Sara Lizeth Lopez Garcia, 20, a student at New York's Suffolk County Community College is being held by ICE in Louisiana.

Following U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been busy enacting the administration's promise of mass deportation, which has led to both support in some opinion polls as well as widespread protests.

Immigration enforcement agents returned to the Chesterfield County courthouse, resuming an operation that caught regional media attention in late June.

DHS said a woman who claimed to be held hostage in an ICE warehouse was never arrested and called the whole story “fabricated.”

One detainee called her husband from the downtown Los Angeles detention center and reportedly told him she feels harassed, is sleeping on the floor, and is huddling with other detainees to stay warm.

ICE did not respond to emailed requests for comment. Just two weeks ago, protesters marched around the federal complex following aggressive raids in Los Angeles that began June 6 and have not stopped.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Westwood Tuesday afternoon to seek emergency care for a detainee, drawing a crowd of protesters concerned ...

As of June 9, the average daily detainee population inside the South Georgia jail stood at 1,828, according to ICE data collected by the TRAC. Stewart’s capacity is 1,752 detainees .

ICE Detainee on Hunger Strike Could Be Force-Fed. Published Jun 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM EDT. By . Matthew Robinson is the Newsweek U.S. News Editor based in London, U.K.