The following section highlights instances where activists have achieved, at least in part, notable success in resisting the actions of ICE or providing meaningful support to immigrant communities.
Massachusetts governor signs law limiting ICE access to courts, schools, hospitals, Anna Meiler, CBS News, Aug. 5, 2026:
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/massachusetts-protect-act-ice-schools-courts-hospitals
Citizens Bank to cut ties with CoreCivic and GEO after a fierce public pressure campaign, Ken Sweet, The Associated Press, July 17, 2026:
https://apnews.com/article/citizens-bank-ice-immigration-3895b2e05c1221e69b79bdb17e116735
Federal Lawsuit Update: Court Blocks Unlawful Refugee Detention Policy, International Institute of New England, Mar. 23, 2026:
https://iine.org/2026/03/federal-lawsuit-update-court-blocks-unlawful-refugee-detention-policy/
Ayotte: ICE to ditch plan for detention facility in Merrimack, NHPR Staff, GBH, Feb. 24, 2026
Announcement from Bearing Witness, Feb. 21, 2026:
Avelo Airlines to end ICE deportation charters as it cuts commercial flights, jobs, Leslie Josephs, CNBC, Jan. 7, 2026
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/avelo-airlines-ice-deportation-flights-job-cuts.html
Burlington Votes Yes on Multifamily Housing and ICE Resolution, No on Conservation Bylaw Changes, Nicci Kadilak, Burlington Buzz, Oct. 7, 2025
As ICE ramps up activity in Mass., this group bears witness, Simón Rios, WBUR, Oct. 6, 2025
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/10/06/massachusetts-ice-monitors-luce-immigration
Local Suya Joint manager released after nearly 100 days in ICE custodyrotest, Sarah Betancourt, GBH, Sept. 26, 2025
ICE agents in the Park Ave neighborhood spark large-scale protest, Gino Fanelli, WXXI News, Sept. 9, 2025
Judge orders Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention site to close,Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald (TNS), Tribune News Service, Aug. 22, 2025
Columbia Heights protesters lash out against ICE, Federal crackdown,
wusa9.com, Aug. 20, 2025
https://www.wusa9.com/embeds/video/responsive/65-67fdfcdb-6676-4e21-901c-3306ad4144cf/iframe
They Saw Their Neighbors Taken Away by ICE. Then They Made a Plan.
Opinion, Michelle Goldberg, New York Times, July 30, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opinion/ice-immigration-protest-resistance.html