More than 40 states could see ICE surge
Officials say the deployment will add hundreds of officers and staff as the administration widens immigration enforcement beyond major cities.
- Hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are being dispatched nationwide to bolster enforcement in major cities including New York and Houston, as well as smaller towns like Derby, Vermont and Caribou, Maine.
- The Trump administration says its immigration crackdown targets "the worst of the worst," but the expanding dragnet has reached individuals like Milena Araya-Davis, who arrived in the U.S. at age 4 and has no criminal record.
- New assignments include personnel deployments to Miami, Atlanta, Baltimore, Nashville, and Seattle, following earlier administration plans to increase staffing in recent months.
- Federal agents carrying out enforcement operations sparked protests in Minneapolis, Minn., during immigration-sweep demonstrations, following an incident where an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good.
- Officials continue targeting cities that refuse to assist federal immigration enforcement, threatening to withhold funding to force compliance from jurisdictions limiting cooperation with ICE.
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Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
New wave of ICE deployments could impact more than 40 states
Hundreds of new Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and staff are being dispatched across the country to bolster immigration enforcement in big cities and small towns alike.
ICE Expands Operations Into More Than 40 States as Tom Homan Confirms Major Hiring Surge
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has expanded its enforcement operations to cover more than 40 states, according to agency officials. Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, confirmed a substantial hiring surge during a press briefing on May 8, 2026. The expansion marks a significant escalation in federal immigration enforcement under the current administration. […]
More than 40 states could see ICE surge
Hundreds of new Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and staff are being dispatched across the country to bolster immigration enforcement in big cities like New York and Houston and tiny towns like Derby, Vermont and Caribou, Maine, federal purchasing records…
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