61 h. ago Mum of Britain's biggest family Sue Radford reveals the heartbreaking reason she'll NEVER try to track down her birth mother

On Tuesday, Noel admitted he'd secretly met up with his biological mother for the first time in January after being given up for adoption at just ten days old. It followed a two-year search to find her.

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3 d. ago Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children

Legal advocates have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to restore deportation protection for migrant children and youth who suffered parental abuse, neglect, or abandonment

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5 d. ago Transgender asylum seeker released from ICE custody following order from federal judge in Oregon

A transgender asylum seeker from Mexico has been released from a Washington state immigration detention center after being held for over a month

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1 week ago New Hampshire judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Judge certifies class-action lawsuit that’s one of many challenging order denying citizenship to those born to undocumented parents in the USUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship suffered a courtroom defeat on Thursday as a federal judge in New Hampshire blocked the controversial executive order nationwide and certified a sweeping class-action lawsuit that could protect tens of thousands of children.Ruling from the bench on Thursday, Judge Joseph LaPlante announced his decision after an hour-long hearing and said a written order will follow. The judge, an appointee of George W Bush, said a written order would follow later in the day, with a seven-day stay to allow for appeal. Continue reading...

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1 week ago New Hampshire judge to pause Trump’s birthright citizenship order

A federal judge in New Hampshire says he will certify a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship and issue a preliminary injunction blocking it

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1 week ago Iranian mother released from ICE detention after Republican House Majority Leader intervenes

An Iranian mother detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers has been released following advocacy from Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise

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1 week ago Frustrated judge blasts Trump team over deportation plans for Kilmar Abrego Garcia: ‘Like trying to nail Jell

ICE plans to arrest and deport the Salvadoran dad, again, if he’s released from pretrial detention in criminal case

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1 week ago Ice ‘politically targeted’ farm worker activist Juarez Zeferino, colleagues say

Detention comes amid Trump crackdown against perceived political enemies, including immigrants and labor leadersFarm worker activist Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, 25, was driving his partner to her job on a tulip farm north of Seattle one March morning when they were pulled over by an unmarked car. A plainclothes agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) emerged and shattered Juarez Zeferino’s front window before handcuffing him, his partner said.The officer drove Juarez Zeferino to a nondescript warehouse – the same one he and other activists had years ago discovered is an unmarked Ice holding facility. After his 25 March detention, dozens gathered outside to demand his release. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Stateless Palestinian woman detained after honeymoon released from Ice jail

Ward Sakeik, 22, who came to US aged eight, tells of ‘joy and a little shock’ after more than four months in detentionWard Sakeik, a stateless Palestinian woman who was detained in February on the way back from her honeymoon, was released from immigration detention after more than four months of confinement.“I was overfilled with joy and a little shock,” she said at a press conference on Thursday. “I mean, it was my first time seeing a tree in five months.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Honduran family freed from detention after lawsuit against ICE courthouse arrests

A Honduran mother and her two children, who challenged U.S. immigration arrests at courthouses, have been released from detention

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3 w. ago Mother sues US detention for release of two young children in first lawsuit of kind

The lawsuit argues that the family's arrests violate their Fourth Amendment right

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3 w. ago Mother sues surgeon for £200,000 over 'weight loss operation gone wrong'

Alison Tarrant is suing her surgeon over a weight-loss operation gone wrong

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3 w. ago Family files for release in lawsuit considered first involving children challenging arrests at court

A mother and her two young kids are fighting for their release from a Texas immigration detention center

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3 w. ago Judge keeps Kilmar Abrego Garcia in jail over concerns ICE will deport him immediately after release

Abrego Garcia’s attorneys expressed concern that his release would lead to immediate detention by ICE and deportation

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3 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil welcomed back to NYC with cheers after release from ICE detention

Pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University student, Mahmoud Khalil, was welcomed back to New York City with cheers after release from ICE detention, footage from Saturday (22 June) shows.

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4 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil renews devotion to Palestinian freedom at New York rally

Activist condemns Columbia’s ‘shameful trustees’ but praises students’ courage after release from Ice detentionMahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian rights activist, freed from Ice detention on Friday, returned to Columbia University on Sunday to renew his commitment to the cause of Palestinian freedom and opposition to both the university and the Trump administration.Khalil arrived back in New York on Saturday after being released from more than 100 days in detention in Louisiana by a federal judge who ruled that punishing someone over a civil immigration matter was unconstitutional and ordered his immediate release on bail. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago AOC blasts Trump’s ‘illegal’ persecution of Mahmoud Khalil as she welcomes Columbia student back to NYC

The New York congresswoman joined the Palestinian activist after his release from ICE detention, where he was detained for more than three months without charges and missed the birth of his son

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4 w. ago What to know about activist Mahmoud Khalil and his release from immigration detention

A Palestinian activist who participated in protests against Israel has been freed from federal immigration detention after 104 days

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last month Relief and a raised fist as Mahmoud Khalil goes free – but release ‘very long overdue’

The Palestinian activist described a bittersweet feeling as he emerged from Ice detention into the Louisiana sunMahmoud Khalil squinted in the afternoon sun as he walked away from the fences topped with razor wire, through two tall gates and out into the thick humidity of central Louisiana.After more than three months detained in this remote and notorious immigration detention center in the small town of Jena, he described a bittersweet feeling of release, walking towards a handful of journalists with a raised fist, visibly relieved, but composed and softly spoken. Continue reading...

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last month ‘Justice prevailed’: Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil speaks after release from ICE detention

The case is at the center of the Trump administration’s attempts to combat dissent against Israel’s war on Gaza on campuses

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