As deportations ramp up, immigrants increasingly fear Ice check-ins: ‘All bets are off’

Data suggests as many as 1,400 people were arrested during or right after Ice check-ins in first four weeks of Trump's administration

Jorge, a 22-year-old asylum seeker from Venezuela, reported in February to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in Portland, Oregon, for what he figured would be a routine check-in. Instead, he was arrested and transferred to a detention center in another state.

Alberto, a 42-year-old from Nicaragua who had been granted humanitarian parole, checked in with Ice using an electronic monitoring program that same month. Three days later, he was arrested.