38.2B) and Customs and Border Protection ($26B) through FY2029, plus $1 billion for White House security upgrades. The Senate Homeland Security Committee approved its portion 8-7 on May 19, 2026, followed by the Budget Committee advancing the bill 11-10 on May 20, clearing it for a Senate floor vote before the planned June 2 recess. The package — the largest immigration enforcement funding proposal in U.S. history — advances via reconciliation, requiring only 51 votes and bypassing a Democratic filibuster.

“I didn't come prepared with the long list of victims of illegal immigrant crime: Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, and a very long list of … I don't have the list of the literally tens of thousands, I think over hundreds of thousands, of children lost, immigrant children shuffled through the system, probably into the hands of sex traffickers.”
Ron Johnson (R-WI) · May 20, 2026