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June 24, 2025

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ICE deportation officer Jose Muniz indicted for accepting bribes to lift immigration detainers at Harris County Jail

On June 24, 2025, a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas indicted Jose Angel Muniz, an ICE deportation officer, on charges of accepting bribes from three Houston bail bondsmen to lift immigration detainers on inmates at the Harris County Jail. Prosecutors allege the scheme ran from April 2023 to March 2024 and let people the government was holding for removal be released on bond. All four defendants were taken into custody when the indictment was unsealed on July 2, 2025, and face up to 15 years if convicted.

Stephen Miller held up to $250,000 in stock in ICE contractor Palantir while directing the deportation buildup

Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and homeland security advisor, disclosed on June 24, 2025 holding between $100,001 and $250,000 in stock in Palantir Technologies, an ICE contractor, according to a POGO investigation. The stock was acquired after his first Trump term and held in a child's brokerage account, which does not exempt it under federal conflict-of-interest law.