Provenance manifest: ICE immigration enforcement crackdown
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0:00 · Title
1Guardian reporting, 14–24 September 2026
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2Street · Detention · Court · Removal
- NoteLabels for the four stages of the crackdown, shown as a strip that lights up as each is covered.
0:02 · Reported 14 September · Detention
3Reported 14 Sept
- NoteThe Guardian published its report on the watchdog findings on 14 September 2026; the watchdog report's own date is not given.
4Detainees at the since-closed Alligator Alcatraz were locked in metal cages, a watchdog finds
- SourceAlligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says (14 September 2026)
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Before the facility was shuttered, detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration jail were frequently locked in outside metal cages no bigger than a phone booth, according to a damning government watchdog report
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The notorious immigration jail closed in June
5The cage: about 18 sq ft
- SourceAlligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says (14 September 2026)
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Each cage, the report noted, offered only about 18 sq ft of floor space
6ICE’s own minimum for one person: 37 sq ft
- SourceAlligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says (14 September 2026)
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less than half the minimum 37 sq ft required for single-person spaces by ICE’s own published national detention standards
0:02 · Reported 14 September · Detention · narration
7A watchdog found detainees were locked in cages the size of phone booths.
- SourceAlligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says (14 September 2026)
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Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says
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detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration jail were frequently locked in outside metal cages no bigger than a phone booth
0:07 · 18 September · Removal
818 Sept
- NoteDate: the explainer, published on Monday 21 September 2026, says the court ruled “on Friday”.
9An appeals court rules Trump’s third-country deportation policy unlawful
- SourceWhat is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and whom does it target? (21 September 2026)
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A US federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration’s third-country removals policy was unlawful.
10“The third country deportation policy continues” – Homeland Security
- SourceWhat is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and whom does it target? (21 September 2026)
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“The third country deportation policy continues,” James Percival, the Department of Homeland Security’s general counsel, said in a statement.
1125,000+
- SourceWhat is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and whom does it target? (21 September 2026)
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has deported more than 25,000 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to countries that are not their own
12people deported to countries that are not their own
- SourceWhat is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and whom does it target? (21 September 2026)
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has deported more than 25,000 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to countries that are not their own
1335 deals with other countries
- SourceWhat is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and whom does it target? (21 September 2026)
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The Trump administration has struck 35 deals allowing it to deport migrants and asylum seekers to countries that are not their own
0:07 · 18 September · Removal · narration
14An appeals court ruled the third-country deportation policy unlawful.
- SourceWhat is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and whom does it target? (21 September 2026)
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A US federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration’s third-country removals policy was unlawful.
0:12 · Reported 19 September · Court
15Reported 19 Sept
- NotePublication date of the Guardian’s report.
16Almost 200,000 children ordered removed since Trump returned, an advocacy group finds
- SourceTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children (19 September 2026)
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Almost 200,000 children have been ordered removed from the US by immigration judges since Trump returned to the White House
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according to analysis of data from the Department of Justice’s executive office for immigration review (EOIR) conducted by the California-based advocacy Mobile Pathways
17Children ordered removed each month
- SourceTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children (19 September 2026)
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Removal orders rose from 7,366 a month in January 2025 to 16,200 in June, 16,750 in July
18Jan 2025: 7,366
- SourceTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children (19 September 2026)
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Removal orders rose from 7,366 a month in January 2025
19Jul 2026: 16,750
- SourceTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children (19 September 2026)
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16,750 in July
- NoteYear derived: the article, published in September 2026, describes “a rapid increase over this spring and summer”.
20Aug 2026: 14,744
- SourceTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children (19 September 2026)
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and 14,744 in August
- NoteYear derived: August 2026, as for July.
21Source: Mobile Pathways analysis of court data
- SourceTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children (19 September 2026)
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according to Mobile Pathways’ research
0:12 · Reported 19 September · Court · narration
22An advocacy group found almost two hundred thousand children ordered removed since Trump’s return.
- SourceTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children (19 September 2026)
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Almost 200,000 children have been ordered removed from the US by immigration judges since Trump returned to the White House
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conducted by the California-based advocacy Mobile Pathways
0:18 · Sunday 20 September · Street
23Sun 20 Sept
- NoteDate: the Evanston article, published on Thursday 24 September 2026, says “on Sunday”.
24Three violent incidents on one Sunday
- SourceUS citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive (24 September 2026)
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The incident was one of three separate violent Sunday events involving federal immigration officers.
25Evanston: a US citizen is hurt in an arrest attempt
- SourceUS citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive (24 September 2026)
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two federal immigration agents allegedly beat and badly injured a US citizen in a botched arrest attempt in Illinois
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Evanston, a suburb of Chicago
26Austin: an ICE agent shoots a man at a traffic stop
- SourceUS citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive (24 September 2026)
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In Austin, Texas, an ICE agent shot and seriously wounded a 28-year-old Venezuelan man in a traffic stop
27Michigan: a man dies after reportedly fleeing officers
- SourceUS citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive (24 September 2026)
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authorities are investigating the death of a 36-year-old Guatemalan national who crashed his car into a tree at high speed after reportedly attempting to flee immigration officers
0:18 · Sunday 20 September · Street · narration
28And on one Sunday, three violent incidents involving immigration officers.
- SourceUS citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive (24 September 2026)
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The incident was one of three separate violent Sunday events involving federal immigration officers.
0:24 · The scale
29July
- NoteMonth as given in the article.
30A record 50,000 arrests in July alone
- SourceUS citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive (24 September 2026)
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resulted in a record 50,000 arrests in July alone
31as enforcement “surges”, especially into Democratic-run cities and states
- SourceUS citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive (24 September 2026)
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with enforcement “surges” into Democratic-run cities and states in particular
32Each dot: 500 arrests
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0:27 · End card
33Drawn from Guardian journalism
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34Thirty seconds on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, through the Guardian’s reporting on detention, deportation, the courts and the street.
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- Order. The Storyline covers different stages of one system rather than one chain of events, so the video runs in date order and lights up the stage each item belongs to. Two dates are the Guardian’s publication dates (14 and 19 September) and are labelled "Reported"; 18 and 20 September are the days the events happened.
- Unfetched articles. The Austin shooting and the miscarriages investigation could not be fetched in full. The Austin line is sourced to the Evanston article, which reports it; the miscarriages investigation is credited on the end card but not used.
- Evanston. The article says agents "allegedly beat and badly injured" the man; the police say he reported head, face and neck injuries, the mayor that he was treated for minor injuries. The screen says only that he was hurt in an arrest attempt.
- The ruling. The government's response is shown with the ruling: Homeland Security's general counsel said the policy continues. The article adds that the government has 90 days to appeal and is expected to.
- Children's removal orders. The figures are an analysis by the advocacy group Mobile Pathways, and the screen says so. The article gives "almost 200,000" in one place and "more than 200,000" in another; the video uses the first. Three monthly figures are shown: January 2025, July 2026 (the highest given) and August 2026 (the latest). June 2026 (16,200) is left out for space. The article gives no figures between January 2025 and June 2026, so the bars are not joined as a trend line.
- Alligator Alcatraz. The screen says the jail has since closed. Staff told inspectors the cages were "calming areas", and DeSantis's office said the area met federal standards; neither fits in a 2.5-second beat, and both are in the explainer.
- Dot grid. 100 dots, each standing for 500 arrests, fill to 50,000. The unit is the video's own, and is labelled.
- The cage graphic. The squares' areas are in the ratio 18:37.
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