U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
US federal law enforcement agency
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| 2023 | Subcommittee reverted to its current name: House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement |
| 2021 | U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 1.6 million illegal crossers in Fiscal Year 2021, the highest number on record, including 145,000 unaccompanied children. |
| November 2021 | President Joe Biden signed the 'Jaime Zapata & Victor Avila Federal Officers & Employees Protection Act', extending legal protection to U.S. personnel working overseas in response to the cartel ambush and murder of Special Agent Zapata. |
| 2020 | During protests and riots in Portland, Oregon, the local ICE office had its window broken by protesters. |
| 2020 | Whistleblower Dawn Wooten, a former nurse at an ICE detention center in Georgia, accused the facility of conducting unauthorized sterilization procedures on Spanish-speaking and Indigenous women without proper consent. |
| 2020 | SIG-Sauer P229 DAK .40 caliber pistol was retired from service after approximately 11 years of use. |
| 2020 | Kino Border Initiative documented 442 reports of alleged abuse by US agents, indicating 18% of new arrivals experienced abuse by US officials |
| 2020 | HSI special agents made 31,915 criminal arrests, rescued or identified 1,012 child exploitation victims, and seized $341 million in counterfeit goods, 6,195 lbs of fentanyl, and $1.8 billion in currency and assets from criminal organizations. |
| 2020 | CNN reported allegations that Muslim detainees at the Krome detention facility in Miami were repeatedly served pork or pork-based products against their religious beliefs, with civil rights groups claiming detainees were forced to accept pork due to consistently expired halal meals. |
| September 2020 | Mexico demanded investigation into allegations of forced sterilization of Mexican women in ICE detention centers, after reports of unauthorized medical procedures performed without consent. |
| August 3 2020 | Documentary series Immigration Nation was released on Netflix, providing an in-depth examination of immigration policies and experiences in the United States. |
| July 23 2020 | The New York Times publishes an article by Caitlin Dickerson featuring ICE's press secretary Jenny L. Burke criticizing the documentary 'Immigration Nation', claiming mischaracterizations and disputing the filmmakers' allegations. |
| 2019 | Subcommittee renamed to Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation and Operations |
| 2019 | A U.S. citizen reported losing 26 pounds due to the harsh conditions in an ICE detention center, drawing attention to the poor treatment of detainees. |
| 2019 | A Pakistani-born man with a valid American work permit was reportedly given only pork sandwiches for six consecutive days, violating his religious dietary restrictions. |
| September 14 2019 | Close the Camps NYC organized a sit-in at the Microsoft store on 5th Avenue in New York City, protesting Microsoft's technology provision to ICE. |
| August 1 2019 | A month-long peaceful protest started outside the San Francisco ICE office, with protesters beating drums and demanding an end to family separation at the border. |
| June 2019 | Under the Trump administration, the number of immigrants detained daily increased to 52,500, significantly exceeding the congressional mandate of 34,000 detention beds. |
| 2018 | A Los Angeles Times investigation revealed ICE's problematic detention practices, highlighting the agency's reliance on incomplete databases and lax investigations leading to erroneous detentions. |
| 2018 | 19 Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agents in Charge sent a formal letter to the DHS Secretary requesting separation from ICE, arguing that HSI's investigative mission was being hindered by ICE's civil immigration enforcement activities. They proposed restructuring HSI as a standalone agency similar to the Secret Service, but the request was ultimately ignored by the administration. |
| 2018 | Under the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy, nearly 3,000 migrant children were separated from their parents while attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and placed in detention centers, sparking widespread criticism and comparisons to internment camps. |
| June 2018 | Bethany Christian Services waived their $550 international adoption application fee, drawing public criticism for potentially facilitating the adoption of migrant children without proper family reunification efforts. |
| June 2018 | The Abolish ICE movement gained significant momentum in response to the child separation policy. |
| June 17 2018 | The Occupy ICE movement began in Portland, Oregon, starting as a vigil for people suffering from ICE policies and spontaneously growing into a larger protest movement against Trump administration's immigration policies. |
| 2017 | Asylum claims increased to 142,760 in Fiscal Year 2017. |
| 2017 | Filmmakers Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz begin filming documentary footage about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the Trump administration. |
| November 2017 | The United States District Court for the Northern District of California struck down Trump's executive order targeting sanctuary cities, ruling against the administration's attempt to withhold federal funding. |
| June 2017 | End of a documented period revealing 1,224 sexual abuse complaints in ICE detention centers, with only 2% of complaints investigated according to a DHS Office of Inspector General report published by The Intercept |
| April 2017 | President Donald Trump decided to close the Office of Detention Policy and Planning and stop including national detention standards in new jail contracts. |
| January 2017 | President Trump issued an executive order to deny federal grants to sanctuary cities that do not comply with ICE, attempting to pressure these jurisdictions to cooperate with immigration enforcement. |
| January 20 2017 | Sarah Saldaña steps down as the Senate-confirmed director of ICE, marking the beginning of a period without a permanently confirmed leadership. |
| 2014 | Recorded 56,912 asylum claims in Fiscal Year 2014. |
| 2012 | ICE began a period of wrongfully arresting and detaining U.S. citizens, with 1,488 U.S. citizens wrongfully detained between 2012 and early 2018. |
| 2011 | HSI Special Agents Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila were ambushed by Los Zetas drug cartel members while working in Mexico to combat illicit narcotics. Special Agent Zapata was killed, and Special Agent Avila suffered life-threatening injuries. |
| 2010 | HSI Special Response Teams provided assistance during the Haiti earthquake relief operations. |
| July 2010 | The position's title was officially changed from Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. |
| January 2010 | Beginning of a period of documented sexual abuse complaints in ICE detention centers, with 1,224 total complaints filed between January 2010 and June 2017 |
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