States’ efforts to unmask ICE agents face uphill legal battle 

Published July 12, 2026 6:00am ET



As rain fell outside an empty warehouse in New York’s Orange County last week, hundreds of demonstrators gathered to protest what is planned to be the site of a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

“No ICE Gestapo,” one sign read. Another declared, “Stop the ICE gulag.”

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