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Nominated Work
Trump's Immigration Crackdown: U.S. federal agents smash a car window while trying to detain a man during an immigration raid, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 17, 2025. (REUTERS/Jim Vondruska)
A man on a motorcycle waves a Mexican flag as smoke rises from a burning car on Atlantic Boulevard, during a standoff by protesters and law enforcement, following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Compton, California, U.S., June 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Barbara Davidson)
Demonstrators look on during a standoff with immigration enforcement officials in Little Village, Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Jim Vondruska)
With his bag packed, a Venezuelan man peeks out the window of his apartment looking for any signs of federal agents after hearing reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be coming to detain immigrants for deportation in Aurora, Colorado, U.S., January 30, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off a wide-ranging immigration crackdown after taking office on January 20, allocating federal resources to track down, arrest and deport immigrants without legal status. (REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt)
Law enforcement officers stand amid smoke from a smoke grenade released to disperse demonstrators in front of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
A woman is taken to an ambulance after being detained by federal agents, including U.S. Marshalls, FBI agents and HSI agents, during an immigration enforcement raid in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., September 26, 2025. The agents reportedly released the woman at the scene because she is a legal U.S. resident. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a man stopped by Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) at a gas station in South Nashville as he could not produce any alternative identification proof other than his expired driving license, during an operation conducted by ICE along with THP to detain noncitizens across the city of Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., May 10, 2025. (REUTERS/Seth Herald)
Federal immigration officers take the elevator at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., July 17, 2025. (REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and federal officers detain a migrant as he walks out from a hearing during targeted detainment at a U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., October 27, 2025. (REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado)
A child weeps as her father is mistakenly detained by federal immigration officers at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2025. (REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado)
A Federal immigration officer waits for respondents to depart from their hearings to conduct targeted detainments at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., October 3, 2025. (REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado)
A federal agent chases a man in the parking lot of The Home Depot, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 11, 2025. (REUTERS/Jim Vondruska)
Demonstrators crouch in a field as U.S. federal agents stand guard near an agricultural facility where U.S. federal agents and immigration officers carried out an operation, in Camarillo, California, U.S., July 10, 2025. (REUTERS/Daniel Cole)
Immigrants in detainment shackles, deemed eligible for an expedited order of removal, board air transport by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at an airport in Tampa, Florida, U.S., November 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)
A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held, in Anson, Texas, U.S. April 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Paul Ratje)