ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels.

The planned action follows widespread outrage over the killing of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent.

ICE bill failed to pass in one of the first highly contentious committee hearings of the 2026 legislative session.

The bill would only apply to agents hired after Trump's second inauguration because of the way those agents have been trained, Rep. Tarra Simmons said.

Twin Cities restaurants and bars plan an "economic blackout" strike Friday to protest illegal immigration enforcement, with dozens closing as a show of solidarity.

Maryland Democrats are pushing legislation that would bar local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings, drawing objections from sheriffs who warned the measures could undermine their work and Republicans who downplayed concerns about ICE in the state.

Maine is seeing an increase in immigration enforcement activity this week. The state's secretary of state has responded by declining to issue more undercover license plates for federal immigration officers.

Michele Tafoya, a new Republican candidate for Senate, told the RCP Podcast Thursday that Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's sanctuary city policies have "local law enforcement's hands tied,