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title: "ICE, Defunded"
date: "2026-04-04"
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# ICE, Defunded

![](https://email.ghost.levernews.com/o/eJw8jtFqwzAMAL-mfkuQZVu2H_QxsqWmYWkCqZexvx900MfjODjlToGCOWOfcwpAtQZnT1m3aVWmqh5KN_BSUAHAS8Kg4h4MvoSSQ7IG9zvUTlGhpRSb5oAiya2MgAQRosdYk597DDnmrNQrolC_RVgex2vMm1127vbzmvvxdCf3Y7_sHLcIp4m2X1lsH_9ycPvevqb3oBv87j_UtmOZMiFgcRfjXwAAAP__nHxBzQ) Congress defunds Trump’s immigration crackdown, a state gives corporate surveillance the boot, ICE data sees the light of day, and refugees are poised to remain safe. 

Airport workers wave flags in a composite image of a plane taking off from a US airport. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano/Farhad Ahmad/Pexels) 

  Good things are happening! Congress agrees to a Homeland Security deal, a state bans algorithms at checkout, researchers get access to immigration data, and Haitian immigrants get a vote.

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