47 h. ago Vice mayor who called ICE ‘the biggest gang there is’ and for ‘cholos’ to defend their territory should resign, cop union says

Attorney for under-fire Cynthia Gonzalez insists she ‘in no way encouraged anyone to engage in violence’ in call for notorious criminal gangs to join resistance to roundup of undocumented migrants

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69 h. 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 California vice mayor calls for gangs to help protect communities from ICE raids

Cynthia Gonzalez could face FBI investigation over appeal to notorious criminal outfits to join pushback against federal roundups of undocumented migrants

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3 d. ago A Houston woman called the cops to report domestic abuse. They then called ICE.

The mother-of-three says she was accosted by her ex in April, and reported the incident to the police, who then notified ICE of her immigration status

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1 week ago My petty gripe: you don’t need to try before you buy a scoop of ice

Bigger, more consequential life decisions are made without a road test. Be brave. Take a risk. Live, laugh, lickRead more petty gripesThe customer asks for a sample, the patient server hands over a dollop of frozen dairy on the end of a stick, and the customer smacks their lips once, twice, three times then emits a vague sound of approval from Bananarama-stained lips. The ice-cream server doesn’t know where to look, or what expression to wear, as the customer gums at the glob of gelato. The customer asks for a taste of the vanilla. Then the chocolate.This excruciating exchange happens daily in ice-cream shops and gelaterias across the world. Why many ice-cream customers – or as I call them, ice-cream cowards – feel entitled to samples before committing to a flavour, I do not know. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Stephen Miller meeting with ICE officials was the spark for LA protests and National Guard call

Trump’s anti-immigration architect reportedly told ICE to ‘just go out there and arrest aliens’

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2 w. ago LA riots: Shocking images as city burns over Donald Trump's migrant crackdown

Crowds have rampaged through the streets of LA following clashes with ICE immigration officials as Donald Trump called in the National Guard with cars burned in the streets and businesses looted

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2 w. ago Stephen Miller calls mass LA protests against ICE raids an ‘insurrection’ as unrest continues

Tense confrontations between police and demonstrators in L.A. continued for a second day on Saturday, in response to operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents

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3 w. ago Democrats are calling for ICE agents to lose their masks and have identities released. DHS says no way

Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, wants to make it a crime to ‘doxx’ law enforcement

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3 w. ago ICE operation calls for 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard troops to make deportation arrests

‘Operation at Large’ calls for thousands of federal agents from across law enforcement agencies to join the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort

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