The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that 13 people were currently in its jail on detainers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “We are providing support and assistance to our Federal partners with the apprehension of illegal criminals in Mobile County,” Sheriff Paul Burch said.

The Trump administration has assigned arrest quotas to ICE agents, directing them to arrest at least 1,200 to 1,500 people per day. ICE agents have made arrests all over the country, and Sahonic says they have been spotted in Montgomery.

Illegal immigration — enforcement and the reaction to enforcement — continues to be the big topic this week. Thanks for reading, Ike The immigration front The crackdown on illegal immigration is proving to have more widespread immediate impact in Alabama than many other of President Trump’s Day 1 drop of executive orders and announcements,

The poultry industry in Alabama is huge. According to the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association, the industry employs 86,000 people in the state. A bird-flu outbreak began in 2022, and egg prices have more than doubled to more than $4 a dozen at the end of last year.

Across the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are making headlines with thousands of arrests reported in recent weeks.

Two bills prefiled in the Alabama legislature would enhance sentencing of illegal immigrants, and give local police powers to enforce immigration law.

Though ICE has an online tip form for anonymously reporting suspected criminal activity, the agency said it isn't offering $750 rewards.

A memo sent to all superintendents in the state is offering some direction to school leaders if arrests of undocumented individuals were ever to impact Alabama schools.

Anyone, including ICE agents, can enter public areas without permission. Examples of public areas include lobbies, dining areas in restaurants and waiting rooms, according to the National Immigration Law Center, a nonprofit advocacy organization known as NILC.

According to ICE, nearly 1,000 undocumented immigrants were arrested on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown continues to ramp up.

Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.

Arrests were made Sunday at a home in Fultondale and in Huntsville, according to the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice.