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In Doral, Florida, some Latino voters who had previously been supportive of President Trump are turning away from the Republican Party amid strong activity from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Cristian Benavides reports.

In states like Florida, officers who hand out fishing citations and inspect produce have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding the reach of President Trump’s deportation campaign.

"I regret my vote for Biden. Now I regret my vote for Trump," one man said. "What other options do we got?"

With ICE arrests and detentions at their highest levels, immigration remains a key issue for voters less than two weeks before election day. Sign in or sign up to join the conversation From mass raids to quiet crackdown: a timeline of Trump’s strategic ICE pivot It’s our last US midterms live Q&A before election day on 3 November, and our reporters are answering your immigration questions. Since Donald Trump began his second term , ICE arrests have reached record levels , operations have become deadly , and immigration raids have hit politicians’ homes . Our reporting has documented the experiences of those directly affected by the harsh conditions in detention centers and resistance to ICE agents on the ground. The makeup of the Democratic party, plus key races to watch Who are the groups financially backing the candidates in the midterms? Will the Iran war cost Trump in the US midterm elections? Your questions answered Will Trump’s economy sink Republicans in the US midterm elections? Our reporters answered your questions Continue reading...

Thousands of people are training to be poll observers to look out for any interference or ICE presence on election day Stevie Lyn is angry at what she’s seen in her Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhood over the past year. Since US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began conducting raids all across the city, her Latino neighbors on the west side have had to hide in their homes, too scared to grocery shop, work and vote. That’s why she volunteered to become a poll observer. “I had to take the anger, because it was eating me alive, and direct it towards a constructive activity,” she said. Continue reading...

Cameras reportedly set up near site for Trump’s proposed arch, Arlington Memorial Bridge and reflecting pool The US Park Police are spending $343,000 to lease mobile surveillance cameras from a company that also supplies Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , federal contract records show. The deal comes as Donald Trump has insisted that vandals damaged the reflecting pool, one of Washington’s best-known landmarks – charges that have since been dismissed. The Department of the Interior, which oversees the Park Police, awarded the lease to the Utah-based company LiveView Technologies (LVT) on 14 September, on a fully obligated government contract that runs through the end of February. The records do not say how many camera trailers are covered. Continue reading...

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a house framer before he was killed by ICE agents. Countless other Latino builders in Texas live in fear of a similar fate Every morning long before dawn, while America sleeps, legions of Texas construction workers grab their fluorescent vests and hard hats, sling ladders and tools into their trucks, and head down the highway for another day of grueling labour under the blistering sun. Elsewhere, before the first flush of daylight settles over Texas’s concrete sprawl, a separate army gets on the move in a fleet of shiny unmarked SUVs. They hover at gas stations, prowl around bodegas, pounce on the highways. Continue reading...