US immigration enforcement and TSA-ICE data sharing expansion
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Development
ICE arrests Johns Hopkins migrant researcher at Baltimore airport
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ICE and TSA began working together under a formal partnership.
Watchdog group American Oversight revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have been working together under a formal partnership since at least May 2025.
American Oversight Executive Director Chioma Chukwu described the agreement as pulling back the curtain on a formal partnership that the administration had refused to explain to the public.
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Fatima Ameaka entered the US on a visa.
According to a claim by the US Department of Homeland Security cited in reporting, Fatima Ameaka — identified in that claim as 'Nkempu' — entered the United States on a visa in June 2023. The visa reportedly allowed her to remain legally until mid-2024.
Ameaka, a senior analyst at the Center for Outbreak Response Innovation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a former Fulbright scholar from Cameroon, was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, according to reports. She was arrested while boarding a domestic flight at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, on allegations of overstaying her visa, and was held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, roughly 90 miles from Baton Rouge.
Reports also said Ameaka was traveling in a personal capacity at the time of her arrest.