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Facebook Tweet Email Link Jennifer Cortez stood outside an elementary and middle school in East Los Angeles, carrying a sign while greeting her students and their families on the first day of classes. “This is a safe space for immigrants,” the teacher’s red sign with white and yellow lettering said. As summer comes to an end, more than 500,000 students …

The police chief of Washington, D.C., ordered an increase in cooperation between local officers and federal immigration agents. National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)(AP/J. Scott Applewhite) National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union …

D.C. Police Move to Share Limited Information With Federal Immigration Officials  The New York Times Live updates: D.C. police to work with ICE; Trump says he thinks Putin wants to make a deal at summit on Ukraine  NBC News DC police announce major action on immigration enforcement after Trump’s crime crackdown  Fox News Live updates: D.C. police to cooperate with ICE amid federal …

DC police to increase cooperation with immigration enforcement amid Trump crackdown  Politico Live updates: D.C. police to work with ICE; Trump says he thinks Putin wants to make a deal at summit on Ukraine  NBC News DC police announce major action on immigration enforcement after Trump’s crime crackdown  Fox News DC police now allowed to notify ICE of people not in custody, police …

Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, said on Thursday that the state will open a second immigration jail, as a federal judge weighs whether to close the controversial existing facility in the Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz”. DeSantis painted the forthcoming detention center at the shuttered Baker correctional institution in Sanderson as supplementary to the remote tented camp. He also said …

Florida to use shuttered prison as 2nd immigration detention center after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  Politico Florida plans to open second immigration facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’ at a vacant prison  CNN Florida to Open Second Immigrant Detention Center Called ‘Deportation Depot’  The New York Times Governor DeSantis announces ‘Deportation Depot’ immigration detention facility at north Florida prison  FOX 13 Tampa Bay DeSantis: New immigration detention facility …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state’s holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” DeSantis announced Thursday that the new facility is to …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against undocumented people and those protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, a deputy commanding general testified Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, who commanded Guard troops in Los Angeles, was testifying at a trial to determine …

A United States federal judge has ordered immigration authorities to improve conditions at a New York City facility following reports of overcrowding, inadequate food and unhygienic conditions. On Tuesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a temporary restraining order that mandated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to implement reforms at 26 Federal Plaza, a government building in Manhattan where one floor contains …

Huntington Park, California, a working-class community of more than 50,000 people, has recently felt like it has a bullseye on its back because of ramped-up raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  The town is 95.6% Latino, and as many as 45% of the residents are undocumented, according to the city. City Council member Jonathan Sanabria, who grew up in Huntington …