5 h. ago Photos capture Chicagoans’ protest against ICE and Trump’s intervention plans

Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.

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9 h. ago ICE launches Trump’s latest immigration crackdown in Boston, says report

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning more immigration raids for September

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10 h. ago Mexican festivals in Chicago canceled amid Trump plans to deploy troops

City and suburbs pull local events tied to Mexican Independence Day on 16 SeptemberDonald Trump’s plan to deploy national guard troops and federal immigration agents to Chicago is already having an impact on the city’s Mexican community.Organizers have canceled several local events tied to Mexican Independence Day, which occurs on 16 September. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Chicago's Mexican Independence Day celebrations shadowed by Trump’s threats for the city

President Donald Trump’s plan to dispatch National Guard troops and immigration agents into Chicago has put many Latino residents on edge

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37 h. ago Trump readies SIEGE of Chicago as feds prepare for massive immigration raid in showdown with crime

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is gearing up for a massive immigration raid of Chicago - the city President Donald Trump said he'd selected for the next federal military takeover.

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40 h. ago Pentagon expected to become ‘Department of War’ as US cities brace for Trump’s next national guard deployment – live

Move to rename Pentagon could cost tens of millions of dollars, with letterheads and signs needing to be changed; Chicago and Boston brace for troops after Trump’s threats this weekTrump expected to order rebrand of Pentagon as ‘Department of War’Chicago gears up for Trump’s national guard deploymentTensions between Michelle Wu, the mayor of Boston, and the Trump administration have been escalating in recent months over the administration’s aggressive immigration policies, with reports now signaling the possibility of a federal immigration enforcement surge in the city.The friction came to a head last week when the Trump administration reportedly began preparing an “immigration enforcement blitz” for Boston in the coming weeks, according to Politico. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Boston readies for Ice’s offensive amid Trump’s onslaught on sanctuary cities

Standoff escalates between Trump administration and Michelle Wu, city’s mayor, over immigrant protectionsTensions between Michelle Wu, the mayor of Boston, and the Trump administration have been escalating in recent months over the administration’s aggressive immigration policies, with reports now signaling the possibility of a federal immigration enforcement surge in the city.The friction came to a head last week when the Trump administration reportedly began preparing an “immigration enforcement blitz” for Boston in the coming weeks, according to Politico. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Why Trump is targeting Boston and its Democratic mayor as part of his ‘immigration enforcement blitz’

Standoff has been building since March between Trump and Michelle Wu, who last week said to ‘stop attacking cities to hide your administration’s failures’Tensions between Michelle Wu, the mayor of Boston, and the Trump administration have been escalating in recent months over the administration’s aggressive immigration policies, with reports now signaling the possibility of a federal immigration enforcement surge in the city.The friction came to a head last week when the Trump administration reportedly began preparing an “immigration enforcement blitz” for Boston in the coming weeks, according to Politico. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states

The Trump administration is investigating Medicaid spending in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status

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54 h. ago Trump plans to sign executive order to rename Pentagon to ‘Department of War’ – live

Order would authorize Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, to introduce legislation to revert to pre-1949 nameHealth secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will appear before a congressional committee on Thursday, where he’s expected to face questions about turmoil at federal health agencies.The US Senate finance committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again”. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail can stay open, appeals court says

Move puts on hold federal judge’s order last month to close Florida immigration facility An appellate panel on Thursday put on hold an order to wind down operations at the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration center in the Florida Everglades.Last month a federal judge in Miami had ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious immigration jail within 60 days, and ruled that no more detainees were to be brought to the facility while it was being wound down. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Pentagon allows ICE to use Navy base as launchpad for immigration raids in Chicago: report

Chicago officials are preparing for an influx of federal immigration law enforcement

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61 h. ago RFK Jr grilled in tense hearing about chaos at federal health agencies and vaccines – live updates

Trump’s health secretary faces tough questions on about department layoffs and budget cuts amid scrutiny over his plans to ‘make America healthy again’Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will appear before a congressional committee on Thursday, where he’s expected to face questions about turmoil at federal health agencies.The US Senate finance committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again”. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago RFK Jr and Democrats spar in tense hearing about chaos at federal health agencies and vaccines – live updates

Trump’s health secretary faces tough questions on about department layoffs and budget cuts amid scrutiny over his plans to ‘make America healthy again’Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will appear before a congressional committee on Thursday, where he’s expected to face questions about turmoil at federal health agencies.The US Senate finance committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again”. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago US visa and green card agency creating police force to arrest immigrants and lawyers suspected of fraud

Legal experts warn USCIS is unlawfully expanding the immigration law enforcement wing of Trump’s agenda

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63 h. ago RFK Jr defends chaos at federal health agencies as Democratic senators attack his ‘disaster’ tenure – live updates

Trump’s health secretary faces tough questions on about department layoffs and budget cuts amid scrutiny over his plans to ‘make America healthy again’Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will appear before a congressional committee on Thursday, where he’s expected to face questions about turmoil at federal health agencies.The US Senate finance committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again”. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago RFK Jr to be grilled by senators on chaos at federal health agencies and vaccine policy changes – live updates

Trump’s health secretary is expected to face tough questions on about department layoffs and budget cuts amid scrutiny over his plans to ‘make America healthy again’Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will appear before a congressional committee on Thursday, where he’s expected to face questions about turmoil at federal health agencies.The US Senate finance committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again”. Continue reading...

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3 d. 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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3 d. ago Trump admin accused of ‘attack’ on immigrants after banning voter recruitment drives at naturalization events

A voter advocacy group said the Trump administration is ‘making it harder for new citizens to register to vote, which is yet another intimidation tactic and attack on the immigrant community’

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3 d. ago White House vows to appeal after judge sides with Harvard and reverses billions in Trump cuts – live

Spokesperson attacks ‘activist judge’ after administration’s cuts to university research ruled to be illegal retaliationAs part of the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportations, the defense department will soon have hundreds of military judges work on immigration cases, the Associated Press reports:The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the federal justice department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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