Dealing with ICE
6 articles, newest first.
Preparing Your Family: The Caregiver Form for Your State, the Documents Folder, and the Numbers to Memorize
A plan settles who collects the children, pays the rent and calls the lawyer in the 48 hours after an arrest. The forms differ by state and some take weeks. What New York, California, Texas, Florida and Illinois provide, what goes in the folder, and what to tell the school.
Getting Out: Bond, Parole and Habeas Corpus in 2026
There are three doors out of ICE detention. Which ones are open depends on how the person entered the country, which federal circuit the facility sits in, and how long they have been held. A guide to the bond hearing, the parole request and the habeas petition, with the September 2026 map of where each works.
What ICE Is Looking For: Priorities, Places, Data, and Who Is Most Exposed in 2026
The official answer since January 2025 is that there are no priorities: anyone removable may be arrested. The practical answer is in the numbers, the places, and the databases. Where arrests happen, what records ICE reads, and who sits at the top of the list.
Finding and Helping a Detained Person: The Locator, the Officer, the Money, and the Oversight That No Longer Exists
The first task after an arrest is finding the person, and the government's own tool is exact-match, adult-only and hours behind. What the locator needs, how to reach the deportation officer, how money and calls work, and where to complain now that the detention ombudsman has been shut.
Stopped or Arrested by ICE: What to Say, What Never to Sign, and What Happens in the First 72 Hours
The right to remain silent belongs to everyone in the country and must be said out loud. There is no appointed lawyer. Three forms served in the first hours can end a case before it begins. A precise account of the encounter, the paperwork, and the two-year rule that now applies nationwide.
ICE at the Door: The Warrant That Lets Them In, the One That Does Not, and What to Say Through It
Agents may knock, speak and arrest without a judge. They may not enter a home without a judicial warrant or your consent, and ICE's own handbook says so. How to tell the two warrants apart through a closed door, what consent looks like, and what changed in 2025 and 2026.