Arrests were made Sunday at a home in Fultondale and in Huntsville, according to the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice.
Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said he will provide transport vans, jail occupancy or personnel to assist the federal agency’s operations.
This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.
Two bills prefiled in the Alabama legislature would enhance sentencing of illegal immigrants, and give local police powers to enforce immigration law.
A week into Donald Trump’s second presidency and his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, federal officers are operating with a new sense of mission.
If immigration officials are operating in Butler County, they’re not working with local law enforcement. County law enforcement officials said Tuesday they aren’t aware of any U.S. Immigration and
On Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) touted 538 arrests and 373 detainers lodged against illegal immigrants, with action in New York, Colorado, and Minnesota. Enforcement officials then highlighted work in Chicago, Miami, and New York state over the weekend.
The administration wants to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, increasing the chances that non-criminals will be detained.
Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.
Here's what we know so far about ICE enforcement operations in the wake of several immigration-related executive orders Trump signed.
An executive order issued by Gov. Mike Braun Tuesday directs state police agencies to work alongside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and encourages local agencies to do the same.
The poultry industry in Alabama is huge. According to the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association, the industry employs 86,000 people in the state. A bird-flu outbreak began in 2022, and egg prices have more than doubled to more than $4 a dozen at the end of last year.