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What to Know About ICE Raids in KY Despite What Rumors Say
February 05, 2025
Since Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, there have been no widespread ICE raids in Kentucky to date according Mizari Suarez. She is the Executive Director of Neighbors Immigration Clinic, a Kentucky nonprofit which advocates and provides legal representation to immigrants. She, also, explains the difference between an ICE raid and ICE activity.
ICE agents have been active, but a widespread, coordinated crackdown where dozens of people are detained. That hasn’t happened in Kentucky as of the end of January.
There are two ways federal immigration officials can enter a private business: permission from the business owner or if they have a warrant for a specific individual. It has to be signed by a judge, and can’t be a blank warrant that must include the name and description of the person on the warrant. If the business owner grants permission for federal agents to enter the property, ICE agents can come in and ask to speak to employees.
Federal agents can, also, approach people in public spaces, such as on the street. Trump’s Executive Order allows agents to even come into schools and churches.
ICE officers can only enter private homes if the officer has a warrant or if invited in by the homeowner.
People often confuse police officers or other federal agents with ICE officers. ICE officers are typically in plain clothes and drive unmarked vehicles.
Kentucky only has about 27 law enforcement officers to enforce immigration laws throughout the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky and that included parts of Indiana.
In Kentucky, many jails have contracts with federal authorities to hold ICE detainees. The ICE Detainees are held for up to 72 hours and then transported to the main ICE Detention Center in Boone County that is where the main ICE Detention Center is in Kentucky. This is where they will wait before their hearing.
For immigration cases. they are not appointed public defenders. They must pay for their own attorney, even then, they still may be deported based on the court's decision.
It is a long process.
ICE agents have been active, but a widespread, coordinated crackdown where dozens of people are detained. That hasn’t happened in Kentucky as of the end of January.
There are two ways federal immigration officials can enter a private business: permission from the business owner or if they have a warrant for a specific individual. It has to be signed by a judge, and can’t be a blank warrant that must include the name and description of the person on the warrant. If the business owner grants permission for federal agents to enter the property, ICE agents can come in and ask to speak to employees.
Federal agents can, also, approach people in public spaces, such as on the street. Trump’s Executive Order allows agents to even come into schools and churches.
ICE officers can only enter private homes if the officer has a warrant or if invited in by the homeowner.
People often confuse police officers or other federal agents with ICE officers. ICE officers are typically in plain clothes and drive unmarked vehicles.
Kentucky only has about 27 law enforcement officers to enforce immigration laws throughout the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky and that included parts of Indiana.
In Kentucky, many jails have contracts with federal authorities to hold ICE detainees. The ICE Detainees are held for up to 72 hours and then transported to the main ICE Detention Center in Boone County that is where the main ICE Detention Center is in Kentucky. This is where they will wait before their hearing.
For immigration cases. they are not appointed public defenders. They must pay for their own attorney, even then, they still may be deported based on the court's decision.
It is a long process.
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