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As hurricane season collides with immigration agenda, fears increase for those without legal status
Places considered neutral spaces by immigrants such as schools, hospitals and emergency management agencies are now suspect, and agreements by local law enforcement to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement make them more vulnerable, choosing between physical safety or avoiding detention.
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Nicaraguan man illegally in US facing 'enhanced' charges after drunken hit-and-run: sheriff
A Nicaraguan man in the U.S. illegally was arrested in Polk County, Florida, after driving drunk, crashing into someone's fence and fleeing the scene.
Sam "Psalm" Behpoor, a father of a 3-year-old who has lived in the United States for nearly 40 years and was working to reinstate his green card, was detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) appointment in Fresno, California, in June. His detention stems from a burglary arrest more than two decades ago, when he was a teenager.
A Boulder-based company is playing a key role in the Trump administration’s growing immigration surveillance network. BI Inc., a subsidiary of the private prison giant Geo Group, manufactures the GPS-enabled ankle monitors now being required for thousands of immigrants under new directives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
45mon MSN
Illegal migrants charged with rape, aggravated sodomy and kidnapping of woman in Kansas: ICE
Two illegal migrants were charged with kidnapping a woman in Oklahoma and repeatedly assaulting and raping her on the way to Kansas.
The results diverged widely based on partisan affiliation. The vast majority of Democrats, 92%, said at least some citizens had been caught in Trump’s immigration dragnet. Sixty-five percent of independents and 35% of Republicans said the same.
Immigrants who live and work in the city say they want violent crime lowered but fear that ICE efforts could make it worse.
Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday that Boston would not comply with demands from the federal government that the city cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts.
The state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is going to be helping with immigration enforcement. Nearly 90% of the agency’s 890 sworn law enforcement officers — who are generally tasked with search and rescue operations and enforcing boating safety and animal conservation laws — are now certified to assist the federal government,