BROADVIEW, Ill. (WLS) — Protesters gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview once again, as they have done every Friday now for several weeks. Friday’s demonstration has remained fairly contained to one corner as protesters keep within the safety zone, speaking out against the Trump’s administration’s operation “Midway Blitz” and the recent immigration crackdown in the …
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Federal immigration agents detain Des Moines schools chief Ian Roberts
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal immigration agents arrested the leader of Iowa’s largest school district Friday in a targeted enforcement action that shocked students and educators. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement called Des Moines Public School Superintendent Ian Roberts a “criminal alien,” saying he was in the country illegally and had no work authorization. Roberts, who is from Guyana …
Read More »Federal Agents Tear Gas, Detain Protesters Outside Broadview ICE Facility
BROADVIEW — ICE and border patrol agents tear gassed, shot pepper spray bullets at and detained protesters Friday morning outside of an immigrant detention center in suburban Broadview. Large crowds gathered to protest early Friday outside of a barricaded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, 1930 Beach St. in Broadview. ICE and border patrol agents in unmarked vehicles opened the …
Read More »U.S. Agents Raid Upstate N.Y. Plant and Detain Dozens of Migrants – The New York Times
U.S. Agents Raid Upstate N.Y. Plant and Detain Dozens of Migrants The New York Times Dozens detained after ICE conducts ‘criminal investigation’ inside Cayuga County nutrition bar factory Spectrum News Federal agents, Cayuga County sheriffs raid Cato factory, dozens allegedly arrested in ICE raid WSYR Federal agents, deputies raid Central New York nutrition bar manufacturing plant Syracuse.com Employees: Around 60 workers detained in federal …
Read More »Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate | US immigration
A Sheraton hotel in Louisiana has been used by immigration officials to hold people who are being deported, in what appears to be a contradiction of a position Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, took in 2019 when it said its properties would not be used in cooperation with Ice. The Intercept first reported that the hotel, located on MacArthur Drive in …
Read More »Hegseth flags plan to detain immigrants at bases in Indiana and New Jersey
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says bases in Indiana and New Jersey can house detained immigrants without affecting military readiness — a step toward potentially detaining thousands of people on bases on U.S. soil. Hegseth notified members of Congress from both states this week of the proposal to temporarily house detained immigrants at Camp Atterbury in Indiana, and …
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