Ted Hesson
@tedhesson.bsky.social
Immigration Reporter @Reuters
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday and a teacher was taken away www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday and a teacher was taken away www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...
ICE aims to open a call center that would have a dedicated unit to track down unaccompanied migrant children with the help of state and local police, an agency contracting document said www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICE aims to open a call center that would have a dedicated unit to track down unaccompanied migrant children with the help of state and local police, an agency contracting document said www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Reposted by Ted Hesson
ICE plans call center to track unaccompanied migrant children, other immigration offenders reut.rs/3LuUeH0
ICE plans call center to track unaccompanied migrant children, other immigration offenders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aims to open a call center that would have a dedicated unit to track down unaccompanied migrant children with the help of state and local police, an agency contracting document said, part of a wider Trump administration effort to find and potentially deport the minors.
reut.rs
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
ICE plans call center to track unaccompanied migrant children, other immigration offenders reut.rs/3LuUeH0
Top US border official to face judge in Chicago over use of tear gas www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Top US border official to face judge in Chicago over use of tear gas
A federal judge has summoned a top U.S. Border Patrol official leading President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Chicago to appear in court on Tuesday, after a video appeared to show him deploying tear gas potentially in violation of a court order limiting its use against protesters.
www.reuters.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Top US border official to face judge in Chicago over use of tear gas www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US expands facial recognition at borders to track non-citizens www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US expands facial recognition at borders to track non-citizens www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: The Trump administration is telling some federal law enforcement personnel, including Border Patrol agents and customs officers, that they will be paid during the government shutdown www.reuters.com/world/us/som...
www.reuters.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Exclusive: The Trump administration is telling some federal law enforcement personnel, including Border Patrol agents and customs officers, that they will be paid during the government shutdown www.reuters.com/world/us/som...
Reposted by Ted Hesson
The Trump administration plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus as well as the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department against certain left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence, officials said reut.rs/46JB5cL
October 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The Trump administration plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus as well as the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department against certain left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence, officials said reut.rs/46JB5cL
A woman who was shot multiple times by border agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by DHS that described the shooting as self-defense. @reneehickman.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/bod...
www.reuters.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A woman who was shot multiple times by border agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by DHS that described the shooting as self-defense. @reneehickman.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/bod...
As part of its crackdown on liberal groups, the White House shared a list of nine groups or donors that it said helped finance or plan protests where violence occurred. The list included the immigrant rights group CHIRLA, which said it advocates non-violence www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
As part of its crackdown on liberal groups, the White House shared a list of nine groups or donors that it said helped finance or plan protests where violence occurred. The list included the immigrant rights group CHIRLA, which said it advocates non-violence www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Reposted by Ted Hesson
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
New York governor criticizes ICE officers who she says shoved and injured journalists www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
New York governor criticizes ICE officers who she says shoved and injured journalists
New York Governor Kathy Hochul criticized federal immigration officers who she said shoved and injured journalists at a New York City courthouse on Tuesday, the latest in a series of violent confrontations as tensions rise over President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
www.reuters.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
New York governor criticizes ICE officers who she says shoved and injured journalists www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Exclusive: Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations
The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the slowest rate since at least the late 1990s.
www.reuters.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other cities - www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...
September 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other cities - www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...
Trump administration urges other nations to join its push to restrict asylum rights www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump administration urges other nations to join its push to restrict asylum rights
Top Trump administration officials urged other nations on Thursday to join a global campaign to roll back asylum protections, a major shift that would seek to reshape the post-World War Two framework around humanitarian migration.
www.reuters.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trump administration urges other nations to join its push to restrict asylum rights www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
One killed in shooting at ICE office, suspect's rounds had anti-ICE messages, officials say www.reuters.com/world/us/thr...
Multiple people killed, wounded in shooting at Dallas ICE field office, officials say
Multiple people were wounded and killed in a shooting on Wednesday at a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas, and the shooter was killed after a self-inflicted gunshot wound, federal officials said.
www.reuters.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One killed in shooting at ICE office, suspect's rounds had anti-ICE messages, officials say www.reuters.com/world/us/thr...
Washington's immigrant neighborhoods push back against ICE arrests: “We don’t feel safe, for the simple reason that we’re Latino” www.reuters.com/world/us/was...
www.reuters.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Washington's immigrant neighborhoods push back against ICE arrests: “We don’t feel safe, for the simple reason that we’re Latino” www.reuters.com/world/us/was...
US judge keeps block on Trump effort to deport Guatemalan unaccompanied children www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
www.reuters.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
US judge keeps block on Trump effort to deport Guatemalan unaccompanied children www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
Exclusive: Trump administration plans push at UN to restrict global asylum rights, w/ @jonathanlanday.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Exclusive: Trump administration plans push at UN to restrict global asylum rights
President Donald Trump's administration plans to call for sharply narrowing the right to asylum at the United Nations later this month, documents show, as it seeks to undo the post-World War Two framework around humanitarian protection.
www.reuters.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Exclusive: Trump administration plans push at UN to restrict global asylum rights, w/ @jonathanlanday.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/africa...
DOJ is in talks with ICE's investigative arm about transferring the sensitive voter roll data it has collected from states for use in criminal and immigration-related investigations, according to government documents seen by Reuters www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US Justice Dept considers handing over voter roll data for criminal probes, documents show
The U.S. Justice Department is in talks with Homeland Security Investigations about transferring the sensitive voter roll data it has collected from states for use in criminal and immigration-related investigations, according to government documents seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
DOJ is in talks with ICE's investigative arm about transferring the sensitive voter roll data it has collected from states for use in criminal and immigration-related investigations, according to government documents seen by Reuters www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Immigrant faithful turn to virtual sermons and home communion amid Trump crackdown www.reuters.com/world/us/imm...
Immigrant faithful turn to virtual sermons and home communion amid Trump crackdown
Sitting alone at her dining room table this past Sunday, Doris Aguirre took a bite of a soda cracker and a sip of the orange juice she had prepared to represent the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Eyes closed, she then made the sign of the cross.
www.reuters.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Immigrant faithful turn to virtual sermons and home communion amid Trump crackdown www.reuters.com/world/us/imm...
Exclusive: Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations, w/ Emily Green and @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Exclusive: Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations
Many family members of unaccompanied Guatemalan migrant children who are part of a group the Trump administration attempted to deport over the weekend did not want their children returned to Guatemala, according to an internal Guatemalan government report that contradicts assertions made by U.S. officials.
www.reuters.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Exclusive: Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations, w/ Emily Green and @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judge blocks government from deporting unaccompanied Guatemalan children www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US judge blocks deportations of unaccompanied migrant children to Guatemala
A federal judge on Sunday issued a restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deporting 10 unaccompanied migrant children to Guatemala after lawyers said the removals would violate U.S. laws.
www.reuters.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
US judge blocks government from deporting unaccompanied Guatemalan children www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Trump’s migrant crackdown gives ICE power and money but puts it under strain: "They used to be able to say: 'We are arresting criminals’” www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump’s migrant crackdown gives ICE power and money but puts it under strain
Under President Donald Trump, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has become the driving force of his sweeping crackdown on migrants. But staff are contending with long hours and growing public outrage over the arrests.
www.reuters.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Trump’s migrant crackdown gives ICE power and money but puts it under strain: "They used to be able to say: 'We are arresting criminals’” www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites
Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves to ice cream from food trucks on Thursday along Washington's National Mall, one of the safest parts of America's capital.
www.reuters.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...