27 h. ago ‘He didn’t deserve that’: widow speaks out after husband’s violent death at ICE facility

Stephany Gauffeny says her husband, Miguel García-Hernández, had his ‘arms restrained to the bed and handcuffs on his feet’ as he lay dying in the hospitalWidow of man shot at ICE facility wonders if political violence is to blameA few hours before the Texas sun set, Stephany Gauffeny held her newborn son close to her chest as she started walking in a cemetery. The grave she stopped at had no headstone, but Gauffeny, 32, had written her husband’s name on a red ribbon.She married Miguel García-Hernández in 2016, nearly 10 years before he was shot at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas in late September. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Widow of man shot at Texas ICE facility wonders if political violence is to blame

Stephany Gauffeny lost her husband, Miguel García-Hernández, when he was shot at an ICE center and later died‘He didn’t deserve that’: widow speaks out after husband’s violent death at Ice facilityThe widow of one of the people killed when a gunman opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Texas last month has spoken out to question whether the political violence rising under the Trump administration played a role in her husband’s death.Stephany Gauffeny lost her husband, Miguel García-Hernández, when he became the second of two men to die in the attack outside a detention center in Dallas, after succumbing to his gunshot wounds. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Widow of man shot at Texas ICE facility questions whether political violence is to blame

Stephany Gauffeny lost her husband, Miguel García-Hernández, when he was shot at an ICE center and later died‘He didn’t deserve that’: widow speaks out after husband’s violent death at Ice facilityThe widow of one of the people killed when a gunman opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Texas last month has spoken out to question whether the political violence rising under the Trump administration played a role in her husband’s death.Stephany Gauffeny lost her husband, Miguel García-Hernández, when he became the second of two men to die in the attack outside a detention center in Dallas, after succumbing to his gunshot wounds. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ICE scrambles to hire healthcare workers for facilities as deaths and lawsuits rise

The agency is seeking doctors, nurses, and pharmacists as unprecedented numbers of people swept up in Donald Trump’s ‘mass deportation’ drive

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7 d. ago Man seeking asylum in Canada trapped at US Ice facility after he says he crossed border by mistake

Canada isn’t helping to repatriate refugee applicant Mahin Shahriar, a 28-year-old Bangladeshi man, his lawyer saysA refugee applicant living in Canada is trapped at a US immigration detention facility after he says he mistakenly crossed the border, but his lawyer says Canada isn’t helping to bring him back.Mahin Shahriar, 28, who came to Canada from Bangladesh in 2019, told the Canadian Press he accepted an invitation from a “friend” to visit a property near Montreal, which he now suspects was part of a broader human trafficking operation. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago At least 11 detained after protesters and police clash outside Chicago Ice center

Officers reportedly tackled and dragged several people after authorities told demonstrators to stay in ‘protest zones’At least 11 people were taken into custody outside the Broadview Ice detention center outside Chicago after heated confrontations between Illinois state police and protesters on Friday.Authorities had instructed demonstrators to remain in designated “protest zones”, but tensions escalated when officers moved to clear the roadway. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’

At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant wardenQueer and trans immigrants at a detention facility in south Louisiana have alleged that they faced sexual harassment and abuse, medical neglect and coerced labor by staff at the facility, and that they were repeatedly ignored or faced retaliation for speaking out.In multiple legal complaints, immigrants detained at the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center (SLIPC) in Basile, Louisiana, said they were recruited into an unsanctioned work program that forced them to perform hard manual labor for as little as $1 per day. Detainees also alleged that queer people were targeted by an assistant warden who stalked, harassed and sexually assaulted them. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Queer and trans detainees allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’

At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant wardenQueer and trans immigrants at a detention facility in south Louisiana have alleged that they faced sexual harassment and abuse, medical neglect and coerced labor by staff at the facility, and that they were repeatedly ignored or faced retaliation for speaking out.In multiple legal complaints, immigrants detained at the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center (SLIPC) in Basile, Louisiana, said they were recruited into an unsanctioned work program that forced them to perform hard manual labor for as little as $1 per day. Detainees also alleged that queer people were targeted by an assistant warden who stalked, harassed and sexually assaulted them. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Federal agents delayed and threatened to shoot an ambulance driver trying to take a protester from ICE facility: report

Outside of the Portland ICE facility, protesters have been clashing with federal agents as they vocally oppose Trump’s deployment of federal law enforcement

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1 week ago Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents: ‘Why are they targeting a clarinetist?’

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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2 w. ago Pastor hit by ICE pepper bullets in Chicago rebukes Trump administration’s description of protest: ‘Categorically false’

Rev. David Black disputes Homeland Security officials blaming ‘agitators’ and ‘rioters’ for blocking ICE facility

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2 w. ago Violent husband kicked wife to death after he found texts from another man

When Alan Wang saw messages on Hongyan Yang's phone from another man, he flew into a fit of rage and attacked the woman, causing injuries that later led to her death

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2 w. ago Judge blocks Trump from sending National Guard into Portland as protesters clash with federal agents outside ICE facility

An Oregon federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending the National Guard into Portland, as the city contends with hundreds of protestors at an ICE facility.

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2 w. ago Kristi Noem blames JB Pritzker after she’s refused access to a bathroom during visit to Illinois ICE facility

Video showed Noem and her team approaching the Village of Broadview Municipal Building, located in a suburb of Chicago, but being loudly refused by the staff inside

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3 w. ago Noem visits Chicago area ICE facility as agents detain multiple protesters outside

Federal agents have detained several people near an immigration facility outside Chicago

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3 w. ago ‘They never told me where I was going’: a family falls into Louisiana’s ‘black hole’ of deportation

Exclusive: A mother and her two US citizen children – including one with stage 4 cancer – disappeared and were deported to HondurasIt was a highway exit sign that gave away their final destination: Alexandria, Louisiana.They were driven in the back of an immigration enforcement truck – their belongings confiscated and their passports seized. Rosario* and her two US citizen children – one of whom has stage 4 kidney cancer – had no idea where agents were planning to take them. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Second detainee dies one week after Dallas ICE facility shooting: ‘His death is a senseless tragedy’

Miguel Ángel García-Hernández was a father of four children — and expecting a fifth — when he was shot outside the ICE facility

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3 w. ago A Mexican man shot at a Dallas ICE facility has died, becoming the attack's second victim

A second detainee shot in an attack on a Dallas immigration field office last week has died

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3 w. ago Second victim dies following shooting at Texas immigration facility

Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, a father of four, ‘succumbed to his injuries after being removed from life support’ A second person who was shot recently at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Dallas, Texas has died, according to the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), which is representing his family.LULAC announced in a news release on Tuesday that Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, had “succumbed to his injuries after being removed from life support following the [24 September] sniper attack on the Dallas Ice facility”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Chicago officials blast Trump’s plan to send in 100 National Guard troops: ‘This is no way to live’

The move comes after several people involved in anti-ICE protests outside an immigration facility in Chicago were reportedly charged with assaulting officers

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