The sight of masked federal agents in tactical gear descending on Home Depots across Southern California is forcing undocumented day laborers to weigh earning badly needed income against the risk of being arrested or deported.

A growing list of police agencies across Pennsylvania and around the country have partnered with ICE, despite liability and civil rights concerns.

The Pentagon is encouraging 950,000 civilian employees to join a volunteer force assisting DHS efforts through ICE and CBP temporary assignments.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said an ongoing immigration enforcement operation in the Panhandle has already resulted in nearly 200 people in the country illegally being apprehended. The operation was spearheaded by the Florida Highway Patrol with assistance from Border Patrol,

During the Trump administration’s first 100 days, ICE reports arresting 66,463 undocumented immigrants and removing 65,682.

Attorney Luis Carrillo said during a Wednesday news conference that his clients were wrongfully detained and beaten by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal authorities during raids that occurred in June and July.

Immigrants who live and work in the city say they want violent crime lowered but fear that ICE efforts could make it worse.

An operation across the Florida Panhandle marked a new - and permanent - chapter in state level enforcement of immigration laws using the FHP.