Trump Action Archive

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• Trump administration demands TANF recipient data from 24 states for immigration enforcement — Twenty-four states sued to block the Trump administration from obtaining personal records of families enrolled in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a $16 billion annual program providing food, rent, and child care assistance. The administration seeks citizenship and immigration status verification data; California Attorney General Rob Bonta characterized the effort as exploiting a child-welfare program to fuel government surveillance. The administration argues the data collection is necessary to verify program eligibility.

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• ICE plans to target Haitians as Temporary Protected Status ends for 300,000 — CBS News reported that ICE is planning to expand operations to arrest and deport Haitians as hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti, which is experiencing widespread unrest, are set to lose their legal status following a Supreme Court ruling in June allowing the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status programs for Haitians and Syrians.

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• ICE detains Gámez-Cuéllar family despite asylum status and legal compliance — ICE detained the Gámez-Cuéllar family—parents Luis and Emma, and children Antonio (18), Caleb (14), and Joshua (12)—on February 25 after they reported to a scheduled ICE appointment. The family had entered the U.S. in 2023 on an asylum claim, had been granted asylum, attended all required court dates and check-ins, and had no criminal history. The parents were held at Dilley family detention center; Antonio was held separately at an adult facility. The detention occurred despite the family's full compliance with immigration procedures.

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• ICE confirmed use of Medicaid data to track undocumented immigrants — During the same CBS interview, Todd Lyons confirmed that ICE has obtained and is using Medicaid data to identify and locate immigrants believed to be in the US unlawfully. Critics note that undocumented immigrants are ineligible for Medicaid, raising privacy and data-misuse concerns. The revelation highlights the administration's use of government databases for immigration enforcement targeting.

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• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services granted ICE access to Medicaid records — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services signed an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security enabling Immigration and Customs Enforcement to access Medicaid recipients' personal data, including name, ethnicity, race, birthdate, home address, and social security number. The agreement was signed on Monday, July 14, 2025. Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for Medicaid but may use it for emergency lifesaving services. Senator Adam Schiff warned the data transfer would harm families and discourage people from seeking healthcare.
• DHS and CMS establish data-sharing agreement granting ICE access to Medicaid database — The Department of Homeland Security and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services entered into a data-sharing agreement permitting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to access Medicaid records containing personal information—home addresses, Social Security numbers, ethnicities—of 79 million beneficiaries to locate undocumented immigrants. Trump administration officials overrode career civil servants' warnings that the arrangement violated federal statutes. The administration justified the agreement as preventing fraud and waste, though critics warn it will deter vulnerable populations from seeking medical care.

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• ICE raids two California cannabis farms with chemical munitions deployed against protesters — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, accompanied by National Guard troops in military vehicles, conducted raids on two Glass House Farms locations in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties on July 10. Federal agents fired chemical munitions (smoke/tear gas) to disperse protesters gathered on roads near the farms. Video showed children fleeing, workers being detained with bound hands, and local officials including U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal being denied entry to observe the operation. At least three people were transported to hospitals. The company stated it fully complied with search warrants.
• ICE raids on cannabis farms used tear gas and less-lethal ammunition; disabled veteran U.S. citizen arrested — On July 10, 2025, ICE agents conducted raids on two licensed cannabis farms in Southern California. Agents deployed less-lethal ammunition and tear gas, injuring multiple people, one critically. Agents arrested 200 people, including George Retes, a 25-year-old disabled veteran and U.S. citizen employed as a security guard at one farm. ICE agents claimed Retes was a protester. His family reported that local sheriff and police departments stated they do not know his whereabouts.
• Detainees denied legal access and confidential attorney communication — Immigration attorneys reported being denied access to the Everglades detention facility to meet with clients and unable to have confidential phone calls with detainees. This denial of legal access prevents detainees from receiving counsel regarding their cases and violates fundamental due-process protections, particularly significant given that nearly half of ICE detainees lack criminal records.
• George Retes, U.S. Army veteran, detained and held without legal process for three days — On July 10, 2025, George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran, was detained by federal agents while traveling to work as a security guard at a Southern California cannabis farm. Despite identifying himself as a U.S. citizen with identification in his nearby car, Retes was violently arrested, held in a jail cell for three days and nights, and denied the right to make a phone call, see an attorney, appear before a judge, or access basic hygiene after being exposed to pepper spray and tear gas.
• Farm worker dies from injuries sustained during ICE raid on California cannabis farm — Jaime Alanís, 57, a farm worker at Glass House Farms in Ventura County, California, died from catastrophic injuries after falling approximately 30 feet from a greenhouse roof during a Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement raid on July 11, 2025. The raid resulted in the arrest of at least 200 workers suspected of being in the country without legal status. Alanís called his family saying he was hiding and fleeing agents before the fall. He sustained a broken neck, fractured skull, and severed artery. DHS stated he was not in custody when he fell, though the raid created the circumstances leading to his death.

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• Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain U.S. citizens during expanded enforcement operations in Los Angeles County — ICE agents have conducted multiple raids across Los Angeles County and southern California in recent weeks, sweeping up individuals at courthouses, restaurants, and on streets. Some of those detained have been U.S. citizens. In one documented case, ICE detained a Honduran woman seeking asylum and her children, including a six-year-old boy diagnosed with leukemia. The enforcement surge has targeted immigrants broadly, with collateral detention of citizens reported.
• Trump administration pursues aggressive immigration enforcement with workplace raids — The Trump administration conducted aggressive workplace raids through Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeting undocumented immigrants. Videos documented people being arrested and beaten by ICE agents, provoking widespread revulsion. Cases included Ming Li Hui, a popular restaurant worker in rural Missouri arrested and jailed for deportation. The raids harmed hotels, restaurants, farms, construction, and meatpacking companies, including in conservative states. Trump initially ordered a temporary pause after recognizing some undocumented workers were "very good, longtime workers," but then yielded back to hardliners.