Immigration and Customs Enforcement is playing a key role in the Trump administration’s plans to crack down on illegal immigration. Here’s a look at some key questions about the agency and its priorities.

Sanctuary places no longer exist and just being in the country illegally can get you arrested, but that's not their main target or interest.

The Tribune spoke with Nicole Hallett, a clinical law professor at University of Chicago, and Diana Rashid, managing attorney with the National Immigrant Justice Center, to learn more about what

The Trump administration ramped up goals for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make 1,200 to 1,500 arrests per day, the Washington Post reports.

A former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director encouraged the Trump administration not to publicize deportation efforts, citing safety implications amid other issues. “You

The administration wants to increase the number of arrests from a few hundred per day to at least 1,200 to 1,500, increasing the chances that non-criminals will be detained.

What Trump's order says, how local law enforcement is involved, ICE's efforts so far and what to do if you encounter ICE.

U.S. President Donald Trump's top homeland security official joined officers as they carried out an immigration arrest in New York City on Tuesday, the latest effort to promote Trump's nationwide crackdown as enforcement has intensified in recent days.

NEW YORK -- ICE agents took at least four people into custody early Tuesday morning in New York City, sources say. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was on hand for the operation, along with agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The number of suspects arrested — several hundred per day — has been outpaced by the psychological impact of the attention on ICE operations.

Hamilton is the executive director of the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. She says she has already heard of ice raids in the area.

When federal, state and local law enforcement are able to join together and cooperate, we only make the community safer; HB 1124 prevents that.” — John Fabbricatore