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
A federal judge has dismissed an indictment against a Los Angeles TikTok streamer who was shot by an officer during an immigration enforcement operation and accused of assaulting a federal agent, citing a constitutional violation. Carlitos Ricardo Parias, a TikTok creator who broadcasts local news, was accused in October of crashing his car into the … Read more
A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its Justice Department counterpart from “sweeping” civil arrests in immigration courts across Northern California, filing an appeal challenge to one of the Trump administration’s most controversial deportation tactics. “This circumstance presents non-citizens in removal proceedings with a Hobson’s choice between two … 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
(This story has been updated to correct who was involved in the Indio crash.) The federal agents who are carrying out immigration enforcement recently crossed in several cities of the Coachella Valley, officials said Friday, December 19. “ICE has been very active in our city over the past few days,” Palm Springs Police Chief Andy … 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
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — State and federal authorities are closely monitoring online criticism and protests against immigration crackdowns in New Orleans, monitoring message boards around the clock for threats to agents while gathering regular updates on public “sentiment” surrounding the arrests, according to law enforcement records reviewed by The Associated Press. The intelligence gathering comes … Read more