52 h. ago US citizen arrested during Ice raid in what family describes as ‘kidnapping’

Andrea Velez, 32, a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, had just been dropped off at work by her mother and sisterA US citizen was arrested during an immigration raid in downtown Los Angeles this week in what her family described as a “kidnapping” by federal immigration agents.Andrea Velez, 32, had just been dropped off at work by her mother and sister, the pair said, when they saw agents grab her. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago California official criticized for appearing to call on gangs to intervene in immigration raids

The vice mayor of a tiny Southern California city is under fire after appearing to call on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in Los Angeles

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3 d. ago The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’

Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities ‘highlights the illegitimacy of actions’Some wear balaclavas. Some wear neck gators, sunglasses and hats. Some wear masks and casual clothes.Across the country, armed federal immigration officers have increasingly hidden their identities while carrying out immigration raids, arresting protesters and roughing up prominent Democratic critics. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Conan O’Brien defends immigrants as Trump carries out aggressive mass deportation in LA: ‘They’re doing all the work’

Former late-night host and comedian emphasized the importance of immigrants in Los Angeles in the wake of Trump’s immigration raids

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4 d. ago ‘Clouded in mystery’: how Ice became a rogue agency that does Trump’s bidding

Shrouded in secrecy, the US law enforcement agency has become a kind of domestic stormtrooper for Maga’s agendaAcross the US, group chats and community threads have started spiking with warnings. Not just the typical alerts about traffic or out of service subway stations, but where and when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raid was last seen. What places to avoid. What the plainclothes agents might look like.“Hey all,” a Brooklyn, New York, resident wrote in a closed chat with neighbors last week. “A little birdie just told me ICE is out.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago What to know about debate over protesters and ICE agents wearing masks amid immigration crackdowns

People fearful of being arrested for wearing masks while protesting immigration raids in Los Angeles and other cities have voiced anger over Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents covering their faces

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6 d. ago Denied, detained, deported: the faces of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The administration has torn up the rulebook as it seeks to implement a hardline agenda to expel people from the USDonald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting people requesting asylum and refugees while conducting raids and deportations in undocumented communities, detaining and deporting immigrants and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multipronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This extraordinary assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Los Angeles Dodgers donate $1m to families affected by Ice raids

Team, which said it stopped Ice agents entering parking lot on Thursday, makes donation to immigrant familiesThe Los Angeles Dodgers have donated $1m to assist families affected by two weeks of immigration raids in southern California.The World Series champions also said they intend to form partnerships with the California Community Foundation, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and other organization to continue providing aid to immigrant families. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago As Ice infiltrates LA, neighborhoods fall quiet: ‘We can’t even go out for a walk’

Raids have brought life to a standstill for some immigrant residents while others pick up pieces after arrests of familyIt has been eerily easy to find street parking in Los Angeles’s fashion district this week. In the nearby flower district, longtime vendors have locked up stalls. And in East LA, popular taquerías have temporarily closed.Neighborhoods across LA and southern California have gone quiet since the Trump administration ramped up immigration raids in the region two weeks ago. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Americans are witnessing immigration arrests firsthand. Many say they can’t just watch

White House border czar Tom Homan has said agents are being forced to do more arrests in communities

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7 d. ago Many Americans are witnessing immigration arrests for the first time and reacting

With the Trump administration aggressively trying to increase the number of immigration arrests, raids are now being conducted at all hours and more Americans are witnessing people being hauled off

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8 d. ago Dodgers announce $1 million donation to aid families of immigrants affected by federal raids

The Los Angeles Dodgers have donated $1 million to assist families impacted by two weeks of immigration raids in Southern California

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8 d. ago California challenges troop deployment after appeals court rules for Trump

State to argue in federal court that control of national guard – deployed to Los Angeles – should return to Gavin NewsomCalifornia’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment on the streets of Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday after an appeals court handed Donald Trump a key procedural win in the case.Friday’s hearing comes a day after the ninth circuit appellate panel allowed the president to keep control of national guard troops he deployed in response to protests over immigration raids. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Wimbledon hero Martina Navratilova fears losing US citizenship after what happened to TikTok star

Martina Navratilova has lived in the United States since she was 18 years old but fears her citizenship could be taken away following Donald Trump's immigration raids

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9 d. ago Restaurants, hotels and farms beg Trump to exempt their businesses from immigration raids after screeching policy U

Confusion as tension between deportation targets and economic necessity bolsters fear and uncertainty

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9 d. ago ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses

Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job

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1 week ago Immigration raid at Louisiana racetrack ends with more than 80 arrests

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested upward of 80 people unlawfully in the country during a raid at a southwest Louisiana racetrack, the agency announced

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1 week ago Nezza's Spanish anthem at Dodger Stadium ignites debate over team's immigrant support

After Latin pop and R&B singer Nezza's viral controversial performance at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers fans have grown frustrated over the team’s lack of vocal support for local immigrant communities impacted by the rise of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests and raids

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1 week ago ‘To not speak out is to be complicit’: LA faith leaders mobilize amid Ice raids

Since federal agents descended on the city, faith leaders have rallied congregants, protested and devoted resources to serve immigrantsKevin Kang, a pastor at a United Methodist church about 15 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, was furious last Thursday when he heard that the taco stand next door was raided by immigration agents.Not only did US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) target his favorite vendors, he said, they had also used the church parking lot to prepare for a raid on a host of popular Mexican food trucks on Foothill Boulevard, a major street in the city of Tujunga. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Los Angeles mayor lifts downtown curfew she imposed during protests against immigration raids

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is lifting a curfew in downtown Los Angeles

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