DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – The Des Moines Public School District is quickly putting an interim superintendent in place, after they say ICE agents detained the current Superintendent. In a statement from the district, they say Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents detained Dr. Ian Roberts Friday morning. They say they do not know why this happened, or what the next …
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This is a developing story and will be updated. The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a message to the district from DMPS Board Chair Jackie Norris. Norris said the district …
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shoved a woman into a wall and then pushed her to the ground has been “relieved of his current duties,” an ICE official said Friday. The incident was caught on camera Thursday at an immigration court in New York City – sparking outrage amid growing concern across the country about ICE’s increasingly aggressive …
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A federal immigration officer who was captured on video pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been relieved of his duties while an investigation is conducted, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday. In a statement Friday, DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin called the conduct of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer “unacceptable …
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BROADVIEW — Federal agents shot rubber bullets at and tear gassed demonstrators during a Friday morning protest outside the Broadview ICE facility. Demonstrators have regularly gathered outside the facility, 1930 Beach St., in recent weeks as part of resistance to federal operations Midway Blitz and At Large, which are targeting undocumented people in Chicago and throughout Illinois. But the protests …
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Immigrants with no criminal record are now the largest group in US immigration detention, according to data released by the government. The number of people with no criminal history arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and detained by the Trump administration has now surpassed the number of those charged with crimes. Ice, the federal agency most heavily relied upon …
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The man who shot and killed a detainee and hospitalized two others at a Dallas immigration facility before turning the gun on himself acted alone and left detailed notes stating he intended to shoot and terrorize U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. Fairview resident Joshua Jahn, 29, opened fire with a bolt-action rifle at a Dallas ICE …
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The Pokémon Company has distanced itself from a controversial U.S. Department of Homeland Security video that repurposed the franchise’s iconic anime theme song to promote an ICE raid. The Department of Homeland Security posted the clip earlier this week, splicing footage of ICE agents making arrests with imagery from the original Pokémon animated series and mock-ups of trading cards featuring …
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Pokémon has said it did not give permission for the use of its theme song and other footage to be used in an ICE deportation raid video posted by the US government. “We are aware of a recent video posted by the Department of Homeland Security that includes imagery and language associated with our brand,” Pokémon Company International said in …
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