Is the Biden Administration Ending Federal Use of Private Prisons?
The president’s executive order fulfills a campaign promise — partially.
The president’s executive order fulfills a campaign promise — partially.
While the agency’s interim director is still on the platform, the agency’s account no longer exists.
Escalating tensions and questions about individuals in military uniforms led to a Facebook rumor that Blackwater private contractors were in Portland, Oregon.
Amid ongoing unrest in late May and early June 2020, reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was “gassing immigrants” were less visible to many social media users.
Viral tweets claimed that border agencies turned away flu shot donations — even as new details emerged about a teenaged detainee’s flu-related death earlier in the year.
Memes purportedly contrasted the positions of two presidential candidates on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
A number of increasingly hysterical posts on social media claimed that New York City had either criminalized or outright banned calling people “illegal,” a rumor that spread like wildfire.
A Newsweek story about the agency’s push for “hyper-realistic” mockups was only the latest story on the issue.
Deportations involving immigrants from Ireland have increased during the Trump administration.
News articles and Facebook posts indicated an employee at an ICE facility injured several people when he deliberately drove through a crowd of protesters.