23 h. ago North Carolina city braces for Border Patrol agents and immigration sweeps. Here's what to know

Local authorities say federal immigration agents plan to target North Carolina’s largest city, Charlotte

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28 h. ago Immigrant who allegedly dodged ICE with Wisconsin judge's help has been deported

An immigrant who was arrested after a Milwaukee judge allegedly helped him dodge federal agents has been deported

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65 h. ago ‘MigraWatch’ trainings to ‘Whistlemania’ events: Chicagoans fight back against ICE raids

Residents are organizing in response to raids across the city amid Trump’s wide-ranging ‘operation midway blitz’Anaís Robles didn’t expect to get teargassed. The co-owner of Colibrí Cafe, the coffee shop that opened this year in Chicago’s East Side neighborhood, saw commotion outside in mid October and ran to see what happened.Robles saw federal agents donning masks and decided to step back, she was half a block away when the tear gas canisters hit. “People were just in the streets, so to clear out the area, they teargas all of us, and like, multiple teargas [cannisters],” she said. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Sicily deserves better than the looming prospect of a giant bridge that will never get built | Jamie Mackay

Troubled waters over the world’s longest suspension bridge are no surprise. The Italian government should be funding public servicesA dozen or so times each day, as Italy’s southbound Intercity rail service arrives in the Calabrian town of Villa San Giovanni, the journey comes to a dramatic halt. The train is decoupled from its tracks, carefully loaded on to the deck of a ferry, and secured in place. The entire cargo then eases out into the Strait of Messina en route to Sicily. Invariably, this 25-minute crossing becomes an impromptu community moment. Passengers abandon their carriages, flocking to the ship’s top-deck snack bar to share freshly fried arancini, trade anecdotes, and admire the vista over Mount Etna’s distant peak, before returning to continue their journey by rail.For tourists and itinerant visitors like myself, the ferry crossing is a charming novelty. For local people, however, it has long been a defining part of their identity. In his 1941 novel, Conversations in S...

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4 d. ago California cop tried to stop a man pointing a gun at a female driver. It was a plainclothes ICE agent

The FBI has requested that ICE agents identify themselves in an effort to prevent criminals from donning masks and posing as federal agents

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5 d. ago Suburban Chicago dad and toddler headed to store says they were pepper

A suburban Chicago father says he and his 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed at close range as they headed grocery shopping over the weekend and happened upon federal immigration agents

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6 d. ago Chicago police respond as ‘shots fired’ at federal agents amid immigration operations

The Department of Homeland Security said shots were fired by a man in a black Jeep who was targeting the agents

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7 d. ago Chicago police respond to report of shots fired at federal agents amid immigration operations

Chicago Police say they have responded to a call of gunshots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement operations

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9 d. ago Man who threw sandwich at US federal agent found not guilty of assault

Former justice department employee’s lawyers argued it was a ‘harmless gesture’ during an act of protest A former Department of Justice employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington DC was found not guilty of assault by a DC jury on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.Sean Charles Dunn, a former justice department paralegal, became a symbol of the resistance to Trump’s occupation in the nation’s capital when video of him, clad in a pink polo shirt and shorts, throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent, wearing a bulletproof vest, went viral. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge

A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault

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9 d. ago Judge will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against protesters and media

A judge said Thursday she will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against peaceful protesters and media, saying current practices violate their constitutional rights

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9 d. ago Immigrant sentenced to time served after Wisconsin judge allegedly helped him evade federal agents

An immigrant who was arrested after a Milwaukee judge allegedly helped him dodge federal agents has been sentenced to time served for illegally reentering the United States

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1 week ago Jury deliberates in assault case against DC man who threw sandwich at federal agent in viral video

A jury is deliberating in the Justice Department’s assault case against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent, turning him into a symbol of resistance to President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital

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1 week ago Excessive force allegations will be the focus of a Chicago court hearing

A judge will consider how to respond to allegations that federal immigration agents in the Chicago area have used excessive force

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1 week ago Sandwich thrown at federal agent ‘exploded’ on impact, officer tells court: ‘You could smell the onions and mustard’

After he’s accused of throwing the sandwich Dunn ran away but was apprehended about a block away

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1 week ago FBI fires additional agents who participated in investigating Trump, AP sources say

The FBI has continued its personnel purge, forcing out additional agents and supervisors tied to the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election despite efforts by Washington’s top federal prosecutor to try to stop at least some of the terminations

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1 week ago ‘A harmless gesture:’ assault trial begins for man who threw sandwich at federal agent

After throwing the sandwich, Dunn ran away but was apprehended about a block away

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1 week ago Man who threw sandwich at federal agent calls it an act of protest. Prosecutors argue it's a crime

A man charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent calls it an act of protest

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1 week ago Trial starts for DC man charged with throwing sandwich at federal agent

A video that went viral captured Sean Charles Dunn hurling his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent outside a nightclubThrowing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington DC residents that Dunn simply broke the law.That could be a tough sell for the government in a city that has chafed against Trump’s federal takeover, which is entering its third month. A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count before the office of Jeanine Pirro, a US attorney, opted to charge him instead with a misdemeanor. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Washington DC man who threw sandwich at federal agent faces trial for assault

A video that went viral captured Sean Charles Dunn hurling his sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent outside a nightclubThrowing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. This week, federal prosecutors are trying to persuade a jury of fellow Washington DC residents that Dunn simply broke the law.That could be a tough sell for the government in a city that has chafed against Trump’s federal takeover, which is entering its third month. A grand jury refused to indict Dunn on a felony assault count before the office of Jeanine Pirro, a US attorney, opted to charge him instead with a misdemeanor. Continue reading...

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