Federal judge gives orders to Gregory Bovino in exceptional bid to impose oversight over Trump officials’ raids in city A federal judge has ordered Gregory Bovino, a senior border patrol official leading the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago, to appear in federal court each weekday to report on the day’s incidents in an exceptional … Read more
Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth decry ‘stonewalling’ by Trump administration as Tennesseans pose with military As national guard troops patrolled in Memphis – Tennessee’s second-largest city – for the first time on Friday, Democratic US senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth said they had been barred from visiting an immigration enforcement building near Chicago. The … Read more
Removal comes after Emmy-winning Salvadorian reporter was arrested while covering ‘No Kings Day’ protest Journalist Mario Guevara’s imprisonment by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) ended with deportation to El Salvador on Friday, his family announced on social media. Guevara has been a media mainstay in the Atlanta area for about 20 years, after fleeing El … Read more
State is latest to face legal threats in the course of Trump administration’s brutal deportation campaign The justice department has sued the state of Minnesota over its sanctuary city immigration policies, making it the latest locality to face legal threats as the Trump administration attempts to carry out the president’s campaign promise of mass deportations. … Read more
New York Times reports Michele Beckwith’s firing came after she reminded Border Patrol to comply with courts Donald Trump fired a top federal prosecutor in Sacramento just hours after she warned immigration agents they could not indiscriminately detain people in her district, according to documents reviewed by the New York Times. Michele Beckwith, who became … Read more