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US immigration agents are patrolling airports to arrest visa overstayers
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are patrolling airports using Transportation Security Administration (TSA) data to arrest visa overstayers, resulting in 27 arrests across nine states. The Trump administration, under new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, aims to meet a one million annual deportation target, with June seeing the highest immigration detentions since 2025.
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- ICE is now busting migrants who overstayed visas when they check into airports — reversing a Biden policy
- Federal immigration authorities targeting airports for arrests
- Federal immigration authorities targeting airports for arrests
- Federal immigration authorities targeting airports for arrests
- Federal immigration authorities targeting airports for arrests