51 h. ago Ice arrests at immigration courts across the US stirring panic: ‘It’s terrifying’

Advocates say families with children among those detained in LA, Phoenix, New York, Seattle, Chicago and TexasFederal authorities have arrested people at US immigration courts from New York to Arizona to Washington state in what appears to be a coordinated operation, as the Trump administration ramps up the president’s mass deportation campaign.On Tuesday, agents who identified themselves only as federal officers arrested multiple people at an immigration court in Phoenix, taking people into custody outside the facility, according to immigrant advocates. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Trump administration seeks to end protections for immigrant children in federal custody

The Trump administration is seeking to end an immigration policy cornerstone that since the 1990s has offered protections to child migrants in federal custody, a move that will be challenged by advocates

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63 h. ago Is this the moment the Pope got starstruck by Oprah? Fans convinced new Supreme Pontiff lit up when he spotted her in crowd

On Wednesday, the 71-year-old daytime television icon shared a video of the newly elected pope driving through an adoring crowd after having delivered his inaugural mass.

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66 h. ago ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge

A spate of arrests at immigration courts across the United States this week has rattled people showing up for hearings and may signal a coordinated attempt at deportations under fast-track authority that President Donald Trump sharply expanded soon after taking office

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3 d. ago Trump official says US seeking to deport eight migrants but doesn’t confirm South Sudan destination – live

Homeland security official said on Wednesday that the US is seeking to deport eight migrants convicted of serious crimesA federal judge has rejected a bid by the US treasury department to cancel a union contract covering tens of thousands of IRS staff, Reuters reports, in an early blow to Donald Trump’s efforts to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many federal workers.US district judge Danny Reeves in Lexington, Kentucky, said in a written opinion late on Tuesday that the department lacked legal standing to bring a lawsuit against the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump officials ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan

Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s returnImmigrant rights advocates have accused the Trump administration of deporting about a dozen migrants from countries including Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan in violation of a court order, and asked a judge to order their return.Lawyers for the migrants made the request in a court filing on Tuesday directed to US district judge Brian Murphy, who had barred the Trump administration from swiftly deporting migrants to countries other than their own without first hearing any concerns they had that they might be tortured or persecuted if sent there. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump questions Biden’s legitimacy as Republicans seek to capitalize on details of his decline in new book

In release of Original Sin, Trump and Republicans see a well-timed distraction, writes John Bowden

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4 d. ago Alina Habba charges Democratic congresswoman with assault after clash with masked agents at ICE facility

Prosecutors dismiss charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka but accuse Rep. McIver with assaulting officers

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6 d. ago Watch in full: Pope Leo XIV holds inaugural mass in front of thousands at St Peter’s Square

Pope Leo XIV delivered his inaugural mass in the Vatican’s St. Peter's Square on Sunday, 18 May, in front of world leaders and thousands of well-wishers.

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6 d. ago Watch live: Pope Leo XIV holds inaugural mass in front of thousands at St Peter’s Square

Watch live as Pope Leo XIV delivers his inaugural mass in the Vatican’s St. Peter's Square on Sunday, 18 May, in front of world leaders and thousands of well-wishers.

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8 d. ago Humanities groups sue Trump administration to reverse local funding cuts

A humanities federation and a state council have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reverse local funding cuts made by Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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9 d. ago Newark Mayor Ras Baraka set to appear in court on charge of trespassing at immigration facility

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is set to appear in federal court for a status conference on the Trump administration’s charge he trespassed at an immigration detention center in the city last week

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9 d. ago A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration agents is set to enter a plea

A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade U.S. immigration authorities is set to enter a plea in federal court

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1 week ago Moment masked ICE agents leave a child alone on the street as they arrest the person he was walking with

Councilwoman who filmed video says ‘it felt like our community ... is under siege’

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1 week ago Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan indicted on accusations she helped a migrant avoid ICE agents

Milwaukee justice facing six years in prison for allegedly helping undocumented migrant flee her courthouse

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1 week ago Federal grand jury indicts Wisconsin judge over alleged Ice obstruction

Hannah Dugan was arrested by FBI after reportedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid US authoritiesA federal grand jury has indicted a Wisconsin judge who was arrested by the FBI last month on allegations that she helped an undocumented immigrant avoid federal authorities.Hannah Dugan, a county circuit court judge in Milwaukee, was charged on Tuesday with concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Venezuelans ‘barricaded’ doors and ‘threatened to take hostages’ in ICE detention, Trump team alleges

Administration calls on Supreme Court for permission to swiftly deport nearly 200 immigrants detained in Texas

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1 week ago Budget airline faces boycotts for making ICE deportation flights

The airline joins several companies seeking to profit from Trump’s increased focus on deportations

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1 week ago Budget US airline criticized for making ICE deportation flights in Trump’s immigration push

The airline joins several companies seeking to profit from Trump’s increased focus on deportations

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1 week ago Ice has become Trump’s private militia. It must be abolished | Mehdi Hasan

Violent apprehensions, warrantless arrests, deported children: how many more abuses of power will it take for Democrats to speak up?On Friday, the Democratic mayor of Newark was arrested and detained in his own city by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents. His crime? Trying to gain access and inspection rights to a privately operated detention center that he says is in violation of multiple city lawsuits.Three Democratic members of Congress accompanied Ras Baraka to the Delaney Hall facility in Newark, as they exercised their own congressionally mandated right to enter Ice detention facilities for oversight purposes, without prior notice.On 8 May, Ice agents “held a young girl’s face to the ground” while they detained her mother in Worcester, Massachusetts. A video of the incident from Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra shows the teenage girl screaming as multiple agents and officers chase her and grab her legs.On 7 May, Ice agents detained Jensy Machado, a US citizen, in northe...

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