A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel ruled Oct. 14 that the Trump administration is "certain to succeed" on its claim that California's "No Vigilantes Act" -- which requires on-duty law enforcement officers, including...
Legal outcome Ninth Circuit directs district court to enter a preliminary injunction against the law's identification requirement pending appeal; merits not yet finally decided
Fresno prosecutors filed three felonies -- assault likely to produce great bodily injury, elder abuse and vandalism -- plus a misdemeanor battery charge against ICE agent David Gonzalez, 32, after an Oct. 10 incident at...
Federal procurement filings posted to SAM.gov show ICE is fast-tracking a roughly $100 million intelligence program, "ERO ONE," that would place more than 140 cleared contractors in over two dozen U.S. cities to map the...
NYPD surveillance and body-camera footage released Oct. 12, 2026 shows two plainclothes immigration officers running up to a parked car with guns drawn, one striking a window with a gun barrel before the driver pulls...
An ICE agent shot Oscar Belgal, 28, in the neck during an attempted arrest in Manhattan's Marble Hill neighborhood on Oct. 8, firing seven rounds while Belgal's 5-year-old son sat in the back seat. NYPD said Belgal was...
An Army study at Fort Leavenworth found that "shock gloves" ICE later purchased caused intense pain and fear in volunteers role-playing combative prisoners, according to documents from American Oversight reported by the...
The Department of Homeland Security posted a proposed rule on October 7, 2026 that would require international students on F-1 visas to pay at least $70,000 to a certified institution for Optional Practical Training...
ICE and other immigration agents detained at least 506 U.S. citizens against their will from January 2025 through September 2026, ProPublica found in an investigation published Oct. 6, calling the total an undercount...
The Justice Department said on October 6, 2026 that it filed 40 denaturalization actions in federal district courts between August 21 and October 2, bringing its total past 200 cases, with a stated goal of reaching 250...
Marimar Martinez, a Chicago woman shot multiple times by Border Patrol agent Charles Exum during an October 4, 2025, enforcement operation, filed a federal lawsuit October 5, 2026, alleging negligence, battery, assault...
