Videos on social media appeared to show more ICE activity in Morristown on Thursday, with possible arrests near the train trestle on Martin Luther King Avenue and the 7-Eleven store on Pine Street.
Morristown Green has not independently confirmed the arrests.
Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty said he believes there was an arrest near the trestle, but he had no further information.
When Morristown Green asked the Department of Homeland Security to release the names of those arrested, along with the charges and detention details, a spokesperson said DHS could not release the names without being given the names.
“When the media refuses to give names, it makes it impossible to provide details on specific cases or even verify any of this even happened or that the people even exist. If you can’t do your job, we can’t do ours,” the anonymous spokesperson said via email.
Police routinely release identities of individuals they charge with crimes — in police blotters, press releases and in response to requests by the media and the public.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made 12 arrests “near Morristown” on Aug. 14, 2026, according to the DHS. Back in January, ICE detained 11 people, including a Morristown High School senior, in an enforcement action along Speedwell Avenue.
This story has been updated with a response from the DHS.
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It’s a little odd that what should be routine law enforcement action now makes the news. Weird. But it became a thing after Joe biden and “Border Czar” Kamala Harris opened our southern border and rolled out the red carpet to millions of illegals. Trump than began to try to put that genie back in the bottle.
Let’s hope that ICE get serious and arrests a lot more.