24 h. ago Fentanyl drug dealer pictured crying her eyes out as she's arrested by ICE

Virginia Basora-Gonzalez, 36, was reprimanded and apprehended by US Immigration and Customs officials in Philadelphia as part of a joint operation with the US Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

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58 h. ago Lawyers say ICE ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents: ‘Serious human rights violation’

Attorneys are pressing for answers about the whereabouts of three dozen people arrested in immigration raids

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60 h. ago ICE arrests advocate who spent years living in church and creating network of sanctuary spaces in Denver area

Jeanette Vizguerra, described as a ‘warrior’ and a ‘pillar of Denver’s immigrant rights community,’ was arrested in the parking lot of a Target

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3 d. ago German national arrested at Boston airport and his family has no clue why he is being held by ICE

Green card holder Fabian Schmidt was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport on March 7 and is currently in ICE detention

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3 d. ago ICE violated rights of a US citizen and 21 others during arrests, Chicago activists allege

Chicago activists and attorneys say federal immigration agents violated the rights of 22 people, including a U.S. citizen, in immigration enforcement arrests during the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term

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4 d. ago Man caught with enough fentanyl to wipe out a small city was previously LET OFF by Dem governor

Percy Levy, 54, was arrested Thursday during a traffic stop in Everett following a 16-month investigation by the Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force.

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4 d. ago Edvard Munch Portraits review – in search of the master of jealousy, neurosis and despair

National Portrait Gallery, LondonStrindberg and his psychic double and the fierce sister of Nietzsche are among the stars in this show devoted to the Norwegian painter’s tremendous portraits – yet the omissions are glaringIn the autumn of 1908, Edvard Munch admitted himself to Dr Daniel Jacobson’s private clinic in Copenhagen to be treated for acute alcohol-induced psychosis. Over the next eight months, Jacobson helped him give up nicotine as well as drink. Of the stream of images Munch painted in the clinic – never paralysed by any setback – one is a towering portrait of the doctor that appears about halfway through this new show.Jacobson stands tall, feet widely planted, hands on hips in his three-piece suit. His face is all sharp-eyed intelligence, equal to any crisis. The sitter thought the picture loopy, perhaps because of all the pulsating energy that radiates around him in swift strokes to rival his vigour. But a photograph of the two men, the painting between them, shows it ...

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5 d. ago Moment 'pro Hamas' Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil is arrested by ICE before protesters storm Trump Tower demanding his release

Mahmoud Khalil, an activist accused by Trump of being pro Hamas, was detained by immigration agents in the lobby of their apartment building in New York City last Saturday.

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8 d. ago Who is Mahmoud Khalil? The detained Columbia graduate praised as steady negotiator

Key figure in pro-Palestinian campus protests arrested by Ice known for kindness and skill for de-escalationMahmoud Khalil, the recent Columbia University graduate who was detained by Ice on Saturday night, was linked by Donald Trump, without evidence, to “pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity”. But for those who know him, Khalil was a student, a steady negotiator and a leader whose activism placed him at the center of a national movement for Palestinian solidarity.Khalil, a Palestinian green card holder who is currently in immigration detention in Louisiana, was a lead negotiator for Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), a role that thrust him into the spotlight during the pro-Palestinian encampment protests last spring – long before his high-profile arrest. He gained a reputation among fellow protesters as a principled and strategic organizer, earning praise for his ability to de-escalate tense situations. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Wife of Columbia graduate student detained by Ice speaks out about his arrest

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice agents on Saturday, part of Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protestersMahmoud Khalil’s wife, who is now eight months pregnant, issued a statement on Tuesday night after the Columbia University graduate student and activist was arrested in New York by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) as part of the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke his green card and have him deported.“I am pleading with the world to continue to speak up against his unjust and horrific detention by the Trump administration,” Khalil’s wife, who is a US citizen, said in her statement, remaining anonymous for fear of harassment. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago What to know about Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia protester arrested by ICE and facing deportation

A U.S. green card holder faces deportation after helping lead student protests at Columbia University in New York last spring over the war in Gaza

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9 d. ago Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy | Moustafa Bayoumi

The Columbia University graduate’s arrest is an attempt to destroy free thinking while murdering due processForced disappearance, kidnapping, political imprisonment, take your pick. These terms all describe what has happened under the Trump administration’s first arrest for thought crimes, something that should never happen in a democracy.But it has. To Mahmoud Khalil, a recently graduated master’s student from Columbia University’s school of international and public affairs. And for each minute that Khalil is held in detention, every one of us should feel like our own individual rights in this country are being shredded. The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is a barefaced attempt by the Trump administration to destroy free thinking while murdering due process and free speech along the way. This is an ominous development. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Hundreds of passengers evacuated from German train after knifeman threatens staff

Man arrested after incident on Deutsche Bahn ICE train headed from Cologne to Berlin

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1 week ago US judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist detained by Ice

Critics condemn arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia University graduate student who led protests over Gaza warA judge has blocked the deportation of the prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s protests against Israel over the war in Gaza. Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who holds permanent US residency, is being detained by US immigration authorities at a facility in Louisiana after his arrest, according to information from officials.A spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – confirmed the arrest. In a statement to the Associated Press, a homeland security department spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, said Khalil’s arrest was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump warns that ICE arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia University will be ‘first of many’

Student leader accused immigration officials of conducting ‘open repression of student activism and political speech’

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1 week ago Rubio and homeland security confirm arrest of Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice despite having a green card and his lawyers do not know where he’s being heldUS politics live – latest updatesA spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – have confirmed the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who helped lead protests at the school against Israel over the war in Gaza.Homeland security department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the arrest of Khalil – who holds permanent US residency – in a statement on Sunday to Associated Press, saying it was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says

Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s warA prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested on Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a state department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.Mahmoud Khalil was at his university-owned apartment, blocks from the private Ivy League university’s main campus in New York when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents entered the building and took him into custody, his attorney, Amy Greer, told the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says

A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents

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2 w. ago Trump declares the 'invasion of our country is over' and the border is 'closed' after mass ICE arrests

In a post to his Truth Social page, Trump said that in the last month his administration had recorded the lowest number of immigrants trying to enter the country ever.

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2 w. ago Man arrested over death of ice hockey player rebailed for seventh time

Adam Johnson was playing for Nottingham Panthers against Sheffield Steelers when he was hit in the neck by an opposition player’s skate.

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