According to a count by the Associated Press, 30,000 immigrants have filed what's known as a habeas corpus petition, claiming illegal detention because they haven't been granted a bond hearing.

"These are basic due process issues," said Wood. "American citizens are taken into custody. They're flown across the country and held without bond. That's extremely concerning. Even if you are wanting to deport more people, that's fine, but we should follow the laws that are in place. And if we don't like the laws, Congress should change them."

Mother says ICE detained her, forced her to buy deportation tickets while son was home alone.

White House Border Czar Tom Homan spoke with CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday as the Department of Homeland Security shutdown continues.

Identify your emergency contacts and memorize their phone numbers.  Provide your child’s school or day care with an emergency contact to pick up your child.  Provide authorization in writing for your emergency contact to make medical and legal decisions for your child. 

Beginning March 9th, people facing deportation have less time to file an appeal if they disagree with the ruling of an immigration judge. It went from 30 days to 10 days. Also, cases that are appealed will no longer get an automatic review. Advocates call it a rapid loss of due process. It's just one of the rules immigration court observers say are changing.

“I don't know what I'm going to do if I don't go back to my family [in California],” Estrada Juarez said. “It's going be really hard for me.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested at least 5,000 people in the San Diego region last year, according to federal data obtained by the Deportation Data Project.

This equates to an average of roughly 20 people arrested each day in San Diego and Imperial counties. And the total tally for 2025 is certain to be significantly higher because the arrest numbers are only updated through mid October.

The City of Boise stands alongside all of our residents and, as mayor, I remain committed as ever to create a city where folks of all backgrounds feel safe and welcome." — Mayor Lauren McLean

I know my friends just assume my parents have papers. I don’t think it has affected my friendships since I don’t talk about it. But I know it would, if ICE were to come. We are waiting for their immigration hearing now and it is scary.

The Trump administration has dramatically changed the profile of who is being arrested by increasing the use of “at-large” arrests in American communities by 600%, leading to an unprecedented deployment of federal law enforcement.

"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." ―Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl (January 13, 1943)

“Yes, in fact, I like to talk about it, it feels validating. I feel like being open about it and telling his story increases awareness of the issue. And without that, nothing can change. So, if anything, I’m a little too open about it, talking to strangers about it or whatever. But yeah, I feel it’s been an important aspect of working for change.” -R.R., 23-year-old U.S. citizen whose husband was incarcerated and then deported, Texas

"We made it clear to ICE and DHS that they were violating federal law." -U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, Angie Craig

“People all across the country care about their country. I care about my country, and I want a democracy.” -Carol Spindel, American Civil Liberties Union

“I'm insanely angry, completely heartbroken and devastated, and then just like longing and hoping that things get better.” -Ellison M., protestor

Because that random woman put them in jail just because she didn’t like them and just called the cops on them and they went to jail so easily, I wouldn’t tell anyone freely. People are crazy and I wouldn’t want to put them at risk or anything

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 23rd, refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown, a significant defeat for the president’s efforts to send troops to U.S. cities.

The justices declined the Republican administration’s emergency request to overturn a ruling by U.S. District Judge April Perry that had blocked the deployment of troops. An appeals court also had refused to step in. The Supreme Court took more than two months to act.

And then, not even wanting to share with your friends at school that your dad got detained by ICE, right? So not really being able to share that with people at school in fear that there would be judgment or retaliation. Or exposure or identification by the wrong groups or people

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old freshman at Babson College, was flown to Honduras two days after being detained at Boston’s airport on Nov. 20, despite a court order on Nov. 21 that she remain in Massachusetts.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Sauter filed a response Wednesday in the case, saying the Boston judge who issued the order lacked jurisdiction because by then, Lopez Belloza was already in Texas on her way out of the country.

Her attorney argues she never knew about the longstanding removal order let alone how to challenge it, and that Immigration and Customs Enforcement made it nearly impossible to locate her as she was being deported

I don’t talk about any of this. I really hesitate, but I guess I am very cognizant of what information I share. So, yea, if I am applying to something and they ask me questions about my dad and they’re a little bit more personal I probably wouldn’t go through with it.” -M.A., 24-year-old, New Jersey. She was born in Mexico and able to qualify and benefit from DACA, her parents were not. When she was seven years old, her father was deported.

D.M., a 38-year-old, Illinois. Her sons were both deported and D.M. is someone who thinks of disclosure as a means of desahogarse. One of her sons was able to return to the United States post-deportation. Her other son, however, has been missing ever since he was deported.

So, then I had a period where I would cry a lot. Now, I still get a little shaky, but it’s become a lot easier for me to speak about it and more because I feel it’s become more important so that something could be done hopefully.” - J.H., a 28-year-old U.S.-born citizen who has multiple family members who have been deported, New Mexico