3 d. ago Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

A judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials

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2 w. ago Judge reprimands Alina Habba’s office for ‘embarrassing’ case against New Jersey mayor

Trump’s top prosecutor in New Jersey made a ‘worrying misstep’ with the case of Mayor Ras Baraka, judge says

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2 w. ago New Jersey congresswoman LaMonica McIver charged with assault after clash at detention center

‘No one is above the law – politicians or otherwise,’ interim US attorney Alina Habba said.US representative LaMonica McIver, a Democrat, was charged with assaulting federal agents after a clash outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey, the state’s federal prosecutor announced on Monday.Alina Habba, interim US attorney, said in a post on social media that McIver was facing charges “for assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement” when she visited the detention center along with two other Democratic members of the New Jersey congressional delegation on 9 May. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Harvard researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos asks for transfer to Massachusetts

A lawyer for a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos has asked that she be brought back to Massachusetts, three months after she was taken to a Louisiana immigration detention center

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3 w. ago Newark Mayor Ras Baraka set to appear in court on charge of trespassing at immigration facility

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is set to appear in federal court for a status conference on the Trump administration’s charge he trespassed at an immigration detention center in the city last week

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3 w. ago What to know about the Newark mayor's arrest at an immigration detention center

An immigration detention center in New Jersey is at the center of tensions between three congressional Democrats and the Trump administration after the arrest of Newark’s mayor outside the facility

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4 w. ago Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts student held by Ice, vows to continue legal action after jail release

PhD student says she is excited to get back to her studies during what has been a ‘very difficult’ timeA Tufts University student from Turkey has returned to Boston, one day after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center where she was held for more than six weeks after being arrested for her political speech. Rümeysa Öztürk told reporters at Logan Airport on Saturday that she was excited to get back to her studies during what has been a “very difficult” period. “In the last 45 days, I lost both my freedom and also my education during a crucial time for my doctoral studies,” she said. “But I am so grateful for all the support, kindness and care.” A federal judge ordered Öztürk’s release Friday pending a final decision on her claim that she was illegally detained following an op-ed she co-wrote last year criticizing her university’s response to Israel and the war in Gaza.She filed a lawsuit challenging her detention now assigned to US district judge William Session...

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4 w. ago Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center

A Tufts University student from Turkey has returned to Boston after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center

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4 w. ago Trump news at a glance: Newark mayor Ras Baraka takes on Trump administration over immigration

The mayor, who was arrested on Tuesday, has vowed to take legal action against an immigration detention facility in New Jersey – key US politics stories from Saturday 10 May at a glanceThe battle with the Trump administration over illegal immigration continues, with Newark mayor Ras Baraka saying he would fight his arrest in court.The mayor was arrested on Tuesday after joining three members of Congress at a protest and press conference outside a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention facility in Newark called Delaney Hall. The mayor was released about five hours later and charged with trespassing. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, released after arrest at immigration detention center

The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has been released from custody after being arrested at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week

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4 w. ago Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka released after arrest at Ice jail protest

Mayor’s wife accuses government of targeting her husband as video showed him being placed in handcuffs by officialsThe mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, was arrested for alleged trespass at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention center in New Jersey on Friday and released after several hours.Baraka was released shortly after 8pm and, after stepping out of an SUV with flashing emergency lights, told waiting supporters: “The reality is this: I didn’t do anything wrong.” Continue reading...

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last month Judge not waiting for transfer of Tufts University student detained by ICE to hold bail hearing

A federal judge in Vermont has decided not to wait for the transfer of a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center to schedule a bail hearing, more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a street in a Boston suburb

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