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6 Bodies Found in Boxcar Near Border

Discovery in Laredo rail yard came as temperatures neared 100 degrees

(Newser) - A rail worker loading train cars in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday afternoon opened a boxcar and found six bodies inside, local police say. The discovery was reported around 3pm at a Union Pacific rail yard near the US-Mexico border city, where temperatures hit a high of 97 degrees, per NBC...

States Say Not So Fast on ICE's Detention Center Plans

Environmental lawsuits are holding up agency's push to convert warehouses into detention facilities

(Newser) - The push to turn old warehouses into immigration detention centers just hit a major legal speed bump. Facing lawsuits in at least four states, the Trump administration is now moving to complete environmental reviews for some facilities after initially arguing the projects were exempt from such scrutiny under the National...

India Isn't Happy With Trump's Latest Social Media Post

US president shared radio host's diatribe on birthright citizenship, remark that India is a 'hellhole'

(Newser) - India is pushing back after US President Trump amplified a radio host's description of the country as a "hellhole" in a rant about US birthright citizenship. The phrase came from conservative commentator Michael Savage, who on his show argued that children born in the United States to immigrants...

US Population Growth Slows Amid Immigration Backlash

Especially hard hit: communities along Mexican border, hurricane-slammed Florida

(Newser) - Population growth rates in US metro areas dropped the steepest last year in communities along the border with Mexico due to declines in immigrants, while counties along Florida's Gulf Coast lost residents due to a series of hurricanes, according to population estimates released Thursday by the US Census Bureau....

After Truck Is Impounded, Calls Start Coming From Inside

Mexican officials say nearly 230 migrants were found crammed in back of truck in Veracruz

(Newser) - Mexican authorities found 229 migrants on Monday crammed into the back of a truck traveling through the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the first such encounter in months, marking a potential uptick in migration since US President Trump took office. Jose Manuel Pozos, the state's deputy government secretary, said...

Feds Open Perjury Probe After ICE Officer Shot Venezuelan

Meanwhile, felony assault charges have been dropped against that immigrant, another

(Newser) - Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Friday that his agency opened a joint probe with the Justice...

ICE to Spend $38B Turning Warehouses Into Detention Sites

Immigration agency's plan would create network of large regional processing and removal centers

(Newser) - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving ahead with a sweeping plan to turn industrial warehouses into a national network of immigrant detention hubs, with an estimated price tag of $38.3 billion, newly released documents show, reports the Washington Post . The records, posted on New Hampshire's state website...

Filing: IRS Mistakenly Shared Taxpayer Info With DHS

News comes amid deal between agencies to share info to identify, deport undocumented immigrants

(Newser) - The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies' controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people who are illegally in the US, according to a new court filing. The...

Most Jobs Added Last Month Came From a Single Sector

Majority of hiring in January was in health care or related roles

(Newser) - Health care isn't just busy at the moment: It's now doing the heavy lifting for America's job market. Most of the 130,000 positions tacked on in January came from health care or related roles—think home health aides and nursing home staff, per Quartz —as...

Liam Is Home, but Maybe Not for Long

DHS seeks to end asylum claims of 5-year-old Minn. boy at center of ICE storm

(Newser) - Federal immigration officials are moving to fast-track the deportation case of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, according to their attorney. The federal government filed a motion on Wednesday to speed up removal proceedings and shut down the Minnesota family's asylum bid, said their legal team, per MPR...

This Could Be the 'Largest Protest in American History'

Organizers hope that's the case for new nationwide 'No Kings' rally on March 28 amid outrage over ICE

(Newser) - A third round of "No Kings" protests is coming this spring, with organizers saying they're planning their largest demonstrations yet across the United States to oppose what they describe as authoritarianism under President Trump. Previous rallies have drawn millions of people, and organizers say they expect even greater...

ICE Said Migrant Ran Into a Wall. Medical Staff Balks

Hennepin County Medical Center staffers say immigrant's injuries were too severe for that

(Newser) - A Mexican immigrant was taken to a Minneapolis hospital earlier this month after bones in his face and skull were broken while he was in federal custody. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially claimed Alberto Castaneda Mondragon had tried to flee while handcuffed and "purposefully ran headfirst into a...

In Minnesota, 'Places of Healing Are Under Siege'

Doctors say Trump's immigration crackdown is causing scared locals to avoid critical health care

(Newser) - There was the pregnant woman who missed her checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the feds' sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown; a nurse found her at home, in labor and just about to give birth. There was also the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable...

Court: Feds Can Detain, Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters

Appeals court freezes ruling banning retaliation against Minnesota protesters

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that prohibited federal officers from using tear gas or pepper spray against peaceful protesters in Minnesota. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals was persuaded to freeze a judge's ruling that bars retaliation against the public in Minnesota, including detaining...

Man's Death in ICE Custody Raises New Questions

Medical examiner staffer cites possible homicide in Texas; feds say Cuban migrant tried to kill himself

(Newser) - US immigration authorities say a Cuban detainee tried to kill himself at a Texas detention camp. A staffer at the local medical examiner's office who spoke to his daughter, however, suggests the death may be ruled a homicide. In a recorded call shared with the Washington Post , an employee...

Top Catholic Paper Accuses VP of 'Gaslighting' on ICE Shooting

National Catholic Reporter editor denounces vice president's remarks on Renee Nicole Good killing

(Newser) - A leading Catholic newspaper is publicly taking on one of the church's most prominent political converts. In an opinion piece published on Thursday, John Grosso, the digital editor for the National Catholic Reporter , accused Vice President JD Vance of distorting Christian teaching in his response to Wednesday's fatal...

DOT Chief Slams California Over Driver's License Move

Sean Duffy not happy state is postponing revocation of migrants' commercial licenses

(Newser) - A week after immigrant groups filed a lawsuit, California said Tuesday it will delay the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver's licenses until March to allow more time to ensure that truckers and bus drivers who legally qualify for the licenses can keep them. But US Transportation Secretary Sean...

Man Went From Hosting Palm Beach Elite to 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Community pressure, media spotlight help secure Jose Gonzalez's release in Southern Florida

(Newser) - A popular restaurant host who books Palm Beach's power tables is back home this week after almost two weeks in the remote South Florida detention center nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz." The New York Times reports on the story of Jose Gonzalez, longtime manager and public face of Bice...

Trump Administration Planning Vast Migrant Warehouses

Blueprint seen by WaPo spells out a network of huge converted facilities to expedite deportations

(Newser) - The next phase of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown may look less like a prison network and more like a national warehouse grid. According to a draft government solicitation obtained by the Washington Post , Immigration and Customs Enforcement is exploring contracts to convert industrial warehouses into high-capacity detention centers...

No Christmas Pause in Migrant Arrests, Says White House

Trump team's reply to Florida Catholic bishops' request: President is keeping his deportation vows

(Newser) - Florida's Catholic bishops appealed to President Trump on Monday to pause immigration enforcement activities during the Christmas holidays. The White House, in response, said it would be business as usual. The appeal was issued by Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference...

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