An expert on immigration wants families seeking asylum in the U.S. to prepare themselves after a 5-year-old boy and his father, who are going through the process, were taken in Columbia Heights on Tuesday.

Misinformation about ICE authority has spread widely online. Federal law allows ICE to detain, arrest, and use force under defined conditions, and misunderstanding those powers can lead to dangerous real-world consequences.

Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials are taking different approaches to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sweeping ongoing action in the state.

Police arrested about 100 clergy demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota's largest airport Friday, and several thousand gathered in downtown Minneapolis despite Arctic temperatures to protest the Trump administration's crackdown.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Vice President JD Vance traveled to Ohio and Minnesota on Thursday, delivering remarks at an industrial rail facility in Toledo before heading to Minneapolis to meet with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials amid tensions over the administration’s immigration policies.

The closures affect U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices and application support centers in multiple states.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time numbers and information about detainees amid a sweeping enforcement operation, saying the state has been left in the dark as fear spreads in immigrant communities.

But County Attorney Brad Miller and ICE say the agreement will remain in effect, according to a County Attorney's Office news release.