ICE Expands Airport Arrests to Travelers With Expired Visas
Federal agents are detaining travelers with expired visas at more than 15 airports as the Trump administration pushes for 2,000 immigration arrests a day.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are increasingly detaining travelers at US airports with expired visas, raising alarm among attorneys. Recent arrests occurred in Denver, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Nashville involving passengers attempting to board flights.
- Facing pressure to meet President Donald Trump's daily deportation target of around 2,000 arrests, ICE views airports as secure enforcement locations. Agents utilize passenger data provided by the Transportation Security Administration to identify and detain travelers.
- On July 20, agents detained Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas at Denver International Airport as she boarded a Southwest Airlines flight. Two days later on July 22, Iryna Gorb was arrested near gate B7 at San Francisco International Airport.
- Jeff Joseph, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said enforcement at airports is "nothing we've ever seen," citing unprecedented cooperation between the Transportation Security Administration and ICE. Immigration attorneys warn the tactic creates a chilling effect for those in legal status transitions.
- While the Department of Homeland Security declines to confirm officer locations for operational security, the agency has deported nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants as of July 12. Advocates fear airport enforcement will intensify as the administration pursues its mass deportation agenda.
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ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive
The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation. Immigration agents in plain clothes have...
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ICE Steps Up Airport Arrests Of Travelers With Expired Visas
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is increasing arrests of travelers with expired visas at major airports, according to immigration attorneys who say the practice has become more widespread. Recent detentions have been reported at airports in Denver, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Nashville.According to the report, ICE is using passenger information provided by the Transportation Security Administration to identify individuals with expired…
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Federal immigration authorities targeting airports for arrests
In an effort to ramp up deportations, federal immigration authorities have a new tactic: arresting people who overstay their visas in airports, according to an immigration memo obtained by ABC News.
ICE is now busting migrants who overstayed visas when they check into airports — reversing a Biden policy
ICE has begun arresting foreign nationals who have overstayed their visas at airports around the country as the Trump administration casts a wider net to round up those in the country illegally.
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