Overview

• A July 8 ICE memo directs officers to hold undocumented immigrants in detention throughout their removal proceedings by eliminating bond hearing eligibility.
• The administration has appealed a federal injunction that bars detaining individuals based solely on race, occupation or accent and insists ICE agents operate under strict Fourth Amendment training.
• Congress’s recent “One Big Beautiful Bill” allocates over $45 billion to expand ICE detention capacity and supports sharper enforcement targets and higher daily arrest quotas.
• Government figures show that as of June 29, more than 70 percent of the 57,861 people in ICE custody had no criminal convictions, prompting criticism from civil liberties groups.
• Large-scale raids at two Glass House Farms cannabis facilities led to 361 arrests, the rescue of over a dozen migrant children and the death of a worker who fell from a greenhouse roof