U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security is named in 85 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 2004 to 2026.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the timeline
85 events · 2004–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | Marshall Project: ICE Transfer-Opacity Tripled Under Trump; Immigrants 'Vanish' From Attorneys Into 5th Circuit
2 src ICE · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · The Marshall Project · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-15 | CA AG Bonta Releases Fifth ICE Detention Report: Six Deaths, 162% Population Surge, 'Cruel and Inhumane'
2 src Rob Bonta · California Attorney General · ICE · GEO Group · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-08 | Washington Post Documents 80,000+ Voluntary Departure Orders Under Trump; March 2026 Alone Hit 9,000 as Detention Coerces Asylum Abandonment
3 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-07 | ICE 287(g) Funding Pipeline Reaches $137M Already Disbursed, $2B Projected for 2026 With Performance Bonuses for Immigration Arrests; 760+ Departments, 13,800-15,800 Officers Deputized
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · local police departments · county sheriffs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-07 | ICE Custody Deaths Hit 17 in First Four Months of 2026 (One Every Six Days); 152 New Detention Facilities Opened Across 39 States Since January 2025
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Detention Watch Network · Setareh Ghandehari · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-05 | Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons Admits He 'Didn't Know Some Countries Existed' That ICE Is Deporting Migrants To Under Third-Country Program
3 src Todd Lyons · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-24 | Markwayne Mullin Sworn In as DHS Secretary After 54-45 Senate Confirmation; Immediately Pauses WEXMAC-TITUS Warehouse Detention Buildout
8 src Markwayne Mullin · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · John Fetterman · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-24 | Minnesota AG Ellison, Hennepin County Attorney Moriarty, BCA Superintendent Evans Sue DOJ and DHS in DC Federal Court for Evidence Blockade in Good, Pretti, Sosa-Celis Shootings
4 src Keith Ellison (Minnesota Attorney General) · Mary Moriarty (Hennepin County Attorney) · Drew Evans (BCA Superintendent) · U.S. Department of Justice · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | Internal DHS Document Reveals 'Project Homecoming' Self-Deportation Numbers Far Below Administration Claims
3 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | ICE Detention Population Hits 73,000 as Deaths Mount and Bipartisan Community Opposition Intensifies
3 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · local communities | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-15 | AP and Washington Post Investigation Exposes Wildly Inconsistent DHS Deportation Numbers
3 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Associated Press | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | ICE Reveals $38.3 Billion Detention Expansion Plan for 92,600-Bed Mega-Center Network
5 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing Formally Scheduled for March 18 Amid Rand Paul Friction
4 src Markwayne Mullin · Rand Paul · Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Deportation Protections for 350,000 Haitians
5 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | DOGE Spending Cuts Leave U.S. Government Hollowed Out as Iran War Escalates
2 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Washington Post Investigation Details How ICE Systematically Defied Court Orders During Minneapolis Enforcement Surge
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Department of Justice · Patrick Schiltz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | Rand Paul Schedules Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing for March 18, Signals Tough Questioning
3 src Markwayne Mullin · Rand Paul · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | ICE Tells Court Its Minnesota Deployment Has Been Reduced to 47 Deportation Officers
1 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Jeffrey Bryan · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | Post-Firing Analysis Details Five Major Controversies That Ended Noem's DHS Tenure
3 src Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Trump Fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Names Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement
7 src Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | DHS $220 Million Self-Deportation Ad Campaign Faces Senate Scrutiny; Contracts Bypassed Competitive Bidding
5 src Kristi Noem · John Kennedy · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Safe America Media · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Internal ICE Data Exposes Vast Inflation in DHS Deportation Figures
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Noem Faces Bipartisan Senate Rebuke as Tillis Calls Her Leadership "A Disaster"
8 src Kristi Noem · Thom Tillis · John Kennedy · Dick Durbin · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-02 | Hennepin County Launches Transparency and Accountability Project to Investigate Federal Agents in Operation Metro Surge
6 src Mary Moriarty · Greg Bovino · Hennepin County Attorney's Office · Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | ICE Expands to Twin Cities Suburbs Using Covert Tactics, Palantir ELITE Neighborhood Targeting
8 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-30 | DHS Announces Record Immigration Enforcement Numbers, Promotes Self-Deportation Incentive
4 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-29 | Trump Administration Replaces H-1B Visa Lottery with Wage-Based Selection
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-28 | Washington Post Analysis Reveals ICE Shift from Jail Arrests to Community Raids
8 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-26 | DHS Implements Mandatory Biometric Collection for All Non-Citizens at U.S. Borders
5 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-15 | Seven Die in ICE Custody in December, Four Within Four Days, Deadliest Year Since 2004
6 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Jean Wilson Brutus · Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-08 | Federal Judge Orders Top DOJ Officials to Testify in Criminal Contempt Inquiry Over Secret Alien Enemies Act Deportations That Defied Court Order
3 src James Boasberg · Drew Ensign · Erez Reuveni · Kristi Noem · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-08 | Human Rights Groups Document Systematic Torture at Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Facility: 45+ Detainees Report Beatings, Sexual Abuse, Crushed Testicles, and Coerced Deportations
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · American Civil Liberties Union · Human Rights Watch · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-08 | State Department Revokes Record 85,000 Visas Including 8,000 Student Visas Since January, More Than Double 2024 Rate
3 src State Department · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Illinois Secretary of State Warns Federal Immigration Agents and Rental Companies That License Plate Tampering Violates State Law
7 src Alexi Giannoulias · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Gov. JB Pritzker · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Trump Reduces Work Permit Validity to 18 Months Citing Single DC Shooting
5 src U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Joseph Edlow · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Rahmanullah Lakanwal · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-30 | Kristi Noem Denies Defying Court Order on National Television, Calls Judges "Activist"
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Kristen Welker · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-28 | Trump Announces 'Permanent Pause' on Immigration from 'Third World Countries' Using Racist Terminology
4 src Donald Trump · Joseph Edlow · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-11-20 | 7th Circuit Blocks Release of 615 Immigrants One Day Before Court-Ordered Deadline
5 src 7th Circuit Court of Appeals · Judge Jeffrey Cummings · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-18 | Trump Administration Reinstates 'Public Charge' Rule: Immigrant Wealth Test Returns
3 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Joseph Edlow · Stephen Miller · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-14 | ProPublica Investigation Exposes Hidden Corruption in Noem's $220M DHS Ad Campaign
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · The Strategy Group · Ben Yoho · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-06 | Federal Judge Rules Border Patrol Commander Bovino Lied Under Oath, Issues Sweeping Use-of-Force Injunction
6 src Judge Sara Ellis · Gregory Bovino · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-27 | DHS Posts Halo Video Game Image Comparing Immigrants to Parasitic Aliens Requiring Extermination
4 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kaelan Dorr · Marcus Lehto · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | Border Patrol Commander Bovino Throws Tear Gas at Chicago Protesters, Violating Court Order
4 src Gregory Bovino · Judge Sara Ellis · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | DHS Uses Multi-Year Reconciliation Funding to Pay 70,000 Immigration Enforcement Officers During Shutdown While 700,000 Federal Workers Go Unpaid
3 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-09 | Trump Authorizes Foreign Construction of Arctic Security Cutters via Presidential Memorandum
2 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Coast Guard · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | DHS and CMS Share Personal Data of 79 Million Medicaid Patients With ICE
2 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · State Attorneys General Coalition | reported | |
| 2025-09-30 | ICE Awards $1.4 Billion in Surveillance Contracts in Single Month, Highest in 18 Years
2 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | reported | |
| 2025-09-19 | Trump Restricts H-1B Visas with $100,000 Per-Petition Fee Requirement
3 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | reported | |
| 2025-09-15 | FEMA Cancels $11 Billion in Disaster Payments as Kristi Noem Imposes Spending Controls
3 src Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Flock Safety Admits Federal Immigration Agents Have Direct Access to Tracking Data, Pauses Pilot
3 src Flock Safety · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | State Department Revokes 6,000+ Student Visas, Targeting Palestinian Activists
3 src State Department · Marco Rubio · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-14 | Florida opens "Deportation Depot" at Baker prison after Alligator Alcatraz court defeat
3 src Ron DeSantis · Kevin Guthrie · Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-08 | White House announces increased federal law-enforcement presence in Washington, D.C.
3 src Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Marshals Service · Federal Protective Service | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Senator Ossoff documents 510 credible reports of ICE detention abuse including child mistreatment
3 src Jon Ossoff · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Tricia McLaughlin (DHS) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | ICE detention deaths reach 14 in FY2025 amid reports of medical neglect and overcrowding
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · CoreCivic · GEO Group · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Trump Orders States to Hand Over Medicaid, Food Assistance, and Voter Roll Data for Federal Surveillance
3 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Government Efficiency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-28 | ICE blocks members of Congress from detention facilities, violating oversight law
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Rep. Jason Crow · Sen. Chris Van Hollen · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | Budget Bill Allocates $45 Billion for Private Immigration Detention Centers, 308% Increase
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) · Private prison contractors | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | OBBBA Signed — $45B ICE Detention + $29.85B Enforcement Appropriations Through FY2029 Fund $38.3B Detention Reengineering Initiative
7 src Donald Trump · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | One Big Beautiful Bill Act Transfers $3.4 Trillion Upward Through Tax Cuts and Slush Funds
3 src Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · Republican Congress · Office of Management and Budget · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-26 | Brookings warns on legal limits of putting soldiers on Los Angeles streets
4 src Brookings Institution · Legal scholars · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-23 | Supreme Court 6-3 Allows Third-Country Deportations Without Due Process
9 src U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Sonia Sotomayor | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Operation Tidal Wave arrests 1,120 in Florida in largest single-state ICE operation
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Madison Sheahan · Ron DeSantis · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-09 | USCIS to screen immigrants' social media for antisemitic activity
4 src U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Trump Administration · Civil liberties groups | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-21 | DHS eliminates civil rights and oversight offices through mass layoffs
3 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Tricia McLaughlin (DHS) · Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties · Immigration Detention Ombudsman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-09 | 28-year-old political operative appointed ICE Deputy Director despite lacking required experience
3 src Madison Sheahan · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Acting ICE Director Vitello removed for failing to meet impossible deportation quotas
3 src Caleb Vitello · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-26 | DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Secretly Received $80,000 Dark Money Cut While Governor
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Dark money groups | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | National emergency declared at U.S. southern border
9 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Pentagon · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | ICE Launches Aggressive Raids in Puerto Rico's Dominican Community
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Rebecca González-Ramos · Jenniffer González-Colón · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump designates Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations
3 src Donald Trump · Secretary of State · Department of the Treasury · Department of Justice · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-01 | Anduril Deploys 300th Autonomous Surveillance Tower at U.S.-Mexico Border
2 src Anduril Industries · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Palmer Luckey | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-25 | Homeland Security Launches Major Sex Trafficking Investigation Against Sean Combs
4 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Sean Combs · Federal Prosecutors · U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York | confirmed | |
| 2022-12-09 | Twitter Files Release Exposes Systematic Government-Social Media Coordination Infrastructure for Information Control and Democratic Manipulation
3 src Elon Musk · X Corporation · Matt Taibbi · Bari Weiss · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2022-03-01 | Task Force KleptoCapture Launched: US Expands Anti-Kleptocracy Operations
3 src Merrick Garland · Andrew Adams · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-07-01 | CBP Awards Anduril $25 Million for Autonomous Surveillance Towers at Border
2 src Anduril Industries · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Palmer Luckey | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-01 | MVM Inc operates shadow detention network using hotels and unmarked buildings for children
4 src MVM Inc. · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Hampton Inn & Suites · Sonesta Hotels · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-01 | McKinsey Redirected from Obama-Era ICE Reform to Trump Immigration Crackdown Consulting
6 src McKinsey & Company · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | ICE relies on a sprawling, mostly contracted network of ~200 detention facilities; oversight fragmented
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · CoreCivic · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Marshals Service · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-01 | FBI Surveils Occupy Wall Street as "Terrorist Threat" Before First Protest
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Occupy Wall Street · Joint Terrorism Task Force | confirmed | |
| 2009-01-01 | LAPD's Joint Regional Intelligence Center Begins Using Palantir for Surveillance
2 src Joint Regional Intelligence Center · Los Angeles Police Department · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2008-05-12 | ICE Conducts Largest Immigration Raid in U.S. History at Postville, Iowa Agriprocessors Plant, Arresting 389 Workers While Management Faces No Criminal Charges Despite Systematic Labor Law Violations and Exploitation
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Agriprocessors Inc. · Sholom Rubashkin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-01-01 | Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies
2 src Palantir Technologies · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-10-15 | Dubai Ports World Initiates Controversial CFIUS Review for US Port Management Acquisition
3 src Dubai Ports World · Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum · CFIUS · US Coast Guard · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2004-02-01 | Accenture Awarded Competitive DHS US-VISIT Contract
4 src Accenture · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Asa Hutchinson · Smart Border Alliance | confirmed |
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Network neighbors
Donald Trump
20× shared
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
19× shared
Kristi Noem
19× shared
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
19× shared
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
7× shared
Markwayne Mullin
5× shared
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
5× shared
CoreCivic
4× shared
Department of Justice
4× shared
Federal Bureau of Investigation
4× shared
Trump Administration
4× shared
White House
4× shared
Joseph Edlow
3× shared
Madison Sheahan
3× shared
Palantir Technologies
3× shared
Rand Paul
3× shared
American Civil Liberties Union
2× shared
Anduril Industries
2× shared
Chicago Headline Club
2× shared
Department of Government Efficiency
2× shared
Elon Musk
2× shared
GEO Group
2× shared
Gregory Bovino
2× shared
ICE
2× shared
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