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Immigration enforcement agents are detaining people and taking them into custody, at times under public anger and outcry.
If approved by council at the Aug. 5 meeting, Keller law enforcement officers would be a part of ICE's 287 (g) program. The program authorizes state and local officers to "perform specified immigration officer functions under the agency's direction and oversight," according to the website.
The Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement Act, or VISIBLE Act of 2025, would prohibit federal immigration agents, known as “ICE,” and other Department of Homeland Security officials from concealing their identities while operating in public spaces.
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not targeting illegal immigrants inside a medical facility or religious facility, despite concerns that the Trump administration would do so after the rollback of a Biden-era policy earlier this year.
Federal authorities said that the woman sought to elicit public sympathy and raise money based on her undocumented status.
The study examined the financial consequences of federal immigration enforcement in California, home to over two million undocumented immigrants.
According to a July 17 letter from Mayor Armin Mizani, the proposal “targets criminals, not law-abiding residents.”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to detain far more people than before, tapping a legal authority to jail anyone who entered the country illegally. Todd Lyons, ICE’s
Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided Colt Grill locations in the Village of Oak Creek and Cottonwood on Tuesday, July 15. At least five people were detained in the VOC and transported to Yavapai County Detention Center in Camp Verde by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office for HSI.