Tensions are running high after reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting several people in Hoboken and Jersey City earlier Sunday.

Americans overwhelmingly say it is acceptable to record immigration arrests. Most also say it’s unacceptable for ICE, CBP officers to hide their identities.

Immigration enforcement involves a slew of federal agencies. Amid some calls to “abolish ICE,” here’s more information about the roles various departments play.

ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels.

One year into the second term of President Donald Trump, his administration’s focus on undocumented immigrants has intensified, drawing outrage in recent weeks following shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

By Jack Queen Jan 31 (Reuters) - A Minnesota federal judge on Saturday declined to order a halt to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown in Minneapolis, in a lawsuit by state officials accusing federal agents of widespread civil rights abuses.

Winners at the Grammy Awards, the most prestigious American popular music ceremony, denounced the Trump administration’s harsh immigration enforcement policies and recent shooting incidents with strong statements.

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has almost doubled its roster of agents partnering with ICE, as criticism grows from tactics deployed in Minnesota.

Democrats have blocked budget legislation in the U.S. Senate, a move that will trigger a federal government shutdown on Friday unless the Trump administration agrees to change how its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conduct their controversial crackdown.

San Francisco became the center of large public demonstrations as thousands of residents joined a nationwide general strike to protest federal immigration policies and the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).