A Stockton police sergeant and eight officers wearing face shields and carrying batons helped escort vehicles from the city’s ICE facility Thursday night.

As he was being transported in a vehicle to the federal building, he allegedly attempted to bite one officer and spit on a second officer who was driving the car.

Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, who is a citizen of Iran, was arrested outside his child's preschool in Oregon for overstaying his visa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

The Providence Journal's top stories for the week of July 13th include a Cranston pool closure, a stonemason's wall in Westerly, and the symbolism of pineapples in Newport. Budlong Pool in Cranston remains closed due to an unexpected aqueduct discovery during renovations.

A 38-year-old Iranian-born father awaiting his green card was arrested by ICE officers outside his child's preschool on Tuesday.

Joliet police learned that the Department of Homeland Security conducted an operation in the area of Cass and Arch on July 9, according to a spokesperson. He added that the department was not called to any sort of crash and said it did not participate in the operation.

Civil rights groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday in a bid to stop the government’s policy of allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to arrest undocumented migrants who show up for immigration hearings at courthouses.

The detentions have become a relatively easy way for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to detain immigrants who are appearing for court dates.

FBI Indianapolis, working in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), arrested Alexis Otoniel Hernandez-Araujo, 26, on July 17. The El Salvadoran man was in the United States illegally and wanted on charges of reckless homicide and multiple related offenses, law enforcement said.

Immigration arrests have quadrupled in Colorado and almost tripled in Wyoming since President Donald Trump took office in January with a significant shift in who is being targeted, new data from the federal government shows.

Less than a third of ICE detainees at the Butler County Jail had criminal convictions, and most were for nonviolent crimes.