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She's Researching Aging. ICE Has Her Behind Bars

Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova writes for the New York Times from a Louisiana detention center

(Newser) - When Kseniia Petrova fled Russia two years ago, she did so because she didn't feel she could freely and safely carry out her work as a scientist there, especially after she was arrested for taking part in a protest. She landed at Harvard Medical School, and her work on...

Judge Lets IRS Share Immigrant Tax Data With ICE

Nonprofit groups argued for privacy rights of undocumented taxpayers

(Newser) - A federal judge on Monday declined to stop the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants' tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a move that allows the Trump administration to continue using the data to identify and deport undocumented immigrants, the AP reports. The ruling came from US District...

Kids Left Alone in Car After ICE Takes Dad at Gas Station

Witness says child and older sibling were left after father was arrested

(Newser) - Amid reports of increasing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in cities along California's coast comes a story out of Oxnard, where a witness says a child and their older sibling were left alone at a gas station when ICE agents descended upon their car and arrested their father as...

Trump Orders DHS to Add 20K Officers for Deportations

Force would include state and local law enforcement employees

(Newser) - President Trump has told the Department of Homeland Security to add 20,000 officers to its deportation force, a move that would include using state and local employees. The order was part of a presidential proclamation issued Friday about pressing immigrants without documentation to leave the US voluntarily, the New ...

Newark Mayor Arrested in ICE Protest
Mayor Arrested
by ICE: 'We Did
Nothing Wrong'
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May 10, 2025 7:00 AM CDT

Mayor Arrested by ICE: 'We Did Nothing Wrong'

Newark's Ras Baraka released after hours in custody following protest at ICE detention center

(Newser) - Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, who was arrested after a protest outside of an ICE detention center in his city, was released Friday evening after spending about five hours in custody, report the AP and WABC . Baraka told supporters he couldn't speak about the specifics of...

2 Arrested After Woman's Neighbors Surround ICE Agents

One of those detained is the woman's 16-year-old daughter

(Newser) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement "targeted" an immigrant family in Worcester, Massachusetts, this week, an immigrant advocacy group says, and two people ended up arrested after attempting to intervene—including the family's 16-year-old daughter. Her father had already been detained by ICE on Wednesday, and agents returned to the...

Court to ICE: Send Detained College Student to Vermont

Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk has been held in Louisiana detention center for 6 weeks

(Newser) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a judge's order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated and if she should be released. Denying a government request for a delay,...

'We're Citizens!' Mom, 3 Girls Told ICE in Mistaken Raid

Mother in Oklahoma City describes 'guns pointed in our faces'

(Newser) - A mother who moved from Maryland to Oklahoma with her three daughters, all US citizens, hoping for a fresh start, instead encountered terror Thursday when 20 armed men stormed into her home in the early hours, seizing the family's phones, laptops, and life savings. The woman, who spoke to...

Border Czar: US Didn't 'Deport' 3 Children

Controversy surrounds fate of young American citizens sent to Honduras with their mothers

(Newser) - The US flew three children who were American citizens out of the country and to Honduras with their mothers last week. But were those children "deported?" Depends on whom you ask.
  • "No US citizen child was deported," insisted border czar Tom Homan on CBS' Face the Nation
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FBI Arrests Judge Accused of Shielding an Immigrant

Milwaukee County judge Hannah Dugan was detained in her own courtroom

(Newser) - The FBI arrested a county judge in her Milwaukee courthouse on Friday and accused her of trying to shield an immigrant from arrest—a move seen as a dramatic escalation in the legal fight over deportations, reports the New York Times .
  • The judge: Agents arrested Judge Hannah Dugan on Friday
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Airline Says Deportation Flights 'Too Valuable Not to Pursue'

Petition targets startup Avelo over new deal with ICE

(Newser) - Startup Avelo Airlines, which operates low-fare service from select states, has found a new customer in Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Houston-based Avelo has signed a deal to operate deportation flights out of the country while also transporting migrants to detention centers within the US, the Wall Street Journal reports....

Cops: Woman Posing as ICE Agent Kidnaps Ex's Wife

Latrance Battle, 52, accused in brazen crime out of Florida

(Newser) - With detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the headlines, a woman in Florida decided to don an "ICE" shirt and kidnap her ex-boyfriend's wife, authorities say. Latrance Battle, 52, showed off the shirt and a hand-held radio when she showed up at the hotel chain where...

ICE Blocked Mahmoud Khalil From His Son's Birth

Columbia grad student is a new dad, but ICE rejected his request to witness firstborn's arrival in New York

(Newser) - Mahmoud Khalil is a new dad, but he'll have to wait to see his firstborn. The Columbia University grad student and legal permanent resident, who was detained in March by federal agents over his pro-Palestinian stance, missed his son's birth on Monday in New York after officials...

Trump Pick Investigates New Jersey's Governor

Alina Habba says top state officials aren't helping immigration enforcement

(Newser) - Alina Habba, a former lawyer for President Trump and the acting US attorney for New Jersey, has announced that she's put the state's governor and attorney general under investigation. Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew Platkin, both Democrats, have not helped federal immigration enforcement in New Jersey,...

Deportation Flight Attendants Share One Big Concern

They tell ProPublica they aren't sure how they could safely evacuate the plane

(Newser) - When Lala landed a job as a flight attendant with GlobalX, her job offer came with a $26 hourly rate, four weeks of mandated FAA training, and a cyan and light green scarf to wear. The startup had big aspirations: to transport VIPs, like musicians and pro sports teams, and...

In Big Shift, IRS Would Help Locate Migrants in US

Under new deal, agency would confirm addresses provided by ICE

(Newser) - In what would represent a significant shift in how it uses taxpayer data, the IRS is poised to start helping immigration officials locate undocumented migrants in the US. The Washington Post and CNN both report that the IRS is close to working out a deal after weeks of negotiations with...

Canadian Recounts Border Ordeal: I Felt 'Kidnapped'

Jasmine Mooney was detained for nearly 2 weeks over her visa application

(Newser) - Amid all the friction between the US and Canada at the moment, 35-year-old Jasmine Mooney has inadvertently become a very public face of it. Mooney, a Canadian national, was detained for 12 days by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over an issue with her visa application, reports the New York Times ...

Columnist Likens Columbia Arrest to McCarthyism
Analysts Break Down
Controversial Columbia Arrest
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Mar 11, 2025 8:59 AM CDT

Analysts Break Down Controversial Columbia Arrest

One columnist draws a comparison to McCarthyism of the 1950s

(Newser) - The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil , a Syrian national who led pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year, has set off a furious debate about free-speech protections. Coverage:
  • Khalil was arrested by federal immigration agents in New York over the weekend and is believed to be detained in an immigration jail
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Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation
Protest Leader at Columbia
Now Faces Deportation
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 10, 2025 11:57 AM CDT

Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation

Mahmoud Khalil arrested by ICE agents under new crackdown

(Newser) - A former Columbia University grad student and Palestinian activist who helped organize anti-Israel protests at the school was arrested in his university-owned apartment over the weekend by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, reports the AP , which calls the move "a significant escalation in the Trump administration's pledge to...

DHS: We're Making Workers Take Lie Detector Tests

Homeland Security chief Noem blames agency leaks for disrupting immigration enforcement efforts

(Newser) - Staffers at the Department of Homeland Security may soon find themselves hooked up to lie-detecting sensors, if they haven't been already. Sources tell NBC News that the federal agency has begun administering polygraph tests to workers in an effort to suss out leaks to the media that some say...

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