"This is all part of a strategy by the current administration to essentially bypass the legal system, to bypass courts, deny people the opportunity of getting a fair day in court in order to rapidly deport as many people as possible without respect for the rule of law," said Greg Chen, senior director of government relations for the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

The immigration cases—which include conclusions by numerous judges appointed by presidents of both parties—include striking rhetoric quoted in part in the long list below. One judge condemned the “willful disregard” of orders that are defied “willfully and gleefully”; another repudiated the “deliberate evasion” of the administration’s obligations to the court; another merely saw “zero effort to comply”; others puzzled over “shoddy affidavits and contradictory testimony” and why officials were “putting words in people’s mouths” or making claims “untethered to the facts.” Some bluntly determined to put aside the administration’s “nakedly misleading characterizations” and “outright lying.”

Pregnant women have reported bleeding, miscarriages, being shackled and other instances of medical neglect while in US immigration custody, according to a group of prominent civil rights organizations.

“Pretty soon they were throwing me on the ground and handcuffing me and putting me in their unmarked truck,” Tincher said, estimating that the whole interaction just took a few seconds. “There were other watchers, who were asking me what my name was and everything, so I identified myself to them, then I started yelling, ‘Help!’ because I was being kidnapped.”

A US citizen who was seen on home security video being chased by masked federal agents outside New Orleans amid the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown says she surmises that she was pursued because “I’m brown”.

'Terrified': Video of masked agents hauling woman from car renews outrage in Chicago

A congressional investigation out today has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.

Masked federal agents descended on a one-story home in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday and dragged a man wearing nothing but his underwear and slip-on shoes from his doorstep, through an icy snowbank and into an idling S.U.V.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee from Burma, was nearly blind and spoke no English. He was dropped off by agents in Buffalo on the other side of town from his home. His family was not notified of his release. Police are investigating.

A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper balls during a demonstration outside at an ICE facility near Chicago drew widespread outcry.

Chicago’s police chief said Monday that more than two dozen officers were impacted by tear gas deployed by federal law enforcement when responding to a shooting over the weekend.

Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said 27 officers were “affected” by chemical agents deployed by federal agents during a clash with protesters on Saturday.

The recent SCOTUS decision opens a new chapter that will disproportionately alienate the Latino community. As our research demonstrates, many Latino citizens will be directly impacted by the expanded criteria now considered legitimate grounds for immigration enforcement.

While the federal government insists that ICE agents are going after criminals, images shared online and local witness accounts from people show a stark difference… with raids reportedly occurring at churches, hospitals, schools, agricultural fields, even during court check-ins.

The killing of Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 by federal officers under U.S. Customs and Border Protection is at least the fourth shooting fatality linked to immigration enforcement since Trump returned to the Oval Office. At least eight other shootings have led to injury, according to a PBS News review of news coverage, as well as tallies from The Trace, NBC News and The Washington Post.

"These are just the tip of the iceberg," says Fred Tsao, senior policy counsel at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. "People being tackled, people getting pepper sprayed or tear gassed. We've seen people getting threatened. And we've seen at least two incidents involving gunfire."

The Department of Homeland Security admitted to Congress this month that it deported dozens of unauthorized immigrants who are protected under U.S. law because they were brought as children to the United States, according to a letter made public Thursday.

ICE raids have left children without parents and feeling abandoned, separated nursing babies from their mothers, separated pregnant wives from their husbands and compelled local communities and organizations to scramble to address child welfare crises in their wake. In a country that emphasizes the importance of family unity in the socialization and upbringing of its children, an immigration system that promotes family separation is a broken system.

A 15-year-old boy with disabilities was handcuffed outside of a Los Angeles high school in August after federal immigration agents mistakenly identified him as a suspect. The boy was waiting in a car with his mother while his sister registered for classes inside.

Hundreds of immigrant children lingered in federal detention beyond a court-mandated limit, including some who were held more than five months, according to court filings that alarmed legal advocates who say the government is failing to safeguard children.

"I Just Hope I Get My Mom Back," Says 15-Year-Old Juan Martinez, Who Is Now Caring for His Brothers, Ages 8 and 9