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

A White House spokesperson has criticized the official who called on gangs to defend their neighborhoods from immigration agents.

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

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.

A San Francisco federal judge will decide this Thursday whether previously detained Guillermo Medina Reyes will go back into ICE custody.

The bipartisan bill also calls for boosting border security through technology and infrastructure upgrades at the southern border and other ports of entry.

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.”

A green card holder who has been living in the United States for 40 years was detained by federal agents while walking his dog. Reza Zavvar, 52, was apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) agents on June 28 just outside his home in Maryland and is currently being detained at a facility in Texas.