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2026-08-11ICE Bodycam Rollout On Track for August, But Footage Release Left to Agency Discretion
David Venturella · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
2
2026-08-10Meta's 'Forge the Future' PAC Funds Florida Legislative Leaders Who Killed AI Bill of Rights, Weakened Data Center Rules
Meta Platforms
1
2026-08-10Wired: DHS Pays Contractors to Photograph Deported People's Homes Abroad
Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
2
2026-08-07GOP Congressional Candidate Calls US Citizens Shot Dead by ICE 'Collateral Damage'
Renee Good · Alex Pretti
2
2026-08-07ICE Arrests 75+ U-Visa Crime Victims During Operation Metro Surge, Reversing Decades of Protection Policy
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1
2026-08-06ACLU Suit Against DOJ National Voter Database Proceeds as 12 States Comply Voluntarily, Courts Dismiss 5 State Challenges
Department of Justice · American Civil Liberties Union · Protect Democracy · +1
4
2026-08-06Advocacy Groups Rally Broome County Courthouse as 287(g) Termination Deadline Nears
2026-08-06Federal Authorities Threaten Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt With Prosecution Over ICE Detainer Refusal
2026-08-06ICE Operates 42 Internal AI Tools But Disclosed Only 23; Delaney Hall Logs Third Death ICE Never Announced
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security · Austin Kocher · +1
4
2026-08-05~1,000 Effingham County GA Residents Confront OpenAI Over $20B, 3.2GW Project Camellia Data Center
OpenAI
1
2026-08-05Chief Judge McConnell Discloses Six Death Threats; Loomer Doxxed His Daughter After Funding-Freeze Ruling
John McConnell · Laura Loomer · U.S. Marshals Service
3
2026-08-05GAO: White House Stonewalled All DOGE Oversight Requests; Fewer Than Half of Agencies Cooperated
Government Accountability Office
1
2026-08-05ICE Weighs Buying Moshannon Valley Detention Facility Outright as Clearfield County PA Contract Nears September Expiration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · GEO Group
2
2026-08-05Mother Jones Documents ICE Undercounting In-Custody Deaths, Profiles Trejo Ricano at Stewart Detention
GEO Group
1
2026-08-04CoreCivic Signs $536M, 5-Year Contract to Reopen Appleton MN's Prairie Correctional as 1,600-Bed ICE Facility
CoreCivic · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
2
2026-08-04ICE Obtained Court Orders to Force-Feed 18 Hunger-Striking Detainees Across Four Federal Districts
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1
2026-08-04Senate Judiciary Advances Blanche AG Nomination 12-10 as Catalog Documents 200+ Instances of DOJ 'Presumption of Regularity' Collapse
Todd Blanche · Senate Judiciary Committee
2
2026-08-03Gov. Abbott Freezes Texas Data Center Grid Connections, Orders ERCOT/PUCT Audit
Greg Abbott · ERCOT · Public Utility Commission of Texas · +5
8
2026-08-03NYPD Used High-Tech Surveillance Tools to Identify Columbia Gaza Paint-Splatter Protester, Documents Show
The Intercept · Columbia University
2
2026-08-03SCOTUS Sets August 3 Response Deadline on Trump's Emergency Mail-Ballot Appeal as Midterms Near
Donald Trump · Supreme Court of the United States · United States Postal Service
3
2026-08-02ICE Sets Second-Term Monthly Record: 46,000 Detained in July 2026 as In-Custody Deaths Reach 24+
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1
2026-08-01Edwin Lopez-Cornejo Dies at Delaney Hall After Medication Denial, 23rd ICE Custody Death of 2026, Second at GEO's $1.2B NJ Facility
GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · House Judiciary Committee
3
2026-08-01ICE Electronic Monitoring Triples to 54,000 Immigrants; GEO Group Projects Growth to 450,000
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · GEO Group
2
2026-07-31Clark County, IN Residents Demand Oversight of $3M Jail-ICE Detention Contract
2026-07-31Kalshi Launches Prediction Market Letting Traders Bet on ICE's Daily Arrest Count
2026-07-309th Circuit Rejects Trump Administration's Mandatory Detention Expansion, Deepening 4-2 Circuit Split Toward Likely SCOTUS Review
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
2
2026-07-30ICE Widens Airport Arrests to Legally-Present Migrants Using TSA Checkpoint Database Matching, No Warrants
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Transportation Security Administration
2
2026-07-30Mother Jones Investigation: Anti-ICE Protesters Prosecuted as Antifa Under Trump's Terrorism Framework
Mother Jones · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice
3
2026-07-30New York AG Orders 12 Jurisdictions to Terminate ICE 287(g) Agreements by August 25; Madison County Sheriff Publicly Defies
2026-07-29Data Centers Emerge as Wedge Issue in Michigan's 2026 Democratic Primary, Traverse City Resistance Grows
2026-07-29DeSoto County, FL Commissioners Approve One-Year Data Center Moratorium, Preserving Carve-Out for 800-Acre Project
2026-07-29GEO Group Signs 5-Year, $80M/Year ICE Contract for Rivers Correctional in Hertford County, NC, Over Governor Stein's Objection
GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
2
2026-07-29ICE Adds 5,500 Beds Toward 100,000-Person Detention Goal as June 2026 Arrests Hit Record 43,000
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1
2026-07-29ICE Posts Emergency SAM.gov Solicitation for 5,500 Detention Beds Across Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, Miami — Courts Embedded On-Site
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1
2026-07-29Trump and DOJ Jointly Petition SCOTUS to Vacate $83M Carroll Verdict, Substitute Government as Defendant
E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice
3
2026-07-28Augusta Township, MI Voters Overturn Thor Equities $1B Data Center Rezoning 89.5%-10.4%
2026-07-28Columbia County GA Approves Google Data Centers, Sends Property-Tax-Relief Plan to November Referendum
Google
1
2026-07-28Montgomery County MD Council Unanimously Passes 18-Month Data Center Moratorium, 25 MW Cap Into Law
2026-07-28ProPublica: Federal Judges Nationwide Chastise DOJ Lawyers for 'Unlawful,' 'Unethical' Conduct as Presumption of Regularity Erodes
U.S. Department of Justice
1
2026-07-28Researcher Austin Kocher: Over 600,000 People Booked Into ICE Detention Since Trump II Began
Austin Kocher · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
2
2026-07-28Trump Administration Races to SCOTUS Shadow Docket for Mail-Ballot Restrictions After First Circuit Upholds Block
Donald Trump · United States Postal Service
2
2026-07-27Congress Quietly Eliminated ICE Biweekly Detention Data Mandate — New Analysis Finds 16% Undercount
ICE · Austin Kocher · CoreCivic
3
2026-07-27EU AI Act Omnibus Enters Force, Delays High-Risk AI Deadline to December 2027
European Union
1
2026-07-27Gordie Howe International Bridge Opens After Toll-Revenue Settlement Resolves Trump Threat
Donald Trump
1
2026-07-27ICE Extends No-Bid Amentum Contract for Camp East Montana Through 2027 at $776M Additional Cost, Over HRW/ACLU Abuse Findings
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1
2026-07-25EU AI Act Full Enforcement Begins August 2 — Facial Recognition Bans, High-Risk AI Rules Binding
European Union · Clearview AI
2
2026-07-24Escambia County FL Commissioners Vote 5-0 That Data Centers 'Not Permitted' Under Land Code
2026-07-24ICE Plans 1,400-Bed Detention Center at Shuttered Rivers Correctional in Hertford County, NC
ICE · GEO Group
2
2026-07-24Nun Detained by ICE While Walking to Daily Mass in Texas — Speaks Out for First Time
ICE
1
2026-07-24Police Experts Flag ICE Agent Vetting Failures as Agency Doubles Force Under OBBB Hiring Push
ICE
1
2026-07-24The Intercept Documents Four ICE Deaths in One Week; Hearing Contradicts DHS Account of Salgado Araujo Shooting
ICE
1
2026-07-23ACLU Data-Driven Report Finds ICE 'Too Broken to Be Fixed' Across Eight States in 2025
American Civil Liberties Union · ICE
2
2026-07-23ICE Nears 600,000 Deportations as July Sets New Daily Arrest Record
ICE
1
2026-07-23Seven Senate Democrats Kill CLARITY Act Over Trump Crypto Ethics Loopholes — August Recess Deadline Missed
Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · Senate Democrats · +1
4
2026-07-23Together Colorado Sues Town of Hudson Over GEO Group's Big Horn ICE Detention Facility Zoning
GEO Group
1
2026-07-22Bloomberg: Lutnick and Hines Shaped GENIUS Act to Benefit Tether, Then Took Tether Jobs
Howard Lutnick · Bo Hines · U.S. Department of Commerce · +1
4
2026-07-22Community Mobilizes Against GEO Group Plan to Reopen Rivers Correctional as 1,400-Bed ICE Detention Center in Hertford County, NC
GEO Group
1
2026-07-22House Passes SAVE Act via Must-Pass NDAA 217-209 While the EAC That Would Administer It Is Headless
House Republicans · Election Assistance Commission
2
2026-07-22Loudoun County, 'Data Center Capital of the World,' Moves Toward Moratorium but Virginia Law May Block It
Amazon
1
2026-07-22Montgomery County MD: 18-Month Data Center Moratorium Advances to Full Council Vote
2026-07-22NW Ohio ICE Detention Facility Board Blocks Public Comment, Moves Meetings to Restrict Protesters
2026-07-22Project Delta Hyperscale Campus Rezoning Refiled in Stokes County, NC After Legal Void — Hyperscaler Identity Still Withheld
2026-07-22Residents Sue Guadalupe County, TX Over $500M Tax Abatement for CloudBurst AI Data Center Campus
2026-07-22Shapiro Wins: ICE Withdraws Both Pennsylvania Warehouse Detention Plans — Berks and Schuylkill Counties
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security
2
2026-07-22Spokane County, WA Commission Divided Over Nine-Month Data Center Moratorium
2026-07-21Charles County, MD Commissioners Scrap Data Center Zoning Amendment After Year of Pushback
2026-07-21Cherokee County, GA Commissioners Unanimously Approve 30-Day Data Center Moratorium
2026-07-21ICE Arresting Relatives Who Come Forward to Sponsor Migrant Children in Federal Shelters
ICE
1
2026-07-21ICE Has Stopped Publishing Detention and Deportation Data Since April 2026
ICE · Deportation Data Project
2
2026-07-21Kent County, DE Levy Court Passes First Data Center Restrictions: Industrial Zones Only, 300-Foot Setbacks
2026-07-21Livingston County, MI Sheriff Signs 287(g) Agreement With ICE Without Board Vote; Becomes State's 8th Active Jurisdiction
ICE
1
2026-07-21Tulare County Fair Board Tables Global Stack Fairgrounds Data Center Lease After 3 Hours of Public Opposition
2026-07-20Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers, The Intercept Reports
Google · ICE
2
2026-07-20ICE Issues 14-Site RFEI Signaling Shift from Renting to Owning Detention Infrastructure
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2
2026-07-20Roxbury NJ Warehouse Detention Saga: DHS Reverses to Proceed July 13, Then Walks Back to 'Continuing to Assess' in July 20 Court Filing
Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Mikie Sherrill · +4
7
2026-07-17DOJ Ultimatum to Milwaukee on ICE Mask Ban Passes Without Resolution; Supremacy Clause Standoff Active
Department of Justice
1
2026-07-17GEO Group Employee Arrested After Shooting Woman Protester Outside Aurora ICE Detention Center
GEO Group
1
2026-07-17ICE Illegally Shared Medicaid Data on Millions With Palantir ELITE Deportation App
ICE · Palantir
2
2026-07-16OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic CEOs Converge on Mandatory Pre-Release Scrutiny and US-Led Global AI Governance Body
Sam Altman · Dario Amodei · OpenAI · +1
4
2026-07-16Paramount-WBD Antitrust Hearing Scheduled July 16 in Faust Subscriber Suit; Bonta-Led State-AG Coalition Complaint Drafting Concurrent
Rob Bonta · David Ellison · Paramount Skydance · +1
4
2026-07-16Senate Banking Committee Report: Trump/Vought CFPB Rollback Has Cost Americans Up to $26.5 Billion
Elizabeth Warren · Russell Vought
2
2026-07-16Trump Primetime Address Pushes SAVE America Act on Unsupported Claims; DC Circuit Reinstates USPS Ballot Barcode Rule
Donald Trump · United States Postal Service
2
2026-07-16Venezuelan Man Dies on ICE Transport Bus From Irwin County, GA — 22nd In-Custody Death of 2026
ICE
1
2026-07-15ACLU Sues to Block Completed DOJ National Voter Database as August 5 Purge Blackout Looms
Department of Justice · American Civil Liberties Union · Protect Democracy
3
2026-07-15Deputy AG Blanche Endorses ICE at 2026 Polling Places, Declines to Promise Compliance With Anti-Intimidation Law
Todd Blanche · Steve Bannon · Ed Markey · +2
5
2026-07-15DHS Halts Most ICE Traffic-Stop Arrests After Three Deaths in a Week; Trump Reverses the Halt Within 24 Hours
Markwayne Mullin · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
3
2026-07-15DOJ Files First-Ever Application to Activate Dormant Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 30-Year History
Department of Justice · Trump Administration
2
2026-07-15Emails Show Entergy Arkansas Co-Drafted Pulaski County Moratorium That Exempts Its Own $6B Prospective Customer
2026-07-15Hamilton County, TN Commissioners Vote Unanimously for One-Year Data Center Moratorium
2026-07-15Hochul Signs EO 62 — First Statewide Hyperscale Data Center Moratorium as 20+ Localities Move in One Week
Kathy Hochul
1
2026-07-15HRW/ACLU 84-Page Report: Fort Bliss Guards Bet on Which Detainee Would Die Next
Human Rights Watch · American Civil Liberties Union
2
2026-07-15ICE Agents Carry Real-Time Facial Recognition Smartphones for Street Biometric Checks
ICE
1
2026-07-15Palm Beach County Rejects 'Project Tango' Hyperscale AI Campus 5-1 After 12-Hour Hearing
2026-07-15Saline Township MI Caps Oracle/OpenAI Tax Abatement 9x, Then Reverses Under 'Shall Approve' Legal Threat 72 Hours Later
Oracle · OpenAI
2
2026-07-15Todd Blanche, Trump's Former Personal Defense Lawyer, Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing for Permanent Attorney General
Todd Blanche · Donald Trump · Senate Judiciary Committee
3
2026-07-14Federal Judge Orders Wilmington, OH to Redo Three Ordinances for Amazon's $4B Data Center — Open Meetings Violation
Amazon Web Services
1
2026-07-14Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Pour Record $53.9B into US Tech and AI in H1 2026
Mubadala · Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed · Donald Trump
3
2026-07-14ICE/CBP Surveillance Tech Spending Hits $513M in 2026; Palantir Named 'Backbone' With $1B Follow-On Agreement
Palantir · ICE · Customs and Border Protection
3
2026-07-14Justices Barrett and Kagan Testify to Congress on Ethics; Kagan Backs Independent Enforcement Panel
Amy Coney Barrett · Elena Kagan · United States Congress
3
2026-07-14Leon County, TX Commissioners Reject Crusoe Technologies' $34B Tax Abatement Application — 200+ Residents Oppose