ICE raids continue while Democrats prepare their offensive against the immigration agency from Congress

US Democratic lawmakers are preparing to press for immigration reform and tougher scrutiny of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after their midterm gains. The shift matters because proposals now include a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented people and stronger limits on an agency whose raids and conduct have drawn mounting criticism.

ICE operations have continued, including an incident outside a Los Angeles hospital where the agency said two people were detained and two officers assaulted. Congress provided ICE and Customs and Border Protection with more than $70 billion for 2025 and 2026, while ICE has continued advertising deportation-officer jobs. President Donald Trump has acknowledged his deportation policy was “too tough”, but appointed Stephen Miller, a leading architect of restrictive immigration policies, as chief of staff.