Over the past several months, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul have seen a dramatic escalation in federal immigration enforcement along their cold streets, with agents arresting thousands – including some US citizens – in neighborhoods, malls, schools and during protests. The increase is the result of the Trump administration’s commitment to crack down on immigration, … Read more
As the Trump administration steps up immigration enforcement nationwide, a wave of high-profile arrests — many taking place at private homes and businesses and captured on video — has pushed one legal question to the center of the national debate: When can federal immigration agents legally enter private property to make an arrest? That question … 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
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
By PJ Huffstutter CHICAGO, Dec 13 (Reuters) – The windowless newsroom of The Phoenix, Loyola University’s Chicago newspaper, feels like an old refrigerator. A pot of coffee rattles in the corner as youngsters Julia Pentasuglio and Ella Daugherty hunch over a shiny laptop, updating a Google map. Each red pin marks an appearance of federal … Read more