New wave of ICE deployments could impact more than 40 states [View all]
Source: USA Today
Updated May 7, 2026, 2:34 p.m. ET
Hundreds of new Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and staff are being dispatched across the country to bolster immigration enforcement in big cities like New York and Houston and tiny towns like Derby, Vermont and Caribou, Maine, federal purchasing records show.
The purchasing records are for co-working style offices and desks, but not detention facilities. However, they provide a rare but narrow behind-the-scenes glimpse at how White House and Department of Homeland Security officials are preparing to ramp up immigration enforcement nationwide as billions of dollars flow into DHS and its agencies under last summer's federal spending plan.
ICE plans to deploy about 330 people to cities in more than 40 states, along with Puerto Rico, according to records reviewed by USA TODAY. Texas will receive the most, with 49 people deployed. Other cities targeted for increased ICE presence include Miami, Atlanta, Baltimore, Nashville and Seattle.
Smaller locations include Concho, Arizona; Manhattan, Kansas; and Hot Springs, South Dakota. It was not immediately clear how many of the locations on the list already have ICE or Customs and Border Patrol presence, or if the officers are new hires or relocations. The new assignments come several months after the Trump administration sharply curtailed its use of high-profile and controversial sweeps and raids in cities like Minneapolis, where two American citizens were fatally shot by federal agents in January.
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