Investigators said an immigration official managed to physically assault his girlfriend for years. Another admitted to repeatedly sexually abusing a woman in his custody. A third is accused of taking bribes to remove detention orders on people targeted for deportation. At least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged … Read more
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three Idaho families who are U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents are suing after they and hundreds of other people were detained for hours during an aggressive immigration raid at a rural horse racing track last year. The families say state and federal law enforcement agencies conspired to use unconstitutional and … Read more
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier isn’t opposed to immigration enforcement. She was encouraged by the Republican president’s initial moves in his second term that she saw as targeting immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes. But Niedermeier, 35, has grown increasingly disenchanted with Trump. … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are growing concerned that immigration enforcement is becoming a political liability in the upcoming midterm elections after two people were killed by federal agents during President Donald Trump’s crackdown in Minneapolis. While few are willing to publicly break with the president, there has been a crescendo of criticism as Republicans push … Read more
By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has resisted efforts to expand the use of body cameras by immigration officers and sharply cut surveillance staff while transferring officers to Minneapolis and other cities, leading to a series of violent clashes. Bystander footage of two fatal shootings of … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman who led an anti-immigration protest that disrupted a church service in Minnesota has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday, just as Vice President JD Vance is set to visit the state. Bondi announced the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong in a post X days after protesters, during Sunday … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of counter-protesters drowned out a far-right activist’s attempt to hold a small rally in support of the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in Minneapolis on Saturday, as the governor’s office said National Guard troops were mobilized and ready to help law enforcement in the city, although they had not yet been … Read more
In the past few months, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul have seen a dramatic escalation of federal immigration enforcement along their chilly streets, with agents arresting thousands — including some U.S. citizens — in neighborhoods, malls, schools and at protests. The increase is the result of the Trump administration’s pledge to clamp down on immigration, … Read more
As the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement nationwide, a wave of high-profile arrests — many taking place at private homes and businesses and captured on video — has thrust a legal question into the center of the national debate: When can federal immigration agents legally enter private property to make an arrest? That question … Read more
By now millions of people have watched the moment an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Good’s defenders — including city and state leaders — call what happened Jan. 7 an unjustified attack, while federal authorities say the agent was acting in self-defense. Already her death has become a lightning … Read more