A US citizen on her way to a medical appointment in Minneapolis was pulled from her car and detained by immigration officials, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video of her arrest attracted millions of views on social media. Aliya Rahman said she was brought to a detention center … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break down the front door of his Minneapolis home had been checking in regularly with federal authorities for years, his attorney said Tuesday. The arrest of Garrison Gibson, 37, during a Minnesota immigration crackdown that … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop a surge in immigration enforcement that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal officer and sparked anger and protests across the country. The state, along with Minneapolis and St. Paul, said the … Read more
YOU NEED TO KNOW The Department of Homeland Security is accusing a Hilton hotel of canceling reservations for a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minnesota “When officials attempted to book rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton Hotels maliciously canceled their reservations,” DHS alleged. A Hilton spokesman said the specific … Read more
A traffic stop outside Baltimore on Wednesday ended with one undocumented man shot and another wounded after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents allege the driver of a van drove directly at the officers., prompting them to open fire. It is the second incident published this week where ICE agents shot an undocumented person during … Read more
By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Allyson Lopez was hoping business would return to her dress shop in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, which specializes in ballgowns for quinceaneras, a coming-of-age ritual in many Latino communities that celebrate a girl’s 15th birthday. Instead, this week brought back the federal immigration raids that emptied the … Read more
A federal judge investigating whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should face contempt charges over flights carrying migrants to El Salvador said Monday he wants to hear from a whistleblower and a senior Justice Department official. US District Judge James Boasberg in Washington ordered the government to make Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign available … Read more