Capture lane

Immigration Enforcement

The Immigration Enforcement capture lane traces 10 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

10 events From Jan 1, 1987 To Oct 14, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1807–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-10-14DHS Rejects GAO Recommendation That ICE Adopt Automated Body-Camera Activation 1 src confirmed
2026-05-22Federal Judge in Nashville Dismisses Human-Smuggling Case Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Finding DOJ Reverse-Engineered Charges to Retroactively Justify Wrongful Deportation 7 src
Kilmar Abrego Garcia · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-06-10ICE Worksite Raids Resume Nationwide: Mass Arrests Across Multiple States 6 src
ICE · DHS · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-10Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Government Must 'Facilitate' Abrego Garcia's Return 5 src
Supreme Court · John Roberts · Kilmar Abrego Garcia · Trump Administration · +2
confirmed
2025-03-15Kilmar Abrego Garcia Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador Despite Court-Ordered Protection 4 src
Kilmar Abrego Garcia · ICE · Trump Administration · Nayib Bukele
confirmed
2024-05-13GAO report finds former CBP Critical Incident Team personnel reassigned to Evidence Collection and Management Inquiry Teams; OPR independence compromised 3 src
Government Accountability Office · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Border Patrol · CBP Office of Professional Responsibility · +1
confirmed
2022-05-06CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus terminates Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams; duties transferred to Office of Professional Responsibility 6 src
U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Border Patrol · CBP Office of Professional Responsibility · Alex Padilla · +2
confirmed
2022-01-24Ten House and Senate committee chairs request GAO audit of CBP Critical Incident Teams 3 src
Bennie G. Thompson · Gary Peters · Alex Padilla · Zoe Lofgren · +5
confirmed
2018-08-01200+ Palantir Employees Sign Letter Protesting Company's ICE Contracts; External Protesters Demonstrate 4 src
Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Tech Workers Coalition
confirmed
1987-01-01Wackenhut Corrections Wins First Federal Immigration Detention Contract in Aurora, Colorado 4 src
Wackenhut Corporation · George C. Zoley · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Reagan Administration
confirmed