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The Department of Homeland Security has denied this, stating enforcement continues broadly.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-27T15:25:28.605Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-27T13:05:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-27T17:45:22.253Z","readTime":"2 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":65,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"The central claim is attributed to agency sources in one report, and denied by DHS in others.","critic":"One report quotes DHS directly; others rely on digests or anonymous sources.","hype":"Headlines promise a definitive policy change, but the body reveals conflicting accounts."}},"tags":["#Immigration","#USElection","#ICE","#DHS","#Politics"],"entities":["US Department of Homeland Security","Immigration and Customs Enforcement","The Daily Wire","Donald Trump"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["US immigration officers were reportedly instructed to stop arresting non-criminal immigrants, according to The Daily Wire.","The Department of Homeland Security denied these reports, stating 'no one is off the table' and that ICE will continue arresting unlawfully present individuals.","The conflicting accounts leave it unclear if any temporary internal guidance was issued or if enforcement practices changed in specific locations.","The dispute arises amid intensified ICE enforcement and expanded deportations under the Trump administration."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A report published by The Daily Wire claimed that US immigration officers had been instructed to halt arrests of immigrants without criminal records and to end 'collateral arrests'. Collateral arrests occur when officers encounter other undocumented immigrants while pursuing a specific criminal target."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has denied these claims. In a statement, DHS said, 'No one is off the table' and that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would continue arresting individuals present in the US unlawfully. The department stated that anyone in the country illegally would be arrested and deported."},{"type":"heading","text":"Conflicting accounts on enforcement guidance"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Daily Wire report, citing agency sources, suggested a temporary change in enforcement instructions that would have limited arrests to those facing criminal charges or with criminal convictions. These sources also claimed the change would end collateral arrests. However, DHS disputed this characterisation, highlighting what it described as a nationwide public-safety surge and stating ICE officers are targeting people accused or convicted of serious crimes. The conflicting accounts mean it is unclear whether any temporary internal guidance was issued or if enforcement practices changed in specific locations."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the centre or right-rated reports mention the claim from The Daily Wire report, as cited by Hindustan Times, that some ICE officers believed the alleged change could be connected to the approaching US midterm elections. 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