HOUSTON — A Houston man says he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for nearly two hours — even after he told them he was a U.S. citizen and showed valid identification. "Bro, I was born in College Station. There is no way — what is going on?" said Miguel Angel Ponce Jr., 33.

Sonoma County Sheriff Eddie Engram presented 2024 figures Tuesday on federal immigration detention requests at the jail as many audience members pressed the county to sever all ties with U.S. immigration enforcement.

The specific policies of Immigration and Customs Enforcement change whenever a new president is in the White House, but the statutory enforcement provisions have remained relative stable since the enactment of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.

The Trump administration has dramatically curtailed the ability for those facing deportation to be released from immigration detention.

The number of people ICE arrested in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania surged around the time the agency reportedly implemented a 3,000 arrests-a-day quota in late May, according to recently-released government data.

"What happens in Congress and the White House will say a lot about what the nation values most," says the McClatchy California Editorial Board.

Health and Human Services' decision to hand over Medicaid data raises privacy concerns. Immigrants in most states are already ineligible for Medicaid.

ICE officers also arrested two women at routine hearings this morning, the most recent of over 40 arrests at the S.F. immigration courthouse