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This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.

News: 2026

January 27.   Daniel Villarreal: At least 20 ICE & CBP officials have been charged with sex crimes against children: “[There is] a real problem with gender-based violence by ICE agents, and the agency is not taking it seriously.”

February 1.   Garrett Graff: Accountability for ICE and CBP: However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.

February 2.   Adam Serwer: The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks: Face coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.

February 11.   The Associated Press: As ICE expands, a review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused:At least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020 and their wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse, corruption and other abuses of authority.

News: 2025

November 18.   Jonah Kaplan: ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting.