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ICE Pushes One-Million Deportations, Deadly Raids Spur Public Outcry

5/6/2026

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Acting ICE director Todd Lyons signed a May 2026 memo to detain people using warrants, supporting a plan to merge ICE and CBP to deport one million immigrants, bypassing oversight.
Caleb Vitello warned that addresses for 700,000 removal-order individuals had not been verified, risking sweeps of U.S. citizens.
ICE raids in Minneapolis killed two citizens, prompting a poll that found nearly two-thirds of Americans say ICE has gone too far.

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Acting ICE director Todd Lyons signed a May 2026 memo to detain people using warrants, supporting a plan to merge ICE and CBP to deport one million immigrants, bypassing oversight.
Caleb Vitello warned that addresses for 700,000 removal-order individuals had not been verified, risking sweeps of U.S. citizens.
ICE raids in Minneapolis killed two citizens, prompting a poll that found nearly two-thirds of Americans say ICE has gone too far.