The Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport houses a temporary holding facility for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that houses people detained for immigration violations before they are either flown to long-term detention centers or are deported. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror)
911 call reveals ICE pepper-sprayed 47 detainees in overcrowded Mesa holding facility
In the early morning hours of late February, a 911 call was made from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Mesa because a man was having a seizure after immigration agents used pepper spray on a group of 47 detainees in an enclosed room.
“Um, yeah we had, uh, a officer safety issue here...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations officers execute criminal search warrants and arrest more than 100 employees on federal immigration violations at a trailer manufacturing business in Sumner in 2018. (Photo by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Phoenix launches portal to report ICE and federal agent abuses amid growing distrust
The City of Phoenix on Tuesday launched an online portal to report civil rights violations committed by federal agents.
The website is the city’s latest response to growing concern over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement actions. Earlier this year...
Voting booths await voters in the general election on Nov. 5, 2024, at North Junior High in Boise. (Photo by Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun)
DOJ argues voter data ruling that blocked Arizona request would have undermined civil rights
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday suggested to a federal appeals court that upholding a lower court decision blocking the Trump administration’s access to sensitive voter data would weaken its ability to investigate racial discrimination in voting.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held oral arguments on whether to reverse a district court judge’s opinion that Michigan doesn’t have to...
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly speaks during a press conference on the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on May 12, 2026, outside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
Anti-abortion groups wanted Marty Makary fired. Now he’s out as Trump’s FDA commissioner.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary on Tuesday became the latest member of President Donald Trump’s administration to leave their post this year.
“I want to thank Dr. Marty Makary for having done a great job at the FDA. So much was accomplished under...
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE officer’s badge and weapon are seen in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Trump taps former career ICE official to lead agency
WASHINGTON — Long-time federal immigration official David Venturella will lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency spearheading President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson.
Venturella will replace outgoing ICE acting Director Todd Lyons, who last month announced...
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