Introducing 'ICE Tracker'
A rundown of news stories you may have missed about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Good afternoon! There’s so much immigration news happening right now, it’s easy to miss something. ICE Tracker is here to keep you up to date with a bi-weekly rundown of the latest news about Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Share ICE news to tips@migrantinsider.com.
NBC BOSTON: A state judge in Boston has dismissed a case against a man who was taken into federal custody in the middle of his criminal trial last week, citing prosecutorial misconduct, and found an ICE agent in contempt of court.
PROPUBLICA: An investigation reveals that ICE Air Operations deported over 100,000 migrants in fiscal year 2024 via a vast network of chartered and commercial flights, often under challenging and controversial conditions.
THE ATLANTIC: ICE mistakenly deported by the Trump administration to a notorious prison in El Salvador due to an administrative error. Despite his legal status, Abrego Garcia was sent to El Salvador's megaprison.
BALTIMORE BANNER: Faculty and staff at Johns Hopkins were told not to intervene if ICE agents come to campus looking to detain community members. Employees were also told to not help community members leave or hide, if they are being sought by federal agents.
MIAMI HERALD: ICE deported a Venezuelan man with a pending asylum case to El Salvador’s mega-prison, accusing him of gang ties despite no criminal record, sparking controversy over due process violations and the use of unreliable evidence under the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies.
WASHINGTON POST: Across the U.S., immigrants and advocates are leveraging social media platforms like TikTok, Reddit, and collaborative maps to share real-time ICE locations, helping undocumented individuals evade a Trump administration crackdown on illegal immigration, though the flood of unverified reports and counterattacks from pro-Trump activists has fueled both fear and controversy.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Despite federal Judge Brian E. Murphy’s March 28, 2025, ruling requiring notice and a chance to contest third-country deportations, ICE continued removals, ignoring earlier orders like Judge James Boasberg’s March 15 directive, as reported by the Washington Times on March 28, 2025. This defiance of judicial authority has sparked controversy over executive overreach.
258 SOUTH: ICE detained 58 yr old Alma Bowman at an ICE check-in this week. Alma moved to the U.S. from the Philippines when she was 10 and should have obtained U.S. citizenship from her father, a citizen. On March 26, she was thrown in detention.
ZETEO: ICE is secretly revoking the immigration statuses of Middle Eastern university students without notifying them or their schools, targeting those from Muslim-majority countries in a move that has alarmed students and university officials nationwide. Here’s the scoop in Zeteo—
