66 h. ago Disorder breaks out at New Jersey immigration detention center

Protesters outside a New Jersey federal immigration detention center locked arms and pushed against barricades as vehicles passed through gates and Newark’s mayor cited reports of a possible uprising and escape as disorder broke out at the facility

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3 d. ago Prince William looks the part in a flat cap and wellington boots as he visits a muddy Dartmoor after unveiling 'ambitious' 20

Looking the part in a pair of wellington boots and a flat cap, the Prince of Wales, known also as the Duke of Cornwall, visited Tor Bog, an area of restored peatland in Dartmoor.

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4 d. ago Trump sets record straight on migrant detention center rumor fueling riots in LA

In February, Trump deployed members of the Armed Forces to expand the capacity of a detention facility at the Cuba base.

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4 d. ago White House slams 'fake news' report Trump has big plans to send 9,000 migrants to notorious terrorist detention center

In February, Trump deployed members of the Armed Forces to expand the capacity of a detention facility at the Cuba base.

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4 d. ago Trump to send 9,000 migrants to notorious terrorist detention center as mass deportation plan ramps up

In February, Trump deployed members of the Armed Forces to expand the capacity of a detention facility at the Cuba base.

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5 d. ago Congresswoman indicted after shoving match with ICE outside New Jersey immigration detention center

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver faces federal charges alleging she ‘forcibly impeded’ immigration officers during a skirmish outside a New Jersey detention center

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5 d. ago US Rep. McIver indicted on federal 'charges from skirmish at New Jersey immigration center

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has been indicted on federal charges alleging she “forcibly impeded" immigration officers during a skirmish outside a New Jersey detention center

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6 d. ago ‘History will judge us as cowards or heroes’: Ras Baraka, the mayor arrested by Ice, won’t be intimidated

The politician, who’s been labeled ‘too progressive, too Black’ in the race for New Jersey governor, reflects on Trump, immigration and the power of poetryIt took about two minutes for Ras Baraka to be propelled from being a relatively obscure New Jersey politician into a nationwide avatar. The transformation happened on 9 May when he was trying to inspect Delaney Hall, a privately run federal immigration detention center that he accuses of violating safety protocols, when he was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).Video footage of those fateful minutes show burly Ice agents dressed in militarised fatigues dragging the mayor into the compound. Baraka, who was accompanying three congressmembers, has his hands yanked behind his back and is handcuffed. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago LA protests live: Clashes erupt at detention center amid political turmoil over Trump deploying National Guard

California governor Gavin Newsom has called the move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and warned that it would ‘only escalate tensions’

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7 d. ago LA protests live: Mayor says Trump’s National Guard deployment is ‘chaotic escalation’ as detention center stand

California governor Gavin Newsom has called the move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and warned that it would ‘only escalate tensions’

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9 d. ago UK seaside town among top 5 most complained about beaches worldwide

Beachgoers far and wide can plan accordingly before visiting a picture-postcard destination this summer, as the world's most complained about beaches have been revealed.

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1 week ago DOGE finds an unlikely new cut as $47m plan for nation’s largest migrant detention center put on hold

Pause in detention contract process comes as administration seeks massive expansion to ICE detention system

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1 week ago Mahmoud Khalil describes pain of missing son’s birth in latest court filing

Palestinian graduate describes weeping as he crouched on detention center floor listening to wife give birthMahmoud Khalil, the detained Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist, has said in a new court filing that the “most immediate and visceral harms” he has experienced during his nearly three-month detention have been missing the birth of his son and being separated from his wife.“Instead of holding my wife’s hand in the delivery room, I was crouched on a detention center floor, whispering through a crackling phone line as she labored alone,” Khalil said. “I listened to her pain, trying to comfort her while 70 other men slept around me. When I heard my son’s first cries, I buried my face in my arms so no one would see me weep. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

A judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials

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2 w. ago Federal officials to vet social media accounts of visa applicants heading to Harvard

Federal officials are set to start reviewing the social media accounts of visa applicants who plan to attend, work at or visit Harvard University for any signs of antisemitism

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2 w. ago Why shoulder season is the perfect time to visit Sicily: how to plan a late spring or autumn break

There’s less crowds, the produce is at its finest and it’s the ideal temperature for eating al fresco —now is the time for a Sicilian sojourn, says Rosalyn Wikeley

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2 w. ago These are some of the many people legally in the US who have been detained by ICE or refused entry

A series of people – some of whom have never known life outside the United States – have been detained and deported amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration

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3 w. ago Democrats double down on ICE confrontations and plan more visits to detention centers: report

‘Members are getting increasingly angry and frustrated at the overreach,’ said New York Democrat Jay Morelle

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3 w. ago New Jersey congresswoman LaMonica McIver charged with assault after clash at detention center

‘No one is above the law – politicians or otherwise,’ interim US attorney Alina Habba said.US representative LaMonica McIver, a Democrat, was charged with assaulting federal agents after a clash outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey, the state’s federal prosecutor announced on Monday.Alina Habba, interim US attorney, said in a post on social media that McIver was facing charges “for assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement” when she visited the detention center along with two other Democratic members of the New Jersey congressional delegation on 9 May. Continue reading...

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