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Policy & Unrest Wednesday, September 16, 2026

  1. ICE HSI Dallas investigation targets child exploitation in Oklahoma

    ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations Dallas announced Aug. 26 that 39 defendants have been indicted or charged by complaint and several others have been identified and remain under investigation following a multiagency child exploitation enforcement operation in the Northern District of Oklahoma

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  2. ICE expands local 287(g) law enforcement partnerships in Tennessee

    ICE is expanding its state and local law enforcement partnerships across Tennessee, strengthening cooperation to identify and remove criminal illegal aliens who pose public safety threats.

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  3. ICE Washington, DC arrests criminal alien fugitive charged with child sex crimes in Colorado

    ICE Washington, D.C. arrested a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador who is wanted by authorities in Colorado for felony sexual assault on a child by a person of trust, felony solicitation of child prostitution and felony use of the internet to lure a child with intent to exploit. ICE officers…

    ICE ·

  4. Trump admin aims to shift homelessness grants toward addiction treatment, enforcement

    In its latest effort to overhaul federal homelessness funding, the Trump administration is proposing to provide more money to localities that prioritize treatment-first policies such as sober living, more cooperation with law enforcement and more temporary and transitional housing. It’s a reversal…

    Stateline (States Newsroom) ·

  5. ICE Operation Safe Community nets more than 400 arrests in Indiana

    An ICE enhanced immigration enforcement operation throughout the state of Indiana resulted in the arrests of 426 illegal alien offenders between Aug. 30 and Sept. 3.

    ICE ·

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