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SALT LAKE CITY — Federal immigration authorities have apparently launched an initiative targeting unaccompanied minors in the country illegally, which has prompted backlash from some immigration attorneys and advocates in Utah. “I think this is one of the most despicable things our government has ever done,” said Nicholle Pitt, a Murray-based immigration attorney. “Many of these children are here because …

Federal Workers’ Union Sues Administration Over Partisan Email Language  The New York Times Furloughed federal workers pushed to make partisan out-of-office replies: Sources  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Partisan Shutdown Messages Could Hurt Civil Service, Experts Warn  The New York Times Education Department employees’ emails changed automatically to blame Democrats for shutdown  NBC News AP reader question: Have agencies violated …

A fired top national security prosecutor on Friday appeared to accuse Justice Department leaders of “making American citizens less safe” amid a string of firings, according to a letter to his colleagues obtained by a source who said the missive was posted on the ousted prosecutor’s office door. Michael Ben’Ary, who three sources familiar with the situation confirmed to NBC …

Mayor Keith Wilson leaves the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., on Friday, Oct. 3. The state of Oregon and the city of Portland appeared in court Friday morning for a hearing on their motion to block President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard. Saskia Hatvany / OPB U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut heard arguments Friday over whether to issue …

Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday became the latest court to determine the Trump administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship is likely unconstitutional.  In a 100-page ruling, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Boston district court’s injunction that blocked the government from enforcing an executive order signed by President Trump to significantly narrow birthright citizenship, the concept that people …

Trump wants to cut federal aid to Portland as his anger with protesters grows  Reuters Portland police arrest conservative journalist on another night of chaotic anti-ICE clashes  Fox News Oregon lawmakers react to conservative influencer arrest, threats of federal aid cuts  KATU Portland police arrest 3 at protest outside ICE facility  KOIN.com Latest updates: Portland police accused of bias by both sides, chief says …

CHICAGO — Federal agents handcuffed Humboldt Park-area Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th) as she confronted them Friday at Humboldt Park Hospital. Agents handcuffed Fuentes, forced her out of the hospital and threatened her with arrest, Fuentes told a Block Club reporter. The agents appeared to be with ICE, she said. “It shows just how much this is escalating,” said Fuentes, who …

This is part of our series of daily recaps of ICE activity in the Chicago region. Have a tip we should check out? Email newsroom@blockclubchi.org. BROADVIEW — Federal agents led by border patrol Chief Greg Bovino attacked protesters Friday morning outside the suburban Broadview ICE facility. At one point, a Block Club reporter saw an agent put his hands on …

Days after being fired, the top national security prosecutor in Virginia’s eastern district taped a letter outside his former office accusing top Justice Department officials of being “more concerned” with going after President Donald Trump’s perceived enemies than protecting the country’s security. The typed letter dated Friday and signed by Michael Ben’Ary said that as a prosecutor, he took an …

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects works to use the government shutdown to accelerate his goals of slashing the size of the federal workforce and punishing Democratic states. In a post on …