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

According to a July 17 letter from Mayor Armin Mizani, the proposal “targets criminals, not law-abiding residents.”

The new initiative provides cash cards valued at a “couple hundred dollars” to individuals affected by the ongoing ICE raids

Four I.C.E. agents discuss their pride in protecting the public, explaining how detention centers operate and debunking claims about cages while detailing bond hearings

What Americans want, Cox said, is an Ellis Island: "If we had a system like that, immigration would be a non-issue today."

A woman from South Los Angeles has been federally charged for allegedly making false claims that she was kidnapped by immigration officials, the U.S. Department of Justice says. Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, is charged in a federal criminal complaint with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officials.

In response to recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the area, the Goleta City Council will hold a Special meeting.

Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk said in an op-ed published Thursday that her abrupt arrest and detention by immigration agents was “a narrative of human suffering.”