This Week On ICE

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. An ICE killing in Houston: On Tuesday, armed ICE agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a traffic stop in Houston, Texas, as he was driving a work crew to a homebuilding site. The killing has sparked an international incident, with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum vowing to pursue “legal measures” beyond mere diplomatic complaints. While fighting...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. A devastating earthquake in Venezuela: Last Wednesday, on June 24, the country experienced a magnitude 7.5 earthquake just west of Caracas, the capital. The quake collapsed huge numbers of buildings in highly urbanized areas, leaving at least 2,200 people dead and 50,000 missing. The part that deeply relates to what we cover here on this podcast is that among the...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. Breaking news from the U.S. Supreme Court: SCOTUS ruled Thursday that the Trump administration can end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and Syrians in a 6-3 decision along party lines, impacting hundreds of thousands of people from two of the world’s most dangerous countries. The ruling also appears to clear the way to end TPS for over a million other...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. First, the biggest news of the week: On Wednesday, President Trump signed a new bill that gave ICE a $70 billion windfall that will fund the next three years of immigration enforcement activity, putting an end to a months-long stalemate in Congress. It was this stalemate that led to a partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security earlier this...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. First, the biggest news of the week: On Wednesday, President Trump signed a new bill that gave ICE a $70 billion windfall that will fund the next three years of immigration enforcement activity, putting an end to a months-long stalemate in Congress. It was this stalemate that led to a partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security earlier this...

In this week’s episode, we welcome back OG co-host Matthew Kendrick after a month away. It was such a pleasure bringing in LA-based investigative journalist Ben Camacho into the fold as temporary co-host. Throughout that time, Ben and co-host Kelly Kimball discussed the possibility of ICE’s presence at World Cup matches across the U.S. , what historic highs of ICE detention deaths say about the co...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. Major moves happened this week, so before we get into our official run of show, here’s a quick rundown of the latest: Alligator Alcatraz will be officially dismantled by early June, per a Tuesday report by the New York Times. The closure follows a year of intense legal challenges, controversial operational costs, and allegations of inhumane conditions. The 1,400 p...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. Major moves happened this week, so before we get into our official run of show, here’s a quick rundown of the latest: Alligator Alcatraz will be officially dismantled by early June, per a Tuesday report by the New York Times. The closure follows a year of intense legal challenges, controversial operational costs, and allegations of inhumane conditions. The 1,400 p...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. Major moves happened this week, so before we get into our official run of show, here’s a quick rundown of the latest: Alligator Alcatraz will be officially dismantled by early June, per a Tuesday report by the New York Times. The closure follows a year of intense legal challenges, controversial operational costs, and allegations of inhumane conditions. The 1,400 p...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. While we were recording this week’s episode, news broke that the Trump Administration is in talks to shut down the Florida Everglades ICE Detention Center known as Alligator Alcatraz. These talks are still preliminary, with DHS officials having said it has become too expensive to keep operating the center, which at one point burned $1.2 million taxpayer dollars pe...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. This week, we’re tracking several consequential developments in U.S. immigration policy made in the last week. We’re also diving even deeper into the unprecedented dilemma for Afghan allies stranded at a way-station in Doha, Qatar. Plus: We’ve brought on our new co-host for a little bit while Matt is traveling — Ben Camacho. Welcome, Ben! We’re so glad you’re here...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. Kelly and I are still out-of-office this week. So, for this week’s episode, we’re featuring the most important highlights from two great guests we’ve had on the show. Before we get to it, here’s a rundown of this week’s developments involving ICE and the U.S. immigration crackdown 👇 — Matt Republicans in the Senate passed a bill in the wee hours of Thursday morni...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. This week, we are both out of office - but it doesn’t mean we’re out of pocket. Matt and I are taking this time to feature highlights from our best guest interviews. Before we get to it, though, here’s a rundown of this week’s developments involving ICE and the U.S. immigration crackdown 👇 — Kelly Over the weekend — Costa Rica received the first group of migrants...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. This week, we’re looking into how powerful surveillance tools are being used on both sides of the border in ways that raise serious questions about privacy and oversight. Then, we’re getting into how and where the U.S. is deporting people (if you’re keeping score — it’s as many as 64 countries and counting), including legally ambiguous arrangements with countries...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. Before we get to the good stuff, here’s the latest: On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump fired U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi — a former lobbyist of the nation’s largest private, for-profit prison and top ICE detention contractor the GEO Group. We’ve got a great slate of stories for you. Let’s get into it. The top line: The U.S. Supreme Court projected skepti...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. Over the weekend , U.S. President Donald Trump announced he would deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports to help TSA workers if an agreement isn’t reached in Congress to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On Monday, we saw the beginnings of that promise, with ICE deployed to 14 airports nationwide. Also on Monday , Markwayne Mullin was officially sworn in...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. On Wednesday , DHS confirmed ICE has detained and deported hundreds of pregnant, postpartum and nursing immigrants since day one of Trumps second term, contradicting its own laws surrounding the safety of these individuals. On Thursday , the U.S. Senate advanced Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to serve as new DHS secretary, replacing Kristi Noem. Also on Thursday ,...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. The top line: Tennessee is trying kick migrant kids out of schools. The Tennessee state legislature has introduced a bill attempting to ban undocumented children from public schools, in a move that could deprive some 10,000 children from a basic education. It’s part of a wider raft of legislation in at least five other states introduced by GOP lawmakers backed by...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following a controversial tenure marked by a brutal and unpopular ICE surge in Minneapolis, MN, and multiple punishing appearances before Congress, making her the first cabinet member ousted during Trump’s second term. Over 1000 people have died less than a week into the U.S.-Is...

Welcome back to This Week on ICE. On Sunday , cartel violence swept Mexico following the killing of notorious drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho.” On Monday , whistleblower Ryan Schwank testified in front of Congress, claiming that ICE training programs were “deficient, defective, and broken.” On Tuesday , President Trump gave the longest State of the Union address in modern h...

Welcome to another episode of This Week on ICE. We are overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response to this show already. Thank you for being here , asking critical questions, and supporting this work of independent journalism. We’ve got a hell of an episode for you this week. Let’s get into it. The top line: As DHS lurches from a partial government shutdown, most Americans won’t feel the impact at th...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of This Week on ICE. Here’s a quick breakdown of what we covered (with sources!) organized around three core stories. The top line: ICE agents withdraw from Minneapolis following robust community action and a cratering of ICE approval ratings. On Thursday, border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will end its immigration enforcement crackdown i...