A year into his tenure as superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, former Olympian Ian Roberts made headlines when – in a maroon three-piece suit, candy cane striped bow tie and matching Nike Air Force 1 sneakers – he ran a 100-meter dash against some of his elementary school students. An 11-year-old crossed the finish line a few steps ahead …
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DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a statement on the arrest of Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts, calling it “shocking.” The Des Moines Public School District announced Friday that ICE agents detained Dr. Roberts. The press release states that Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents detained Dr. Ian Roberts Friday morning for being in …
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BROADVIEW, Ill. (WLS) — Hundreds of people protested outside an immigration building Friday in Broadview. Pepper bullets and tear gas were used several times, and ABC7 witnessed at least two protesters being detained as the group was out for hours, demanding answers from DHS. ABC7 learned later Friday evening that one protester taken into custody by ICE, who the Department …
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has taken one of its agents off the streets after he was caught on video throwing a distraught mother to the floor of a New York City courthouse in front of her two …
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Attorney General Pam Bondi said late Friday she has ordered Justice Department agents to guard Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities — and directed counterterrorism task forces to look into attacks against federal authorities. The move by Bondi came after one detainee was killed and two others were injured in a shooting at an ICE field office in Dallas on Wednesday, …
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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday she is deploying agents from the Justice Department to Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and facilities. “At my direction, I am deploying DOJ agents to ICE facilities—and wherever ICE comes under siege—to safeguard federal agents, protect federal property, and immediately arrest all individuals engaged in any federal …
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The 79-year-old owner of a Los Angeles area car wash is seeking $50m in damages from the federal government after US immigration authorities allegedly slammed the US citizen to the ground and detained him for almost 12 hours. Rafie Ollah Shouhed suffered significant injuries during an immigration raid this month, his attorney said, including broken ribs and a traumatic brain …
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