7 h. ago Louisiana prison chosen for immigration detainees due to its notoriety, says Noem

Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem said she hoped it would encourage people in the US illegally to self-deportThe Trump administration purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the US illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday.A complex inside the Louisiana state penitentiary, an immense rural prison better known as Angola, will be used to detain those whom Noem described as the “worst of the worst” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detainees. Noem was speaking to reporters as she stood on the grounds of the facility near a new sign reading, “Louisiana Lockup.” Continue reading...

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21 h. ago ‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custodyUS immigration authorities have deported dozens of Russian asylum seekers to Moscow, including a serviceman wanted for desertion who has since been detained, the Guardian can reveal.At least two deportation flights operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) departed from the agency’s major detention hub in Alexandria, Louisiana and landed in Cairo, Egypt, where the asylum seekers were transferred to flights bound for Moscow with the cooperation of Egyptian and Russian authorities, according to interviews with passengers and human rights campaigners. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, appeals court rules – US politics live

2-1 decision from fifth circuit is the first federal appeals court ruling on presidential proclamation invoking 1798 lawHello and welcome to the US politics live blog for today. I am Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with the news that a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that president Donald Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans he alleged were part of a criminal gang.A judge has found the Trump administration’s use of national guard troops during southern California immigration enforcement protests was illegal. Judge Charles Breyer ruled on Tuesday that the administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids. The judge did not require the remaining troops withdrawn, however.The US House of Representatives oversight committee released thousands of pages of records related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein from the justice departme...

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34 h. ago California bill would require parents be notified when immigration enforcement is at school

The California Legislature has passed a bill requiring schools to create plans for notifying parents and teachers when immigration enforcement is on campus

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43 h. ago Trump’s use of the National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal, a judge rules

A judge has ruled the Trump administration’s use of National Guard troops during Southern California immigration enforcement protests is illegal

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49 h. ago Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

Legal experts say charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on first amendment rightsThe arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan.Bajun Mavalwalla II – a former army sergeant who survived a roadside bomb blast on a special operations mission in Afghanistan – was charged in July with “conspiracy to impede or injure officers” after joining a demonstration against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in Spokane, Washington. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Motorcyclist on shopping trip arrested amid Labour’s crackdown on undocumented migrants

Fernando Fontoura, who moved to the UK aged 12, detained in drive to find people ‘illegally working’ as delivery driversA motorcycle rider out on a shopping trip was arrested and detained for a month as part of a high-profile government crackdown on undocumented migrants working for food delivery apps.Fernando Fontoura, 33, who moved from Portugal to the UK when he was 12, was arrested by immigration enforcement officers after he parked his motorbike near a grocery store in south-east London on 22 July. He was taken to a detention centre near Gatwick airport where he was held for 29 days. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘I’m not coming home’: Trump policy holds people in Ice custody without bail

Restaurant worker’s case shows how Trump administration is ‘inflicting the maximum punishment’, experts sayLiset Fernandez spent most of the summer worried about her dad, Luis, but a few weeks ago she got some good news. After being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody for weeks, an immigration judge in Texas granted him release on a $5,000 bond.Luis, came to the US from Ecuador in 1994, had been held in detention at a facility in Livingston, Texas, thousands of miles away from his home in Queens. Liset, 17, had taken on extra shifts working a retail job to support her mom and nine-year-old brother. Luis’s co-workers at the Square diner, a railcar-style greasy spoon in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood for over 100 years, had raised more than $20,000 to support him and his family. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago By the numbers: the latest Ice and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US

The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inaugurationDonald Trump campaigned on a platform of mass deportation. Since he took office, his administration has reshaped immigration enforcement across the country. The Guardian US, using data published every two weeks by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), is tracking the number of people the administration has arrested, detained and deported. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago RFK Jr ally chosen to lead CDC as departing officials hit out at vaccine messaging – live

Deputy health secretary Jim O’Neill will become interim CDC director as staffers rally for officials who quitBorder czar Tom Homan said that there will be a “ramp up” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) operations in Chicago, and other Democratic-led cities, after Labor Day.He added:You’re going to see a ramp up of operations continue in New York, operations continuing in LA...Portland, Seattle, all these sanctuary cities that refuse to work with ICE, where we know public safety threats are being released every day into this country. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago RFK Jr ally reportedly chosen to lead CDC as departing officials hit out at vaccine messaging – live

Report says deputy health secretary Jim O’Neill to become interim CDC director as staffers rally for officials who quitBorder czar Tom Homan said that there will be a “ramp up” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) operations in Chicago, and other Democratic-led cities, after Labor Day.He added:You’re going to see a ramp up of operations continue in New York, operations continuing in LA...Portland, Seattle, all these sanctuary cities that refuse to work with ICE, where we know public safety threats are being released every day into this country. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago CDC leaders who quit say ‘get politics out of public health’, hitting out against RFK Jr’s anti

Daniel Jernigan, Debra Houry and Demetre Daskalakis – who resigned from public health organization - hailed as heroes in demonstration outside CDC HQBorder czar Tom Homan said that there will be a “ramp up” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) operations in Chicago, and other Democratic-led cities, after Labor Day.He added:You’re going to see a ramp up of operations continue in New York, operations continuing in LA...Portland, Seattle, all these sanctuary cities that refuse to work with ICE, where we know public safety threats are being released every day into this country. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago White House says new CDC director nominee to be announced ‘very soon’ – US politics live

When asked about the firing dispute of Susan Monarez, Karoline Leavitt said Trump had ‘every right’ to fire her and that the director was ‘not aligned’ with his Maha agendaBorder czar Tom Homan said that there will be a “ramp up” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) operations in Chicago after Labor Day, as well as other Democratic-led cities. He added:You’re going to see a ramp up of operations continue in New York, operations continuing in LA...Portland, Seattle, all these sanctuary cities that refuse to work with ICE, where we know public safety threats are being released every day into this country. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago US deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes, advocates say

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights reach record highs, the airlines running the trips have taken steps to make it more difficult to track the planes used to carry shackled people across the country and around the world

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9 d. ago Judge halts Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Ábrego García for now

Maryland man, back in US after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, detained again and faces deportation to UgandaKilmar Ábrego García – who has been thrust into the middle of an acrimonious deportation saga by the second Trump administration – has been detained after reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Baltimore on Monday, but a judge later ruled that he cannot be deported for now.His detainment comes just three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee.Shrai Popat contributed reporting Continue reading...

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9 d. ago EXCLUSIVE: ICE to spend $100 million on 1,000 more SUVs to support Trump’s mass deportation efforts

Exclusive: The immigration enforcement agency will take delivery of 100 modified SUVs every two months, for the next 20 months, according to an draft RFP obtained by The Independent

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9 d. ago Photos of Abrego Garcia turning himself in at ICE office surrounded by family and supporters

Kilmar Abrego Garcia turn himself in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore on Monday. He was accompanied by his wife, brother and supporters who were protesting the Trump administration's plan to deport him to Uganda.

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9 d. ago Kilmar Ábrego García detained after reporting to US immigration agents

Maryland man, back in US after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, is threatened with deportation to UgandaKilmar Ábrego García – who has been thrust into the middle of an acrimonious deportation saga by the second Trump administration – has been detained after reporting to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Baltimore on Monday.“The only reason he was taken into detention was to punish him,” Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, an attorney representing Ábrego, told a crowd of supporters outside a Baltimore Ice field office on Monday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Superman actor Dean Cain, 59, brutally mocked for struggling through training course after signing up with ICE

The 59-year-old Hollywood star revealed he is becoming an 'honorary' ICE officer in an effort to help President Donald Trump 's immigration enforcers drive up recruitment numbers.

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1 week ago What to know: Four ways ICE is training new agents and scaling up

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is key in President Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations

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