Trump Action Archive

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• Deaths in ICE detention more than double under Trump administration — Reuters reported that the number of people who have died in ICE detention centers has more than doubled since Trump's second term began, rising from one death per year for every 3,848 detainees between 2009 and 2024 to one death for every 1,630 people under Trump. The sharp increase in mortality rates reflects conditions in ICE facilities under the current administration's immigration enforcement policies.

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• Environmental and immigrant advocacy groups file lawsuit seeking permanent closure of 'Alligator Alcatraz' — An alliance of environmental groups including Friends of the Everglades, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, represented by attorney Paul Schwiep, announced plans to return to Miami district court this month to pursue permanent closure of the detention facility and full restoration of the Everglades site. The groups cite lack of government transparency, ongoing environmental damage from diesel generators and light pollution, and detainee maltreatment as grounds for closure.
• Judge Kathleen Williams' preliminary injunction ordering closure of 'Alligator Alcatraz' reversed on appeal — A three-judge appeals panel reversed a preliminary injunction issued by Miami district court judge Kathleen Williams that had ordered closure of the detention center. The appeals panel included the wife of a lawyer whose company earned millions of dollars working for the DeSantis administration, raising questions about judicial impartiality and potential conflicts of interest in the reversal.
• DHS announces relocation of detainees from 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention facility — The Department of Homeland Security announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Florida authorities have moved detainees from the "Alligator Alcatraz" soft-sided immigration detention facility in the Everglades, citing the start of Atlantic hurricane season for safety reasons. However, environmental and immigrant advocacy groups remain skeptical, noting continued supply deliveries and lack of transparency about long-term plans. Activists vow to pursue legal action for permanent closure and site restoration.
• ICE relocates detainees from Alligator Alcatraz detention facility — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the relocation of all detainees from the Alligator Alcatraz detention center in Ochopee, Florida, citing hurricane season safety. ICE did not disclose the number of detainees moved or their destination facilities. The facility, which opened in July 2025 and cost Florida $1.2 million daily, had faced widespread allegations of human rights abuses including shackling detainees in metal cages, denying food and water, and coercing detainees to sign English-language documents they could not understand.
• Department of Homeland Security cancels plans for Social Circle ICE detention center — The Department of Homeland Security announced the cancellation of plans to convert a warehouse in Social Circle, Georgia into an immigration detention center that would have held up to 10,000 people. The federal government had purchased the warehouse for $128 million in February 2026. The cancellation follows sustained local opposition, including a lawsuit filed by the town and advocacy from elected representatives. This reversal is part of a broader pullback under new homeland security director Markwayne Mullin.

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• Federal agents shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota — Federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Border Patrol shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota. The deaths occurred during enforcement actions related to immigration enforcement and sparked protests that the White House considered suppressing through invocation of the Insurrection Act.
• ICE agents killed two civilians during Minnesota immigration crackdown without facing charges — During "Operation Metro Surge," a controversial immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota beginning in late 2025, ICE agents killed two people—Renee Good and Alex Pretti—in the streets. The agents who killed them have not faced charges. The U.S. Attorney stated the killings are under investigation and charges are possible, but no action has been taken. The deaths sparked further protests and community mobilization.

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• Fifteen people charged with conspiracy to impede federal officers over response to Minnesota immigration enforcement — The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota announced charges against 15 people for conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers in response to a controversial immigration enforcement crackdown ("Operation Metro Surge") that killed two civilians. Prosecutors alleged the defendants were part of Minneapolis-based "antifa" groups that coordinated monitoring of ICE agents, set up blockades at federal buildings, and used encrypted communications. Twelve were arrested; one was already in custody; two remain at large. The charges come as the office has dropped 18 of 36 prior cases related to the crackdown.
• U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen charged fifteen people with conspiracy to impede federal immigration officers — U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Daniel Rosen announced charges against fifteen people with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers over their behavior during a federal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis the previous year. The crackdown resulted in the deaths of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Rosen alleged the defendants are part of two "antifa" groups that "violently oppose immigration law enforcement." At the press conference, prosecutors introduced a Facebook post from one accused person stating "We need to become ungovernable." Rosen stated the people were "charged not for what they said but what they did" but did not answer questions about whether law enforcement officers were injured.

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• Delaney Hall ICE detention center enforces arbitrary and discriminatory dress code against visitors, including young children — Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey operated by Geo Group, has systematically rejected family visitors—including toddlers and young children—for alleged dress code violations. Guards have rejected visitors for wearing leggings, Crocs, heels, shorts, tank tops, and other ordinary clothing, citing rules against "provocative" attire. The facility's dress code is applied inconsistently and changes based on individual officers' interpretation. Families report being rejected 10+ times, losing visitation time with detained relatives, and experiencing emotional distress. Activists have responded by distributing free compliant clothing outside the facility.

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• ICE ended policy requiring reporting of deaths within 30 days of release — ICE quietly ended the policy requiring it to report deaths of people who die within 30 days of release from custody. Under the new policy, individuals detained, neglected, and released in crisis will not appear in the public record, and deaths will continue but remain invisible to oversight and the public.
• Deaths continue in ICE custody — The article reports that on average one person in ICE detention dies every single week, and references ongoing deaths in ICE custody.

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• Police deploy teargas and arrest protesters outside Delaney Hall detention facility — Following the announcement of the women's strike on June 12, law enforcement responded to ongoing protests outside Delaney Hall. New Jersey state police and Newark local police deployed teargas and arrested dozens of protesters in an effort to disperse crowds gathered in support of striking detainees. This escalation followed earlier ICE use of pepper spray, tasers, and batons against protesters supporting the May 22 strike.

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• ICE detains babies and toddlers under Trump administration — An analysis by the Marshall Project and MS NOW found that under the second Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained at least 500 babies and toddlers between January 2025 and March 2026. On average, 25 children aged three and under were held in custody daily. This practice raises significant human rights and ethical concerns regarding the treatment of young children in immigration detention.
• ICE deports parents of U.S.-born children; hundreds of infants in custody — ABC News reported on June 12 that during the first 14 months of Trump's second term, only 3% of people detained by ICE had been convicted of a violent felony, despite Trump's promise to target the "worst of the worst." ICE apprehended parents of approximately 14,450 U.S.-born children, roughly half of whom were later deported. Separately, MS Now and the Marshall Project revealed that at least 500 babies and toddlers have been in ICE custody during the second Trump administration—ten times more than during the prior year under Biden.

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• Department of Government Efficiency officials planned to falsely declare 2.7 million immigrants dead — According to a whistleblower report from former Social Security Administration senior executive Jeremiah Schofield, officials from the Department of Government Efficiency devised a plan to force immigrant self-deportation by falsely declaring approximately 2.7 million individuals dead in federal records. The list included U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. Placement on the Death Master File cuts off access to wages, banking, and government services. While the full plan was not implemented, officials did move approximately 6,100 mostly Latino immigrants into the Death Master File database.

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• ICE abandoned policy requiring reporting of detainee deaths within 30 days of release — Immigration and Customs Enforcement abandoned a policy established under the Biden administration in 2021 that required ICE to report to Congress and investigate deaths of detainees who died within 30 days of their release. The policy was designed to prevent ICE from circumventing accountability by releasing severely ill individuals who subsequently died. At least 18 people incarcerated in ICE detention facilities died in the first five months of 2026, and at least 30 died in 2025, the highest number in 20 years.

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• U.S. admitted only white South African refugees in fiscal year 2026 — According to data released by the State Department's Bureau of Population, every single one of the 599 refugees admitted in May 2026 was a white South African. Since October 1, 2025, the U.S. has accepted 6,668 refugees, of which 6,665 were white South Africans and only three were from Afghanistan. No other refugees were admitted during this period.
• Trump administration admits only white South African refugees — Mother Jones reported that of 6,668 refugees admitted to the U.S. under the Trump administration from October 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026, all but three were white South Africans. The three exceptions, admitted in November 2025, were from Afghanistan. The pattern suggests selective refugee admission based on race and national origin, contradicting stated humanitarian criteria.

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• DHS denies substandard conditions at Delaney Hall despite congressional findings and detainee documentation — The Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly denied allegations of substandard conditions at Delaney Hall, claiming detainees are "criminals" and the "worst of the worst." However, data analysis by Syracuse University researcher Austin Kocher found that 88% of detainees had no criminal conviction and over 70% had no criminal history. DHS has similarly denied allegations about other ICE detention facilities. Detainees released multiple letters documenting conditions unfit for human habitation and demanding a meeting with New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill.

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• ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas serving children meals with live worms, bugs, and mold — CBS News reported that children detained at the ICE facility in Dilley, Texas are being served meals containing live worms, bugs, and mold. Nearly half of the more than 6,300 children detained by federal agents during Trump's second term—97 percent of whom have no criminal record—are held at this detention center.

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• Government re-separated dozens of migrant children from families despite legal settlement — The Associated Press reported that despite a legal settlement meant to reunify migrant families separated during the first Trump administration, the government has re-separated dozens of children from their families, including deporting some people who were legally prohibited from being removed from the country.

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• Death of Mamuka Artmeladze at Winn Correctional Center — Mamuka Artmeladze, a 43-year-old from Georgia detained on immigration grounds for nearly four months at Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, was found unresponsive on June 4 and pronounced dead at a local hospital within an hour. He had no criminal record and was detained following a February operation targeting commercial vehicle drivers. According to ABC News analysis, he is the 50th person to die in ICE detention during this administration and the 19th this year. Federal inspectors had previously documented unsanitary conditions, medical care failures, and excessive force at the facility before his death.

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• New Jersey Governor Sherrill deploys state police to suppress Delaney Hall immigration detention protests — New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill sent state police in riot gear to "lower the temperature" at protests outside Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, where 300+ detainees were conducting a hunger and labor strike over poor conditions. State police arrested dozens of protesters, hospitalized some, pulled journalists from vehicles and exposed them to teargas, and arrested other journalists who were held in custody for a full day. Sherrill blamed "outside agitators" and has not met strikers' demands, including a meeting with the governor.

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• Trump administration accelerates immigration deportations through mass court hearings and in absentia removal orders — The second Trump administration is using accelerated mass immigration court hearings ("mega-masters") to issue unprecedented numbers of deportation orders, often without immigrants present. In June 2026 alone, over 100,000 immigration cases were closed, with more than 78% of completed cases in Chicago ending in removal orders in absentia. Judges are processing 70–185 cases per hearing compared to a historical norm of 20, while many immigrants report never receiving notice of rescheduled court dates. Legal representation remains scarce, with fewer than 2% of cases resulting in relief for immigrants.

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• Trump administration and Supreme Court move to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants — The Trump administration, backed by a 6–3 Supreme Court ruling in June 2026, is moving to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 330,000 Haitian immigrants currently living and working legally in the US. The decision affects nursing assistants, healthcare workers, and other essential service workers. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has argued TPS holders should seek other legal pathways, despite no direct route from TPS to permanent residency and asylum approval rates under Trump falling below 5%. The US State Department maintains a non-travel advisory for Haiti due to ongoing violence and national emergency.

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• ICE officers pepper-spray U.S. Senator Andy Kim during Delaney Hall protest — During a skirmish outside Delaney Hall detention center on Monday, ICE officers pepper-sprayed U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-New Jersey) as he attempted to visit the facility. The incident gained national attention and highlighted the use of force by ICE officers against elected officials and protesters. Throughout the week of demonstrations, ICE officers deployed pepper spray, stun guns, and physical force against protesters and made arrests.
• Federal agents pepper-spray Senator Andy Kim and protesters at Delaney Hall — During protests in support of Delaney Hall detainees, federal agents clashed repeatedly with supporters gathered outside the facility, pepper-spraying Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) and others. MAGA activists counter-protested at the site. Mayor Ras Baraka established a curfew near the facility. Governor Mikie Sherrill deployed New Jersey state troopers after White House advisor Tom Homan threatened to send "tactical units" to New Jersey if the situation continued; state troopers arrested dozens of protesters.

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• Newark Mayor imposes indefinite overnight curfew at Delaney Hall area — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka imposed an indefinite overnight curfew from 9pm to 6am in the area surrounding Delaney Hall immigration detention center, effective immediately following Saturday night clashes between state police and protesters. The curfew order threatened arrest or legal action against those who did not disperse during the restricted hours. The curfew was announced after violent confrontations in which state police on horseback and in riot gear used teargas, aggressive shoving, and arrests against demonstrators.

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• New Jersey state police deploy at Delaney Hall ICE facility; dozens of protesters arrested for curfew violations — On Sunday night, New Jersey state police in riot gear enforced a curfew at Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, resulting in arrests of at least 20–46 protesters who defied dispersal orders. Governor Mikie Sherrill had announced Friday that state law enforcement would take over policing duties from federal ICE officers following eight days of confrontations. The rapid deployment—less than 15 minutes after issuing a dispersal order—drew criticism from protesters, elected officials, and journalists, who alleged excessive force and attacks on press documenting the scene.

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• Border czar threatened force-feeding of hunger strikers — On Fox News, border czar Tom Homan stated the administration would seek a court order to force-feed detainees at Delaney Hall if doctors determined them to be in danger. The threat was made despite DHS's simultaneous denial that any hunger strike exists.

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• DHS denies hunger strike at Delaney Hall ICE facility while detainees report mass strike action — Approximately 300 detainees at Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed ICE facility in Newark operated by GEO Group, are reported by advocates, family members, lawmakers, and detainee letters to be engaged in a hunger and labor strike. The Department of Homeland Security categorically denies any hunger strike is occurring. Congressional visitors documented small food portions containing maggots, delayed medical care including untreated cancer, and detainees held despite winning cases or signed deportation orders. DHS maintains detainees receive three meals daily, clean water, and medical care.

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• ICE facility guards pepper-spray detained immigrants during strike — On Thursday, guards inside Delaney Hall pepper-sprayed a group of detained immigrants who attempted to prevent the removal of a detainee serving as a translator for the striking group. The incident occurred during a nine-day hunger and labor strike by detained immigrants demanding improved conditions, medical care, and resolution of their immigration cases. Advocates reported that striking immigrants faced retaliation by ICE and facility guards. Geo Group, the private company operating the facility, confirmed the pepper-spraying but characterized it as a response to "a physical altercation involving detainees."
• Delaney Hall detainees report ICE pepper-spray retaliation for hunger strike — On June 3, hunger and labor strikers at Delaney Hall issued a statement documenting retaliation for their strike, including reprisals, discrimination, mistreatment, and threats from Geo Group staff. ICE agents pepper-sprayed strikers, sending some to the hospital. Geo Group confirmed use of "chemical agents" in response to "a physical altercation"; DHS claimed all affected detainees were evaluated and cleared with no serious injuries.

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• Department of Justice files charges against protester at ICE detention center — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the Department of Justice filed criminal charges against a protester who allegedly kicked and bit an ICE officer outside Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey. The filing occurred amid escalating clashes between federal agents and demonstrators protesting conditions inside the facility and supporting detained immigrants engaged in a hunger and labor strike.