The recent case of Adrian Conejo Arias and his five-year-old son Liam has put a spotlight on how asylum protections are supposed to work in the United States. Adrian and Liam, Ecuadorian nationals who entered the U.S. legally through a port of entry and have an active asylum case, were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota on January 20, 2026, as they returned home from school. Although their attorney and community leaders emphasize that the fami

A Houston teenager said a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent choked him, beat him, and yelled racial slurs at him when he was on his way to school. He is a U.S. citizen.

Shocking video shows a chaotic scene on a quiet Chicago street as Border Patrol agents in tactical gear drag a 67-year-old man from his car while children in Halloween costumes look on in horror. According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding. The incident unfolded Saturday in t

A U.S. Army veteran says he was sprayed with tear gas, pepper-sprayed, and violently pulled from his car during a federal immigration raid at a Southern California farm — despite repeatedly telling agents he is a U.S. citizen.