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Natasha Lyonne claimed she was detained by ICE after being escorted off a plane Tuesday night ... but DHS tells TMZ that's not true.

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told us Friday ... "Neither ICE nor TSA escorted or detained Natasha Lyonne."

ICYMI ... Natasha was removed from a Tuesday night red-eye from L.A. to NYC because she seemed "out of it" and wasn't responding to flight attendants when they asked her to put her laptop away.

Anna Delvey wasn't so comfy cozy with her fellow castmates for "Unwell Winter Games" ... 'cause she was forced to stay in a different hotel, TMZ has learned.

In the show created by "Call Her Daddy" podcast Alex Cooper, Anna flashes her ankle bracelet as she's hanging out with the rest of her reality show cast in the cabin oasis based in Park City, Utah ... however, sources close to production tell us Anna didn't bunk with the rest of the crew, and was housed minutes away from the rest.

ICYMI ... Anna Delvey was busted in 2017 in a California sting for scamming banks and hotels out of about $275K … did prison time from 2019 to 2021, then got picked up by ICE for overstaying her visa. She was later released in 2022 to home confinement while fighting deportation.

Karol G isn’t just making Coachella headlines this week … 'cause a recent interview sparked claims her team warned her to avoid mentioning ICE onstage -- but we’re told that’s flat-out wrong.

Sources close to Karol tell TMZ ... her team would never instruct her not to mention ICE, or warn her against it in any way ... as she's been an advocate for immigrants through her foundation ... so there’s no scenario in which her inner circle would discourage her from speaking on something that personal to her.

The confusion stems from a recent interview with Playboy -- originally conducted in Spanish -- and we're told some nuance may have gotten lost in translation.

A man seen getting brutally beaten while dressed as an ICE agent at a protest in Hawaii is NOT with the feds … this according to the Department of Homeland Security.

A DHS spokesperson tells TMZ ... “This person is NOT an ICE agent and is not connected to DHS in any way."

The man -- who got his butt whooped by a bunch of people over the weekend in Waikiki on video -- could now get slapped with charges ... with DHS telling us, “Anyone caught impersonating a federal immigration agent will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

A man dressed like an ICE agent got his butt whooped by a bunch of people at a protest in Hawaii ... and it's all on video.

The epic beatdown was given out over the weekend in Waikiki ... it all started when one of the protesters threw some liquid on a guy outfitted like an Immigration Enforcement Officer, and things quickly got violent.

Ya gotta see the video ... multiple people take the guy down to the ground and they wail on him with fists and feet ... including one woman who kicks him in the face several times. She also whiffs on one kick and hits a guy in the face who is holding down the agent.

A Maryland homeowner who hired some migrants to replace her roof didn't rat them out to ICE ... the feds say they tracked them down solo.

Here's the deal ... there's a viral video circulating online claiming a Maryland woman hired a bunch of Guatemalan immigrants to replace her roof ... and THEN called ICE to have them deported once they finished the job and before she paid them.

ICE says that's not how it went down.

TSA officials reportedly informed ICE agents that a woman and her 9-year-old daughter were under a detention order before they were arrested at San Francisco International Airport this week.

As we reported ... the mother -- identified as 41-year-old Angelina Lopez-Jimenez -- was held down and handcuffed by federal officers at SFO Sunday night, who immediately began the process of deporting Angelina and her daughter, Wendy Godinez-Lopez, to Guatemala.

According to The New York Times, TSA flagged Angelina and Wendy 2 days earlier, tipping off ICE agents on Friday about their planned trip from San Francisco to Miami.

NYT reports, Angelina had no criminal history, despite entering the country illegally ... and as we reported, the airport was quick to explain what went down.

Hours before ICE officers were officially deployed at airports across the U.S. to assist TSA, bystanders recorded federal agents manhandling a mother travelling with her daughter and putting the woman in handcuffs at San Francisco International Airport Sunday night.

Watch the video ... while two men hold the woman down, a female bystander who's filming asks the men for a badge number, as neither man appears to be in uniform. The men forcibly detain the struggling woman as other cops stand by.

The text accompanying a social post featuring the video reads, "According to the eyewitnesses who posted this video, the woman was with her daughter who is reportedly a U.S. citizen. The mother could not prove her citizenship and was taken into custody."

As delays mount at airports across the country, President Trump has sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to aid Transportation Security Administration officers in keeping the long lines moving amid the partial government shutdown.

Check out the pics ... officers touched down at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, above, as weary travelers shuffled through airport security.

And more agents looked over the shoulders of TSA officers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, as lines were extending out the door.

President Donald Trump is following through with his promise to send ICE agents to U.S. airports if Congress continues to stiff TSA agents.

The prez announced Sunday fliers can look forward to ICE officers lining up at airport security to give a helping hand with the understaffed Transportation Security Administration agents starting Monday amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.

He posted the news on Truth Social and applauded TSA agents who have stayed on the job "despite the fact that the Radical Left Democrats, who are only focused on protecting hard line criminals who have entered our Country illegally, are endangering the USA by holding back the money that was long ago agreed to with signed and sealed contracts, and all."

President Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum to Congress over airports ... telling pols to either pay TSA -- or get ready for pat downs conducted by ICE.

The 47th POTUS took to Truth Social to issue his demand ... complaining that if "Radical Left Democrats" don't sign an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security -- which pays TSA -- he will send ICE agents to fill their jobs.

DJT promises they will "do Security like no one has ever seen before, including the immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country, with heavy emphasis on those from Somalia."

The Trump Administration endured a few jabs during last night's Oscars, but they're not taking it lying down ... in fact, they made up their own award to hand out.

In a post Monday on X, the White House wrote, "And the Academy Award goes to... the Democrats. For yet ANOTHER PERFORMATIVE SHUTDOWN -- putting political theater over the American people. Fund @DHSgov!"

The message captioned an edited picture of an Oscar statuette wearing a sombrero.

Julio César Chávez Jr. may be hundreds of miles away from the U.S. right now ... but his wife says the embattled boxer is staying mentally tough as he deals with the fallout from his arrest and deportation.

TMZ Sports caught up with Chávez Jr.’s wife, Frida Muñoz, who tells us the former WBC middleweight boxing champ is holding up despite the legal turmoil.

“Julio is doing well,” Muñoz said. “He’s positively strong. But we’re taking it one day at a time.”

As we previously reported, the boxing star was arrested by U.S. immigration authorities in Southern California in July over alleged immigration violations -- a bust that resulted in his deportation to Mexico, where he’s now dealing with the legal aftermath.

Yvette Nicole Brown has a lot to say about Nicki Minaj and President Trump ... but she says it's all just noise compared to the real issues ... like the immigration enforcement crisis.

We got Yvette in New York City and our photog asked her about Nicki and some Deon Cole jokes from the NAACP Image Awards.

Yvette ripped Nicki a few weeks ago -- claiming Nicki banned staff from using her bathrooms -- but here she says people should stop caring about Nicki supporting a "pedophile President" and instead focus on getting ICE out of American communities, and restoring voting rights.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck had quite the comeback for Whoopi Goldberg after Whoopi said she had a problem with immigration agents hiding their faces ... telling Whoopi her own political party is the "party of masks."

The comment audibly shocked "The View" audience Wednesday during a heated segment about immigration ... with Elisabeth and Whoopi going back in forth.

Whoopi was talking about ICE agents approaching people on the street with their faces covered ... when Elisabeth fired back with a throwback jab.

Fireworks on Capitol Hill ... Sen. Thom Tillis ripped into DHS Secretary Kristi Noem during a congressional hearing ... comparing American citizens killed by immigration agents to a dog she killed.

Check out the video ... the Republican Senator from North Carolina says Noem has shown terrible leadership and decision-making as Trump's DHS Secretary.

Tillis says the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by ICE and Border Patrol remind him of a passage from Noem's book ... where she recalls killing a dog she brought on a hunting trip.