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fromAxios
4 hours ago
US politics

The left rages at Democrats over "surrender" on ICE: "Absolutely pathetic"

fromAxios
4 hours ago
US politics

The left rages at Democrats over "surrender" on ICE: "Absolutely pathetic"

US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
5 hours ago

LAPD to train their body cameras on immigration agents, under mayor's directive

LAPD officers must activate and preserve body-camera footage during federal immigration enforcement, record agents' supervisor details, report injuries and misconduct, and restrict federal use of city or private property.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
8 hours ago

Judge Rules There Was No Reason To Detain Or Deport Grad Student Over A Damn Op-Ed Piece - Above the Law

An immigration judge ended removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk after evidence showed her arrest stemmed from political speech.
#ice
#dhs-funding
#ice-detention
fromJezebel
8 hours ago
US politics

Irish Man in ICE Detention for Five Months Claims Agents Forged His Signature on Documents

fromJezebel
8 hours ago
US politics

Irish Man in ICE Detention for Five Months Claims Agents Forged His Signature on Documents

#use-of-force
fromwww.mediaite.com
10 hours ago

Fox News Refused to Air Anti-ICE Ad Which Features Joe Rogan's Gestapo' Comment

JDCA's 30-second ad, titled It's Gone Too Far, began airing Monday on MSNBC's Morning Joe and various CNN programs, including AC360 and Erin Burnett's OutFront. The organization said Fox News refused to carry the ad. JDCA CEO Halie Soifer told Mediaite that the group placed a national ad buy on Friday with the intention of running the spot nationally on Fox & Friends, the morning program widely viewed as President Donald Trump's favorite television show.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 hours ago

US restaurants targeted for opposing ICE: I refuse to cook for fascists'

Amid calls for a national shutdown on 30 January, Anton Kinloch displayed a sign on the sidewalk outside Lone Wolf, his craft cocktail bar and restaurant in Kingston, New York. In large block letters he wrote: WE LOVE ICE IN DRINKS. WE DON'T LOVE ICE IN REAL LIFE. SOLIDARITY ALWAYS. Along with his wife and business partner Lisa Dy, he'd made the difficult decision to stay open, electing instead to donate a portion of the night's proceeds to a local immigrant advocacy group.
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
11 hours ago

ICE chief tells US House agency is 'just getting started'

US immigration chiefs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) faced questions from lawmakers on Tuesday, as they appeared before the US Congress. Todd Lyons, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Rodney Scott, commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Joe Edlow, director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, all appeared before the the Republican-controlled House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee.
US politics
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
12 hours ago

Immigration officials grilled over U.S. citizen deaths during oversight hearing

ICE's acting director refused to apologize to families of two U.S. citizens killed during a Minneapolis federal enforcement operation.
US politics
fromFast Company
13 hours ago

Why corporate America is hedging as immigration agents show up at its doors

Corporate leaders favored cautious calls for stability over naming federal immigration enforcement or criticizing policy after violent incidents, reflecting risk management rather than moral leadership.
fromWIRED
13 hours ago

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here's Where It's Going Next

Federal records obtained by WIRED show that over the past several months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS) have carried out a secret campaign to expand ICE's physical presence across the US. Documents show that more than 150 leases and office expansions have or would place new facilities in nearly every state, many of them in or just outside of the country's largest metropolitan areas.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
15 hours ago

California politician leaves Republican party over immigration issues

El Cajon Councilmember Gary Kendrick left the Republican Party and registered as a Democrat over concerns about immigration enforcement and the GOP's direction.
#sb-627
US politics
fromThe Nation
19 hours ago

Somali Americans Aren't Going Anywhere

Somali Minnesotans used viral parody and longstanding community networks to defend against intensified ICE enforcement and rising anti-Somali hate.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
16 hours ago

Why Christian clergy see risk as part of their moral calling

Some Christian clergy embrace arrest and bodily risk as a moral obligation to protect immigrants, while others decline due to family and congregational responsibilities.
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
18 hours ago

The Movie That Inspired Gregory Bovino to Join Border Patrol

Gregory K. Bovino saw The Border at eleven and later joined Border Patrol, viewing the film's unflattering portrayal of agents as an insult to reverse.
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
19 hours ago

Two west London restaurants under pressure after hiring 15 illegal workers

Al Balad restaurants faced repeated immigration breaches, large unpaid fines, staff hostility prompting police, and the Home Office sought revocation of the premises licence.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
19 hours ago

Students Protest Immigration Agencies Recruiting on Campuses

The student backlash comes amid national outrage over the Trump administration's ongoing immigration crackdown, which has been criticized for its use of violent tactics and racial profiling. Though the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has led most of the deportation efforts, CBP, which is a larger agency and recruits more heavily than ICE on college campuses, has been involved in the campaign as well.
US politics
US news
fromwww.npr.org
19 hours ago

Immigration officials to testify before House as DHS funding deadline approaches

Top immigration agency leaders will testify before Congress amid scrutiny over enforcement tactics and looming DHS funding negotiations.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

Federal judge strikes down California mask ban on immigration agents, but it may be revived

A judge struck down California's No Secret Police Act as discriminatory against federal officers; a proposed law would ban masks for all law enforcement.
fromMission Local
1 day ago

Activists axe Zuckerberg from General Hospital in favor of Minnesota ICE victims

After coming off of the high of participating in citywide teacher strikes, a group of around 20 people gathered at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital's courtyard for a different cause. "We're going to get the Zuckerberg off of San Francisco General Hospital," said Sasha Cuttler, a retired nurse and organizer of the event. The effort was simple; get a group of 10 people to replace each letter in Zuckerberg's name with a hand-made construction paper box to spell out "Pretti Good," the last names of two Minnesotans who were shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis.
SF politics
US politics
fromAbove the Law
1 day ago

Would You Have Voted For Trump If You'd Seen This Future? - Above the Law

Many Trump voters would reconsider their votes if forewarned about pardons for rioters, large inspector-general firings, deadly federal enforcement, rising Russia attacks, and unchanged inflation.
#ice-arrests
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago
US politics

Bari Weiss Promotes New CBS Reporting Disputing Trump Boast: Is Trump Really Deporting the Worst of the Worst?'

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago
US politics

Bari Weiss Promotes New CBS Reporting Disputing Trump Boast: Is Trump Really Deporting the Worst of the Worst?'

#racial-profiling
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 day ago

Jill Lepore: Trump thrives on chaos and crisis'

January 2026 federal actions escalated violent immigration enforcement and suppression of civic protest, producing civilian deaths and threatening constitutional rights and democratic norms.
US politics
fromThe Nation
1 day ago

Trump Hates Minnesotans Because We Love Each Other

Operation Metro Surge constitutes an unprecedented federal immigration deployment in Minnesota that caused deaths, civil-rights abuses, and prompted the state attorney general to sue.
#california-legislation
fromThe Mercury News
1 day ago
California

This bill would ban ICE agents from future hiring as a public employee in California

California bill would ban hiring ICE agents or other law enforcement who carry out deportation activities during Trump’s 2025–2029 term from public-sector jobs.
fromwww.dailynews.com
1 day ago
US politics

This bill would ban ICE agents from future hiring as a public employee in California

California would ban hiring ICE agents or other law enforcement who engaged in immigration enforcement during Jan. 20, 2025–Jan. 20, 2029 from public agency jobs.
#ice-raids
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 days ago
US politics

"Dystopian": Trans radio host Ellie Krug explains what it's like in Minnesota right now - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
4 days ago
US politics

"Dystopian": Trans radio host Ellie Krug explains what it's like in Minnesota right now - LGBTQ Nation

Social justice
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

This whistle fights fascists

Community volunteers use 3D printers to mass-produce inexpensive whistles that alert neighbors to ICE activity and document incidents across the United States.
US politics
fromWIRED
1 day ago

Super Bowl Tailgaters on Bad Bunny, Big Tech, and the Big Game

Super Bowl LX combined Silicon Valley's AI influence, surging prediction-market activity, polarizing halftime politics around Bad Bunny, and concerns about possible ICE enforcement.
#olympics
fromFortune
2 days ago
US politics

Trump calls U.S. Olympian a 'real Loser' as athletes speak out against administration policies, while Jake Paul tells critics to 'live somewhere else' | Fortune

fromFortune
2 days ago
US politics

Trump calls U.S. Olympian a 'real Loser' as athletes speak out against administration policies, while Jake Paul tells critics to 'live somewhere else' | Fortune

US politics
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

Take me instead': Midtown pastor Father Fabian Arias makes fight to protect immigrants from deportation personal

Father Fabian Arias provides constant support to immigrants facing aggressive immigration enforcement, offering legal aid, pastoral care, and sanctuary at St. Peter's Church.
US politics
fromFortune
2 days ago

Minnesotans say immigration agents are impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and anti-ICE activists | Fortune

Federal immigration agents have increasingly impersonated utility workers and other roles in Minnesota, provoking fear, distrust and legal concerns amid an aggressive enforcement crackdown.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Bad Bunny to meet political moment as Maga fumes over Super Bowl show

The Puerto Rican megastar, whose songs fuse the raw energy of musica urbana, Boricua pride and resistance politics, has promised a huge party. At a moment when masked federal agents are sweeping through American cities, rounding up long-settled immigrants, legal residents and even US citizens, Bad Bunny's presence on the grandest stage in US sports offers a striking contrast a joyful celebration of pride and solidarity for millions of Latinos.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
3 days ago

Becca Good attends memorial for wife Renee, offers statement: 'Renee always showed up'

Minneapolis has shown me that even in the middle of grief and fear, people still show up for each other. For that, I want to say thank you. Thank you to this incredible community for showing up again and again - organizing food and rides, making sure our kids get to school, checking in on neighbors, and standing together in the cold. I am so proud to call Minneapolis my home.
US politics
#protests
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

'Heartbroken' US Olympic Athletes Slam ICE Raids

A lot of times, athletes are hesitant to talk about political views and how we feel about things. I feel heartbroken about what's happening in the United States, Lillis said. I'm pretty sure you're referencing ICE and some of the protests and things like that. I think that as a country, we need to focus on respecting everybody's rights and making sure that we're treating our citizens as well as anybody, with love and respect.
US politics
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 days ago

Vindictive man allegedly called ICE on ex-boyfriend & lied about him selling meth - LGBTQ Nation

A longtime undocumented Irish preservationist in New York was deported after his partner called ICE, allegedly to seize control of their shared property.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

LA Times Sports Writers Urge Dodgers to Ditch White House Visit: Trump Has Declared War on Its Fan Base'

Dodgers should skip a White House visit because ICE raids and President Trump's policies harm their fan base and contradict the team's civil-rights legacy.
fromTruthout
3 days ago

More and More Unions Are Joining the Fight Against ICE

People gather for National Day of Truth & Freedom at Union Square on January 23, 2026, in New York City. 1199SEIU frontline healthcare workers, faith leaders, students and community members stood in solidarity with Minnesota, after community groups, faith-based organizations, and unions in the state came together to call for an "economic blackout," as part of National Day of Truth & Freedom to stand against corporations profiteering from Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) actions.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

A profound sense of being hunted': with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US

Federal immigration enforcement has continued across the U.S. through quieter, disruptive raids and arrests that fuel fear and interrupt daily life despite reduced media attention.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

ICE After Minneapolis

Immigration leadership pivoted strategy and command after Alex Pretti's killing, ending roving patrols and prioritizing targeted operations while projecting unity at the border.
fromThe New Yorker
3 days ago

What Do We Want from a Protest Song?

He sings the names of the dead haltingly, as though he is reading them off a screen-which, judging from the recording-studio footage in the song's lyric video, he probably is. The song is about the news, but it is also, perhaps unintentionally, about the moment of lag when we absorb the names and images, when we try to assimilate atrocity into narrative.
Music
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
3 days ago

DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE

A consumer-led boycott called 'Resist and Unsubscribe' pressures tech and major companies financially to protest perceived corporate inaction on aggressive immigration enforcement.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

Coalition rallies to defend Cypress Park day labor center amid disputed Home Depot eviction threat

A Cypress Park day labor center faced a disputed eviction claim tied to Home Depot, prompting a large community mobilization and denials amid heightened immigration enforcement.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
4 days ago

Tech bills of the week: Restricting biometric use; expanding the quantum workforce; and more

A proposed law would ban ICE and CBP from using facial recognition and biometric technologies and require deletion of unlawfully collected biometric data.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Nothing retaliatory': US seeks deportation of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos

DHS will continue deportation proceedings against five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father in regular removal proceedings, denying expedited or retaliatory actions.
Silicon Valley
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Google staff call for firm to cut ties with ICE

Nearly 900 Google employees demand transparency and halt to company work supporting US immigration enforcement and DHS, ICE, and CBP operations.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
4 days ago

Trump's harsh immigration tactics are taking a political hit

Majority of Americans believe federal immigration agents have gone too far in enforcement, turning Trump's aggressive immigration tactics into a political liability, especially with independents.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
4 days ago

GOP Ignoring Spike in Health-Care Costs Won't Make It Go Away

Efforts to renew enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies for over 20 million Americans collapsed amid partisan disagreement and distracting national events, leaving subsidies expired.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

Civil rights and immigrant groups urge tourists to reconsider visiting Florida for the 2026 World Cup: It's not safe'

Florida's immigration policies and enforcement practices may endanger international visitors to the 2026 World Cup, prompting civil rights groups to issue a travel alert.
US news
fromFortune
4 days ago

Minneapolis fourth grader says ICE fears leave his 30-person class with just 7 students: 'The teachers cry' | Fortune

Fear of immigration enforcement is keeping many Minnesota immigrant children from school while families and communities mobilize to keep others attending.
fromTruthout
4 days ago

DHS Files Request to Terminate Asylum Cases of Family of Liam Conejo Ramos

A girl holds a placard that reads "Free Liam" as people protest against deployment of ICE agents during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on January 31, 2026 in Milan, Italy.Maja Hitij / Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has filed an expedited request to terminate the asylum claims of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his family, after the boy's arrest by federal agents last month made international headlines.
US politics
#justice-department
fromSlate Magazine
4 days ago
US politics

A Lawyer for ICE Broke Down in Court. It's the Sound of the System Collapsing.

The Justice Department repeatedly violated court orders in Minneapolis, revealing institutional collapse and a strained attorney who begged for sleep in open court.
fromAbove the Law
4 days ago
Law

How Appealing Weekly Roundup - Above the Law

Legal institutions face ethical, managerial, and constitutional strain from immigration enforcement, law‑firm upheaval over Epstein files, birthright citizenship litigation, reporter‑warrant ethics, and loan fraud allegations.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

Brutal Lie': Trump Admin's Justification for Violent Chicago Raid Falls Apart in New Documents

Court records show the September 2025 Chicago raid relied on landlord-consent allegations, not evidence that Tren de Aragua had taken over the building.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor rails against rotten' ICE at at interfaith breakfast, signs order to bolster immigrant protections | amNewYork

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order strengthening New York City's sanctuary protections, restricting ICE access, auditing federal interactions, and safeguarding immigrant data.
New York City
fromQNS
4 days ago

Ocasio-Cortez hosts Astoria town hall, offers advice on how to respond to ICE raids - QNS

A town hall urged abolition of ICE, criticized stalled DHS funding, advised residents on how to respond to ICE raids, and provided legislative updates.
fromBon Appetit
4 days ago

Amid ICE Raids, Running a Minneapolis Restaurant Is An Act of Resistance

The front door is locked and we have the back door locked at all times. People have to wait for us to open the door. There are people of color who work for us who are all trying to do the right thing and go through the right processes, but they can be scared to come to work. We have people that have seen neighbors being snatched. It's no longer a Democrat versus Republican issue. It's a human issue.
Food & drink
US politics
fromTruthout
4 days ago

Minnesota Child Care Providers Try to Stay Afloat as Families Keep Kids Home

ICE enforcement in Minnesota is causing immigrant parents to keep children home, leading to child unenrollments, loss of subsidies, and strain on low-margin child-care providers.
#google-employee-activism
fromWIRED
4 days ago
US politics

Over 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP

fromWIRED
4 days ago
US politics

Over 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP

East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
4 days ago

How one Oakland police officer made $500k in overtime...on the podcast

Oakland Police Department incurred runaway overtime costs revealed by investigation drawing massive readership, alongside coverage of city governance, immigration enforcement, community events, and protests.
fromGothamist
4 days ago

ICE knocks on a door in Brooklyn. A 'traumatic nightmare' follows.

Federal immigration officers, acting without a judicial warrant or consent, entered the Brooklyn home of Hayk Safaryan early one morning last summer, took him into custody and seized his personal documents as well, according to a federal lawsuit challenging the arrest's legality. Safaryan, 44, an Armenian immigrant who has lived in the United States for more than two decades, was sitting at his computer and eating breakfast when the officers knocked, according to written court testimony from his wife Léah Lazonick.
Law
#child-detention
US news
fromwww.npr.org
4 days ago

Court records: Chicago immigration raid was about squatters, not Venezuelan gangs

A September 30, 2025 DHS raid in South Shore targeted alleged squatters, not Tren de Aragua gang members, according to arrest records and court filings.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
4 days ago

Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them

Federally chartered deportation flights under the Trump administration have increased in frequency and become harder to track, prompting independent observers to monitor flights and passengers.
Canada news
fromBusiness Insider
4 days ago

Canadians are staying away from the US - and the drop in travel is getting hard to ignore

Reduced Canadian travel to the US stems from immigration enforcement and political rhetoric, causing fewer cross-border visits and economic impacts in US border communities.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
5 days ago

Daily newsletter 2/5

Political figures clashed over LGBTQ-related issues while legal action, medical guidance updates, and cultural responses emerged around gender identity and trans youth care.
#biometric-surveillance
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Moral Injury and the Latine Immigrant Community

In my previous post, I discussed the psychological violence being imposed on the Latine immigrant community through the implementation of new and insidious immigration policies under the current administration. Since that publication, this violence has intensified in both scale and visibility. Across many regions of the United States, the public has witnessed large-scale ICE raids in neighborhoods, workplaces, hospitals, school events, and even outside immigration courts, where individuals and entire families are apprehended as they exit mandatory hearings.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election

Nearly 60,000 unauthorised migrants and convicted criminals have been removed or deported from the UK since Labour took office, the Home Office has said. The announcement came amid claims that the government was promoting harmful stereotypes by equating migration with criminality. Officials said the figure was the highest number in a decade. The department said 15,200 people who were in the UK illegally were removed since the 2024 election a 45% increase on the previous 19 months.
UK politics
Social justice
fromCommon Dreams
5 days ago

New Report Exposes MAHA's Corrupting Influence in HHS and Beyond

Immigration enforcement in Minnesota allegedly involved constitutional violations, racial profiling, violent detentions, and ignoring proof of legal status against mainly US citizens and residents.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 days ago

Santa Clara enacts policy blocking ICE from accessing city-owned properties ahead of Super Bowl LX

Under the policy, federal agents would be prohibited from using city-owned properties including parking lots, garages and other open spaces as staging grounds for civil immigration enforcement. The city intends to post signage and install physical barriers around these areas. The signage will be available to businesses and other landowners who want to prevent immigration operations on their private property.
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