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The data showed that at least 60 percent of the centers analyzed had reported serious pregnancy complications, suicide attempts, or sexual assault allegations. www.wired.com/story/ice-de...

wired.comICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid DataA new agreement viewed by WIRED gives ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of millions of Americans, with the goal of locating immigrants.

In July, we reviewed an agreement that would give ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of millions of Americans, all in an effort to locate immigrants. www.wired.com/story/ice-ac...

wired.comICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance TeamDocuments show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

By October, ICE was planning a major expansion of its social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation. www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

wired.com‘We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’—Trump’s Mass Deportations Will Only Grow From HereMilitias and far-right extremists believed they would be central to Trump’s mass deportation plans. Instead he militarized law enforcement agencies.

In December, WIRED’s @davidgilbert.bsky.social warned that Trump’s mass deportation plans would only intensify in the new year. At the time, we didn’t yet know how quickly things would escalate in early 2026. www.wired.com/story/expire...

wired.comMAGA Is Already Rewriting the ICE Shooting in MinneapolisThe federal government’s narrative of the Minneapolis shooting conflicts wildly with video footage of the incident shared online.

On January 7, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. Almost immediately, the federal government began pushing a narrative that wildly conflicted with video footage shared online. www.wired.com/story/maga-t...

wired.comGoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee GoodThe fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

We then reported that GoFundMe allowed a fundraiser tied to the potential legal defense of the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good to remain online, despite company rules barring fundraisers connected to violent crimes. www.wired.com/story/gofund...

wired.comWhat to Do if ICE Invades Your NeighborhoodWith federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there’s no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact.

With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, we decided to write a guide on what to do if ICE invades your neighborhood. There’s no single right way to approach a dangerous moment, but there are steps you can take to stay safe. www.wired.com/story/what-t...

wired.comFBI Agent’s Sworn Testimony Contradicts Claims ICE’s Jonathan Ross Made Under OathThe testimony also calls into question whether Ross failed to follow his training during the incident in which he reportedly shot and killed Minnesota citizen Renee Good.

WIRED also discovered testimony that called into question whether Jonathan Ross failed to follow his training during the incident in which he shot and killed Renee Good. www.wired.com/story/fbi-ag...

wired.comMinnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.

Soon after, the state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, sued the US government and several officials in an attempt to halt the flood of agents carrying out an ICE operation. www.wired.com/story/minnes...

wired.comICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 StatesInternal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.

We also reviewed internal ICE planning documents that proposed spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest. www.wired.com/story/ice-de...

wired.comUS Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE MemoThe ruling in federal court in Minnesota lands as Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces scrutiny over an internal memo claiming judge-signed warrants aren’t needed to enter homes without consent.

A few weeks ago, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled that ICE agents violated the Fourth Amendment after they forcibly entered a Minnesota man’s home without a judicial warrant. www.wired.com/story/us-jud...

The conduct of the agents closely mirrors a previously undisclosed ICE directive that claims agents are permitted to enter people’s homes using an administrative warrant, rather than a warrant signed by a judge. www.wired.com/story/us-jud...

wired.comThe Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex PrettiWithin minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaging the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.

Then, on January 24, history repeated itself far too quickly: Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis. What followed was an instant smear campaign against Pretti. We’ve seen this before. www.wired.com/story/the-in...

wired.comWhy Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICEDemocratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn’t trigger something like civil war.

All of this unnecessary violence raises the question: Why can’t elected officials do more to stop this? The answer comes down to the basic foundations of American federalism. www.wired.com/story/why-mi...

wired.comJudge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Is Being Illegally PunishedA federal judge ordered a new briefing due Wednesday on whether DHS is using armed raids to pressure Minnesota into abandoning its sanctuary policies, leaving ICE operations in place for now.

Then on Monday, a federal judge ordered a new briefing on whether DHS is using armed raids to pressure Minnesota into abandoning its sanctuary policies, leaving ICE operations in place for now. www.wired.com/story/judge-...

wired.comICE Agents Are ‘Doxing’ ThemselvesThe alleged risks of being publicly identified have not stopped DHS and ICE employees from creating profiles on LinkedIn, even as Kristi Noem threatens to treat revealing agents’ identities as a crim...

Despite the alleged risks of being publicly identified, DHS and ICE employees have created LinkedIn profiles, even as Kristi Noem threatens to treat revealing agents’ identities as a crime. www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...

wired.comMeta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and ThreadsUsers of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.

Meanwhile, Meta started blocking its users from sharing links to ICE List, a website that has compiled the names of what it claims are DHS employees. ICE List’s creators say the project is designed to hold those employees accountable. www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

wired.comICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through TipsICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.

A day later, we reported that ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tip line since last spring. www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

wired.comICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers KilledWIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

We also had an active military officer break down how ICE’s immigration enforcement tactics in Minneapolis and elsewhere look through a military lens, and the comparison was striking. www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...