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Pacoima Mom's Suspected Killer Had Been Deported 10 Times, ICE Says
The family of Karen Ruiz, a 35-year-old woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in front of her 3-year-old daughter in Pacoima, is heartbroken and outraged by the death of their relative.
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Migrant Women File Class-Action Lawsuit for Alleged Medical Abuse at ICE Detention Center
About 40 migrant women who were held at a Georgia detention center have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were subjected to medical abuse through nonconsensual or unnecessary procedures while in the facility, NBC News reports. The complaint, filed late Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, also claims women at the Irwin County Detention…
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LA Man Seized for ‘Latino Appearance' Will Not be Deported
Deportation proceedings were terminated after a judge found that a Los Angeles handyman had been unlawfully arrested based on his Latino appearance alone at a Greyhound station in Indio by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, court papers obtained today show.
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ICE Detainees Allegedly Received Forced Hysterectomies: Their Lawyer Explains How the System Allowed It to Happen
After allegations of forced hysterectomies and other medical practices at a Georgia immigrant detention facility, a doctor is now at the center of a criminal investigation. NBCLX talked to attorney David Dreyer, who represents five of the detainees who allegedly had unnecessary gynecological surgeries, to discuss the systemic problems that allowed this to happen and what happens next.
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US Deports Migrant Women Who Alleged Abuse by Georgia Doctor
Attorneys say the Trump administration is deporting several women who have alleged they were abused or mistreated by a Georgia gynecologist at an immigration detention center
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In a First, ICE Agents Are Poised to Respond to Potential Election Day Unrest
Department of Homeland Security agents, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, have been told to be ready to protect federal property in Washington if there is unrest on or after Election Day, two DHS officials told NBC News. The agency is regularly tasked with providing additional security around the nation’s capital on inauguration days,...
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ICE Settles Lawsuit Filed by Immigrant Activists in Vermont
The federal government has agreed not to deport three immigrant activists in Vermont who sued two years ago after they were arrested
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Allegations of Forced Hysterectomies Spotlights Treatment of Immigrants at Privately-Run ICE Facilities
After allegations of forced hysterectomies and other disturbing medical practices were raised about a Georgia immigrant detention facility, the private company that runs this facility and others has come under scrutiny. Noah Bookbinder, the executive director of CREW, unpacks the allegations against LaSalle Corrections and why he hopes Congress will get involved.
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Detainees at a California ICE Facility Suffered A Major COVID-19 Outbreak: An ACLU Lawyer Explains Why You Should Care
A federal judge has ordered the release of some detainees at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California following a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility and an ACLU lawsuit saying they were not being protected from the coronavirus. But ACLU attorney Ahilan Arulanantham says the safety precautions in place now are still not strong enough to keep them safe.
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LA County Agrees to $14 Million Payout After Deputies Improperly Denied Immigrants Bail at Request of ICE
Los Angeles County agreed Tuesday to pay $14 million to settle a lawsuit that said the Sheriff’s Department improperly held thousands of people in jail beyond their release dates at the request of immigration officials.
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Congresswoman Presses ICE for Details After Agents Stopped Black Jogger
Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is joining a growing chorus of voices seeking answers following an incident on Tuesday where a jogger recorded video of an encounter with federal agents in Boston. Pressley, a Democrat, sent a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thursday expressing concern over the incident, in which Bena Apreala, who is Black, said he was...
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20+ Arrested in San Diego County During Statewide ICE Operation, Agency Says
More than 20 people were arrested in San Diego County during a week-long and statewide Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid that targeted those who they say were in the U.S. in violation of immigration laws.
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Immigration Enforcement Nets More than 125 Arrests, Nearly 100 in LA Area
The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Wednesday that a statewide enforcement operation that wrapped up last weekend resulted in the arrests of more than 125 immigrants across California, nearly 100 of them in the Los Angeles area.
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Newsom Signs Todd Gloria Bill to Limit ICE's Use of Customer Utility Data
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday written by Assemblyman Todd Gloria, D-San Diego, which is intended to end the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s practice of accessing gas and electric customer utility data to facilitate deportations.
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ICE Accuses LA County of Continuing to Hinder Its Efforts to Detain Undocumented Immigrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles said Thursday that non-cooperation from local law enforcement continues to impede its efforts to put undocumented immigrants facing criminal charges in federal custody.
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More Migrant Women Say They Didn't OK Surgery in Detention
An Associated Press review of medical records for four detained immigrant women and interviews with lawyers have revealed growing allegations that a gynecologist performed surgeries and other procedures that the women never sought or didn’t fully understand
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COVID-19 Outbreak in Adelanto ICE Detention Center
A civil rights group in Los Angeles called today for the government to take immediate action to combat what it called a major outbreak of COVID-19 moving through the Adelanto ICE Processing Center.
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Democrats to Investigate Forced Surgery Claims in Georgia
Leading congressional Democrats are reacting furiously to lightly-substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies
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ICE Says LA's ‘Sanctuary' Policy Hampers Enforcement; CHIRLA Reacts to ‘Bullying'
LA County’s “misguided” policy of refusing to turn jailed immigrants over to federal authorities is hampering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s efforts to protect the public, an agency official said Friday. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, in agreement with Sheriff Alex Villanueva, voted Tuesday to permanently ban cooperation with ICE agents lacking a judge’s warrant for inmates...
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233 More Virus Cases Reported at ICE Facility in Arizona
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reporting 233 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona.