No fewer than a dozen elected officials people chosen by the voters to seats in government to represent their interests came to 26 Federal Plaza on Thursday seeking answers about ICE's treatment of immigrant detainees being held there. They were not only denied entry to the 10th-floor holding area, where many detainees are supposedly being held despite ICE's continued denials, but the lawmakers also staged a protest over the federal agency's continued obfuscation about the fate of the immigrants in its custody.
Officials in Nassau county confirmed the death of a 42-year-old man to Newsday but declined to share details, saying that an investigation was under way. There is an ongoing investigation, which will be thorough and transparent to determine the cause of death, the Nassau county sheriff, Anthony LaRocco, told the outlet. Nassau county takes seriously its obligation to treat every prisoner humanely.
According to three employees at GSA, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive internal operations and to avoid retribution, the agency has created an "ICE surge" team in recent weeks, referring to an effort to lease private offices to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency officers to establish long-term work space in the cities where they are operating. Last week, the GSA's Public Buildings Service posted a solicitation for "as-is, fully-finished and furnished office space in support of administrative operations for law enforcement" in 19 cities across the country.
When Portland gave Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the green light to open a processing and holding facility in the South Waterfront in 2011, the city set conditions for the agency to operate in the space. Among other requirements, the conditional use permit prohibited ICE from holding detainees at its Portland facility overnight, or for more than 12 hours. Now, Portland leaders say ICE has violated that tenet of its agreement with the city.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) warned Tuesday that assaulting its officers constitutes a federal crime punishable by felony charges. Anyone regardless of immigration status who assaults an ICE officer WILL face federal felony assault charges and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law, the agency posted on X. Embedded in the post was an image that read think before you resist with a clenched fist.
Ben Bergquam, the rightwing internet personality, was with agents, filming and making content as well as getting into altercations with local residents along the way, according to a video the Guardian viewed on X. In the video, he appears to be in the car with Ice agents and nearby as they arrest people; later on he yells at a group of Chicagoans who are gathered to prevent Ice operations that they are the enemy within.
The issue emerged at the height of Trump's attack on LA, when multiple citizens reported that ICE was rounding up anybody who was Latino, or looked Latino, for questioning. Racial profiling is unconstitutional (or was, until this morning) and people sued, including the named plaintiff in this case, Pedro Vasquez Perdomo. District Court Judge Maame E. Frimpong (a Biden appointee) issued an emergency injunction prohibiting the raids in July,
Be on the lookout for unauthorized ICE deputies patrolling your neighborhood-even in the Bay Area-where there is no need for this in California or anywhere that crime is statistically down! We have our own very capable police to handle criminal activity! If you live in California, look for big black or white Ford trucks with tinted windows and no California license plates-only out-of-state plates. A bonus if you see one with the blue and white flag decal.
Despite Abrego Garcia's new detention on Monday, a blanket court order automatically pauses any effort by the Trump administration to immediately deport him and other immigrants who are challenging their detention. Any immigrant seeking review of their detention in a Maryland federal court is covered by the order, which blocks their removal from the US until 16:00 (20:00 GMT) on the second business day after their habeas corpus petition is filed.
The chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party tried to sideline a resolution this weekend putting the state party on record urging California officials not to share license plate data with ICE. Chair Nancy Tung was the only person at the state party's executive committee meeting who asked that the resolution be taken off the consent calendar-a very unusual move. In the end, she only got nine votes out of almost 300 members in attendance, and the resolution passed.
Florida State College at Jacksonville has signed an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow its campus police department to enforce immigration laws.
Brourman has not only illustrated immigrants as they plead their cases, she has also borne witness to masked ICE agents dragging fathers and mothers, daughters and sons out of sight.