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Abrego Garcia Released From Jail Before Trial

Salvadoran national can leave Tennessee to be with his family in Maryland

(Newser) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. The Salvadoran national's case became a flashpoint in President Trump's immigration agenda after he was mistakenly deported in March, the AP reports....

On Immigrant Numbers, a 'Clear Win' for Trump

Per Pew, more immigrants are leaving US than coming in after decades of 'rapid growth'

(Newser) - The United States' immigrant population has shrunk for the first time in decades, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of recent census data. Between January and June, the number of foreign-born residents—both legal and undocumented—fell by almost 1.5 million, dropping to 51.9 million. Driving the...

ICE Used Marriott Hotel to Detain Migrants

Chain doesn't deny one of its sites in Louisiana was used to detain families, despite previous pledge

(Newser) - A Sheraton hotel under Marriott's purview in Louisiana has apparently been used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding pen for people set to be deported, the Guardian reports, despite Marriott vowing in 2019 that its properties wouldn't cooperate with ICE.
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US Strikes Deportation Deal With Uganda

Uganda will take deportees as long as a few conditions are met

(Newser) - Uganda has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors, officials said Thursday. The Ugandan foreign affairs ministry in a statement said the "two parties are working out the detailed modalities...

Hurricanes Strike a New Fear Into America's Migrants

Those without permanent legal status fear they'll need to avoid shelters due to ICE detentions

(Newser) - If a major hurricane approaches Central Florida this season, Maria knows it's dangerous to stay inside her wooden, trailerlike home. In past storms, she evacuated to her sister's sturdier house. If she couldn't get there, a shelter set up at the local high school served as a...

Famed Boxer Deported, Lands in Mexico Prison

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been accused of involvement with Sinaloa cartel

(Newser) - Former world champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been deported from the US. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed Tuesday that the 39-year-old professional boxer was returned to Mexico following his ICE arrest last month. The Department of Homeland Security claimed he was living in the US illegally after overstaying...

Nebraska Plans Immigration Detention Center 'Cornhusker Clink'

It follows 'Alligator Alcatraz' and the like

(Newser) - Nebraska announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in the remote southwest corner of the state as President Trump's administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations, the AP reports. The facility will be dubbed the "Cornhusker Clink," a play on Nebraska's nickname...

Suit: ICE Deported 4-Year-Old American Boy With Cancer

Moms filing complaint say their young US citizen kids were deported to Honduras against their will

(Newser) - Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem are just two of the defendants in a new complaint that alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a 4-year-old American boy with late-stage kidney cancer to Honduras. Per the Guardian , the lawsuit filed in Louisiana, which also names various ICE...

Border Patrol Agents Amass at Newsom's Redistricting Event

About 100 feds detained one person during apparent immigration raid

(Newser) - As California Gov. Gavin Newsom prepared to hold a press conference regarding the state's efforts to combat the President Trump-backed redistricting plan in Texas , Border Patrol agents staged what the Los Angeles Times calls a "show of force" outside the venue. Newsom spoke at downtown Los Angeles' Japanese...

Dean Cain Joins ICE to Help With Deportations
Now Joining ICE:
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Now Joining ICE: Superman Star

Actor Dean Cain cites patriotic duty as government agency ramps up Trump's immigration raids

(Newser) - Dean Cain, best known for his '90s run as Superman, says he's joining US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to back President Trump's push for mass deportations. The 59-year-old actor announced the move during a Wednesday appearance on Fox News, explaining that after sharing an ICE recruitment...

Watch Out, ICE, South Park Is Coming for You

Show will reportedly target immigration agents in next episode

(Newser) - After skewering President Trump, next on South Park's list of targets is Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In a promo posted Tuesday , the animated series revealed that the second episode of this season, out Wednesday, would feature ICE agents rampaging through the city, much as they have been doing in...

ICE Facing New Wave of Resistance Online

Websites, apps use real-time tips to warn communities of officer sightings

(Newser) - A new wave of digital resistance is reshaping the battle over deportations: A growing number of online activists are using digital tools to monitor and publicize the movements of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, aiming to help undocumented immigrants evade arrest during stepped-up enforcement actions. Sherman Austin, who...

Border Patrol Officer Shot in Manhattan Park

Off-duty agent shot in what appears to have been a botched robbery

(Newser) - An off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in a Manhattan park on Saturday following an apparent robbery gone wrong, New York City police and federal officials said. The 42-year-old officer was in stable condition Sunday and expected to survive, the AP reports. There was no indication that...

Trump Administration Is Firing Immigration Court Judges

Union says 17 have been fired since Friday

(Newser) - Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in recent days, according to the union that represents them, as the Trump administration pushes forward with its mass deportations of immigrants in the country. The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, which represents immigration court judges as well as other professionals,...

Former Children's Hospital Chaplain Detained by ICE

Ohio man was granted asylum in 2018, just had it revoked

(Newser) - The former chaplain of a children's hospital was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Ohio last week after his asylum status was rescinded. Imam Ayman Soliman applied for asylum more than 10 years ago when he arrived in the US from Egypt, WHIO reports. He was ultimately granted...

California Professor Detained During Chaotic ICE Raid

University says he was peacefully protesting, prosecutor disagrees

(Newser) - A labor union has accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement of "kidnapping" a California university professor during last week's chaotic ICE raid at a cannabis farm, during which protesters clashed with federal agents , a farmworker died , and a protester allegedly fired a gun . The California Faculty Association says four...

Farmworker Dies After Fall During California ICE Raid

Death follows chaotic immigration raid at Ventura County cannabis farm

(Newser) - A longtime farmworker died after falling from a greenhouse while trying to escape a federal immigration raid at a California cannabis farm Thursday , drawing renewed scrutiny to enforcement tactics and their consequences in agricultural communities. The United Farm Workers union says Jaime Alanís, in his late 50s and...

FBI Puts Up $50K Reward After California Farm Raid

FBI is looking for someone who appeared to fire a pistol toward agents

(Newser) - After a clash at an immigration raid on a California farm, the FBI has begun offering a $50,000 reward in the hunt for the person officials said appeared to fire a gun toward immigration agents. US Attorney Bill Essayli announced the reward, posting part of a news video on...

Protesters, ICE Agents Clash at California Farm Raid

Tear gas fired by agents, and FBI is investigating reports that a protester fired a gun

(Newser) - A confrontation erupted Thursday between protesters and federal officials carrying out a raid on a Southern California farm, with authorities throwing canisters that sprayed what looked like smoke into the air to disperse the crowd, the AP reports. Vehicles from Border Patrol and US Customs and Border Protection blocked the...

California Bishop Suspends Mass Obligation Over ICE Fears

Catholics are generally obligated by their faith to attend Mass on Sundays

(Newser) - San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has formally excused parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass following immigration detentions on two parish properties in the diocese, the AP reports. The dispensation is a move usually reserved for extenuating circumstances,...

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