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Trump Tells ICE: More Deportations in Democrat-Run Cities

President directs immigration officials to prioritize efforts in blue cities

(Newser) - President Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities, a move that comes after large protests erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration's immigration policies, the AP reports. Trump in a social media posting called on US Immigration and...

ICE's Immigration Focus Turns to California's Farms

Agents were reported in Ventura County on Tuesday

(Newser) - Federal immigration authorities appear to be expanding their footprint in southern California. The Los Angeles Times reports "farm fields and packinghouses from the Central Coast to the San Joaquin Valley" saw immigration agents turn up on Tuesday, an about-face from the largely hands-off approach officials had taken to the...

Billie Eilish's Brother Tear Gassed at LA Protests

Finneas writes that authorities are 'inciting'

(Newser) - The brother and collaborator of Billie Eilish was among those getting tear gassed at the Los Angeles protests this weekend. Finneas posted on his Instagram story about the experience Sunday, saying he was at a "very peaceful protest downtown" and was "tear gassed almost immediately." He accused...

Dr. Phil Got Inside Look at Raids in LA

Trump ally was at field office in Los Angeles as part of show on immigration

(Newser) - The immigration raids on Friday that have set off three straight days of protests and counting in Los Angeles had a familiar face involved: that of Dr. Phil McGraw. CNN reports that the TV personality, who now hosts a conservative show on Merit TV, was present at an Immigration and...

ICE Detains TikTok's Biggest Star in Nevada

Khaby Lame was allowed to leave the US voluntarily, however

(Newser) - The world's most popular TikToker was detained in Nevada by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday. After a social media influencer broke the news on X that Khaby Lame had been detained by ICE, the agency confirmed the news in a statement to AFP and Men's Journal . "...

LA Protesters Shout 'Shame' at National Guard

California governor, Los Angeles mayor decry president's deployment of troops

(Newser) - Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting autonomous vehicles on fire as local law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to...

Newsom Calls Threat to Use Marines 'Deranged'

Los Angeles is mostly calm, but National Guard and immigration enforcement protesters clash at federal complex

(Newser) - National Guard members sent tear gas into a crowd of protesters outside a federal detention center in Los Angeles on Sunday, while President Trump and his aides escalated their threats to use force against demonstrators opposing immigration enforcement . Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X that active-duty Marines stationed at...

Trump Deploys National Guard to LA to Quell Protests

Move comes over Gov. Gavin Newsom's objections

(Newser) - President Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops over the governor's objections to Los Angeles where protests Saturday led to clashes between immigration authorities and demonstrators. The White House said Saturday that Trump was deploying the Guardsmen to "address the lawlessness that has been allowed to...

ICE Presses Raids in LA as Trump Officials Taunt Bass

'You have no say in this at all,' Stephen Miller tells mayor

(Newser) - Trump administration officials mocked Mayor Karen Bass on Saturday while pressing their immigration raids and battles with protesters in Los Angeles. A standoff lasted hours outside an industrial park, with Border Patrol personnel deploying tear gas while bystanders and protesters standing on medians and across the street chanted "Fuera...

In LA, 'Extraordinary Show of Force' During Raids

Protests, clashes with federal agents, dozens of arrests as national immigration crackdown continues

(Newser) - Federal agents conducted high-profile immigration raids on Friday in Los Angeles, including in the city's Fashion District, where they used flash-bang grenades and what appeared to be less-than-lethal rounds to disperse protesters after targeting a clothing wholesaler called Ambiance Apparel. The action was part of at least three...

Teen Released by ICE Describes Conditions

'I don't wanna cry—but I wanna say that that place is not good,' says Massachusetts' Marcelo Gomes da Silva

(Newser) - A Massachusetts high school junior who was detained by ICE on his way to volleyball practice last weekend has been released from custody. An immigration judge found that Marcelo Gomes da Silva, an 18-year-old with no criminal record, was not a danger to the community and released him on $2,...

ICE Officers, Detainees Stuck in Sweltering Shipping Container

Court order has left them all in harsh, unsafe conditions in Djibouti

(Newser) - A group of nearly a dozen US immigration officers and eight deportees have been stranded for more than two weeks at a US military base in Djibouti after a federal judge in Boston halted a deportation flight. The detainees, who include individuals convicted of crimes like murder and armed...

High School Junior's Arrest Is New ICE Flashpoint

Immigration officials defend Massachusetts teen's detention while on his way to volleyball practice

(Newser) - Another arrest by federal immigration officers is drawing controversy, this one involving a high school student near Boston who was stopped on his way to volleyball practice. The details:
  • On Saturday, authorities with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva in Milford. He was born in
...

ICE Targets Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard

'They were just grabbing people out of their cars'

(Newser) - In 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew dozens of undocumented migrants to Martha's Vineyard. On Tuesday, the Massachusetts island was targeted by federal authorities, as was nearby Nantucket. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said around 40 people were arrested on the two islands. Witnesses said they saw masked officers...

US Citizen Has REAL ID, Gets Detained by ICE Anyway

Leonardo Garcia Venegas was handcuffed at job site, where agents called his ID fake

(Newser) - Leonardo Garcia Venegas was working at his construction job at a site in Foley, Alabama, last week when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up to carry out a raid. Venegas, 25, says he was using his cellphone to record the arrests when agents knocked the device out of his...

NJ Congresswoman Charged After Protest at ICE Facility

Rep. LaMonica McIver was with the group that included Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

(Newser) - Criminal charges were filed Monday against Rep. LaMonica McIver, a week and a half after her involvement in a protest at an ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey. The Democrat congresswoman, whose district includes Newark, was at the facility along with two of her fellow House Democrats and Newark...

She's Researching Aging. ICE Has Her Behind Bars

Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova writes for the New York Times from a Louisiana detention center

(Newser) - When Kseniia Petrova fled Russia two years ago, she did so because she didn't feel she could freely and safely carry out her work as a scientist there, especially after she was arrested for taking part in a protest. She landed at Harvard Medical School, and her work on...

Judge Lets IRS Share Immigrant Tax Data With ICE

Nonprofit groups argued for privacy rights of undocumented taxpayers

(Newser) - A federal judge on Monday declined to stop the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants' tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a move that allows the Trump administration to continue using the data to identify and deport undocumented immigrants, the AP reports. The ruling came from US District...

Kids Left Alone in Car After ICE Takes Dad at Gas Station

Witness says child and older sibling were left after father was arrested

(Newser) - Amid reports of increasing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in cities along California's coast comes a story out of Oxnard, where a witness says a child and their older sibling were left alone at a gas station when ICE agents descended upon their car and arrested their father as...

Trump Orders DHS to Add 20K Officers for Deportations

Force would include state and local law enforcement employees

(Newser) - President Trump has told the Department of Homeland Security to add 20,000 officers to its deportation force, a move that would include using state and local employees. The order was part of a presidential proclamation issued Friday about pressing immigrants without documentation to leave the US voluntarily, the New ...

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