The hearing underscored how deeply divided Republicans and Democrats remain on top-level changes to immigration enforcement in the wake of the shootings of two U.S. citizens.

The leaders of three major immigration agencies defended the Trump administration's deportations in testimony before lawmakers on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump campaigned in 2024 on a promise to crack down on illegal border crossings and conduct a "mass deportation" of unauthorized immigrants unlike anything the United States had seen before.

Congressional Democrats have a list of demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But tensions between the two parties are high and the timeline is short — the stopgap bill funding DHS runs out Friday.

The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, who is from Turkey, was detained by immigration agents last year after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian opinion article for her student newspaper.

Heated discussion and commentary from residents of McCandless lasted for more than three hours during a Feb. 9 council meeting over whether the town should adopt a resolution establishing an official policy for enforcement of noncriminal federal immigration laws.

Donald Trump did not invent the machinery now driving mass detention and unchecked arrests. That is why the crisis unfolding today will not automatically end when Trump leaves office.

"This is more judicial activism at its core to keep a terrorist sympathizer in this country," a DHS spokesperson said

WANE 15 will have a live look at the forum, available to stream in this story, and will go live just before 10 a.m.

Originally proposed as a measure to protect law enforcement from harassment, Florida’s Halo Law has taken on a new meaning in the context of a sweeping immigration crackdown, advocates say.