Footage shows commotion inside vehicle in Massachusetts as desperate woman in passenger seat tries to awaken man US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is facing fierce questions after a video that appeared to show a man falling unconscious during an arrest while clutching a small child went viral, and officials accused the man of faking … Read more
Group of 11 Democratic senators has raised concerns about use of Wrap full-body restraints on US deportation flights A “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights and the use of full-body restraints onboard is raising “serious human rights concerns”, a group of 11 Democratic US senators wrote in a letter on Thursday to top immigration officials. Senator … Read more
Hotline introduced to report on agents’ vehicles after one said plates were changed every day in video US politics live – latest updates Illinois officials have issued a warning to federal immigration agents that tampering with or swapping license plates is against state law and will not be tolerated. On Wednesday, the Illinois secretary of … Read more
Women reported miscarriages, delayed care, being shackled, as well as held in solitary confinement, letter says Pregnant women have reported bleeding, miscarriages, being shackled and other instances of medical neglect while in US immigration custody, according to a group of prominent civil rights organizations. The groups – which include the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) … Read more
State attorney general argues president is infringing on Illinois’s sovereignty after sending troops to Chicago US politics live – latest updates What to know about Trump’s national guard deployment, from rulings to protests Illinois is suing the Trump administration on behalf of the state and the city of Chicago after the president ordered national guard … Read more
Homeland security chief also excoriates NFL for selecting Bad Bunny to perform during game’s half-time break Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary, has said that only Americans should attend next year’s Super Bowl and warned that Ice agents “will be all over” the event. Speaking to the rightwing podcaster Benny Johnson on Friday, Noem … Read more
Two men were injured and one was killed by an alleged lone shooter at an immigration detention center in Texas Multiple news reports have identified the three men shot at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Dallas on Wednesday. Miguel Angel García-Hernandez of Mexico, Jose Andres Bordones-Molina of Venezuela and Norlan Guzman-Fuentes … Read more
Data leak gives Guardian US investigations team an unprecedented look into Trump’s deportation regime – and how people are seemingly being ‘disappeared’. Oliver Laughland and Maanvi Singh report Near the 13th hole of a golf course in Alexandria, rural Louisiana, the Guardian US’s southern bureau chief, Oliver Laughland, could see ‘a telling image of where … Read more
Texas authorities say the shooting at an Ice detention center came after a ‘high degree of planning’ Authorities said on Thursday that the words of the suspect in the shooting on Wednesday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention facility in Texas were “definitively anti-Ice” but said that they did not find evidence that … Read more