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Around the U.S.
ICE deports three U.S. citizen children held incommunicado prior to the deportation:
The New Orleans ICE Field Office deported at least two families, including a pregnant mother and minor children — three of them U.S. citizens aged 2, 4, and 7. The other deported family included a U.S. citizen child with metastatic cancer, who was removed without medication or access to their treating physicians. — National Immigration Project
FBI arrests Wisconsin judge for alleged obstruction in immigration case:
FBI Director Kash Patel said Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away” from Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an undocumented immigrant who was set to be arrested. — Al Jazeera
Many Americans say Trump has gone too far on immigration but remains his strongest issue, AP-NORC poll finds:
Relatively few Americans are concerned they’ll know someone who is directly affected by increased immigration enforcement, and 46% approve of Trump’s handling of immigration, according to the poll. — PBS News
Op-Ed — I was recently detained by ICE. Here’s my message to philanthropy:
Jazmin Chavez, an immigration attorney and a naturalized U.S. citizen, was boarding a flight for a work trip when she was detained by an ICE agent. — The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Lawsuit aims to reverse firings at internal oversight offices within D.H.S.:
Advocacy groups filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Department of Homeland Security from permanently shuttering its internal oversight divisions after the Trump administration fired critical staff members. — The New York Times
New York
The battle over New Jersey’s ‘ICE Detention ban’ moves to federal court:
A May 1 hearing on New Jersey’s law against private prison contracts looms as activists mobilize against new ICE detention centers in the Garden State. — Documented
After Documented exposé, a New York senator aims to shut down repeat wage theft offenders for good:
Workers allege that Artemio Fuerte, a contractor, is still committing acts of wage theft. A proposed law by New York Senator Shelley Mayer could stop him. — Documented
Judge further delays opening of ICE office on Rikers Island:
The ruling comes after the City Council sued the Adams administration to block federal immigration authorities from accessing the island. — POLITICO
What are 287(g) agreements and how do they fuel Trump’s mass deportations?
By allowing state and local law enforcement to collude with ICE, these agreements sow distrust in communities, and rip families apart, the New York Civil Liberties Union says. — NYCLU
Washington D.C.
How a Trump administration crackdown on foreign students unraveled:
Lawyers for the students are convinced it was the result of some kind of automated setup, perhaps driven by AI, noting that ICE is in the process of manually reinstating students’ records one by one, despite the mass termination that occurred in early April. — POLITICO
