The ICE Crackdown · Collection
Major ICE Operations and City Deployments Mapped
The named operations — from the first raids to the deployments that turned American cities into enforcement zones.
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- Hyundai Plant Raid, Georgia (Sep 4, 2025) · Largest workplace raid in DHS history — 475 arrested
Largest single-site worksite enforcement action in DHS history. ~475 workers arrested at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant in Ellabell, Georgia. Multi-agency: ICE, FBI, IRS, ATF, DEA, Georgia State Patrol. Majority detained were South Korean…
- Operation Midway Blitz (Chicago, Sep 2025) · Massive ICE operation in Chicago
Launched September 8, 2025, named in honor of Katie Abraham. Multi-agency surge in Illinois and Lake County, Indiana. Over 1,800 arrests reported by DHS. Hundreds of federal agents deployed with documented use of force. During this…
- Chicago Preschool Raid (Nov 5, 2025) · Armed agents chased teacher into preschool
On November 5, 2025, armed ICE officers chased teacher Diana Santillana Galeano ("Miss Diana") into Rayito de Sol preschool in Chicago and arrested her as parents and children looked on. Parents filmed from the drop-off line. Interior…
- Operation Safeguard (Jan 2025) · First major ICE operation of the crackdown
First major operation, originally planned for January 21, 2025, but delayed due to targeting leaks. Coordinated by ICE field agents out of Chicago, bypassing Biden-era leadership. Multi-city raids on January 23 hit Atlanta, Boston…
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Primary agency executing the mass deportation campaign. Under Todd Lyons and Tom Homan, ICE conducted operations across the country. At least 30 shootings by immigration agents since January 2025, resulting in at least 8 deaths. Arrests…
- Operation Metro Surge (Minneapolis, Dec 2025+) · Largest immigration enforcement operation ever, sparked crisis
Launched December 1, 2025. Formally announced December 4. On January 6, 2026, DHS called it "the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out," deploying ~2,000 agents (later ~3,000 — more than Minneapolis and St. Paul…
- Customs and Border Protection
Deployed thousands of agents to interior cities far beyond traditional border enforcement. CBP agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago, and shot two people in a Portland hospital parking lot. Border…