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In Rare Victory, Immigrants Prevail in Suit Over Meat Plant Raid (Gift Article)
The workers accused the government of racial profiling and excessive force. The agreement is very likely the first class settlement over an immigration enforcement operation at a work site, experts sa...
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As former Media Strategist for Immigrant Rights Project for SPLC, proud of this work
In Feb 2019, several orgs, National #Immigration Law Center and SPLC filed a lawsuit against U.S. govt for targeting workers based on their ethnicity and violating their civil rights
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In Feb 2019, several orgs, National #Immigration Law Center and SPLC filed a lawsuit against U.S. govt for targeting workers based on their ethnicity and violating their civil rights
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Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force
San Francisco-based Salesforce has told ICE that it could use A.I. to help the agency nearly triple its staff. The company’s C.E.O. Marc Benioff, once a progressive tech titan, has embraced President Trump.
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San Francisco-based Salesforce has told ICE that it could use A.I. to help the agency nearly triple its staff. The company’s C.E.O. Marc Benioff, once a progressive tech titan, has embraced President Trump.
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Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force
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October 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force
San Francisco-based Salesforce has told ICE that it could use A.I. to help the agency nearly triple its staff. The company’s C.E.O. Marc Benioff, once a progressive tech titan, has embraced President Trump.
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San Francisco-based Salesforce has told ICE that it could use A.I. to help the agency nearly triple its staff. The company’s C.E.O. Marc Benioff, once a progressive tech titan, has embraced President Trump.
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🔴 Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow End of Birthright Citizenship
Government lawyers asked the justices to clear the way for the president’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
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Government lawyers asked the justices to clear the way for the president’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow End of Birthright Citizenship
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September 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🔴 Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow End of Birthright Citizenship
Government lawyers asked the justices to clear the way for the president’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
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Government lawyers asked the justices to clear the way for the president’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
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“These are the worst conditions I have seen in my 20-year career,” said Paul Chavez, litigation and advocacy director at Americans for Immigrant Justice in Florida, which represents detainees. “Conditions were never great, but this is horrendous.”
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Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention
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June 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“These are the worst conditions I have seen in my 20-year career,” said Paul Chavez, litigation and advocacy director at Americans for Immigrant Justice in Florida, which represents detainees. “Conditions were never great, but this is horrendous.”
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🚨 Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.
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US has struck 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid T...
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June 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
🚨 Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.
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“You’re going to see more work site enforcement than you’ve ever seen in the history of this nation,” Thomas D. Homan, the White House border czar told reporters recently. “We’re going to flood the zone.”
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Trump Targets Workplaces as Immigration Crackdown Widens
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June 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“You’re going to see more work site enforcement than you’ve ever seen in the history of this nation,” Thomas D. Homan, the White House border czar told reporters recently. “We’re going to flood the zone.”
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🚨 Workplace raids: The recent raids appeared to be part of a new phase of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, in which officials say they will increasingly focus on workplaces.
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Trump Targets Workplaces as Immigration Crackdown Widens
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June 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🚨 Workplace raids: The recent raids appeared to be part of a new phase of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, in which officials say they will increasingly focus on workplaces.
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Trump to Send National Guard to L.A. to Quell Immigration Protests
Gov. Gavin Newsom called decision to call in National Guard forces “purposefully inflammatory.” Trump's order came on second day of protests and clashes over federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom called decision to call in National Guard forces “purposefully inflammatory.” Trump's order came on second day of protests and clashes over federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.
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Live Updates: Trump to Send National Guard to L.A. to Quell Immigration Protests
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June 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Trump to Send National Guard to L.A. to Quell Immigration Protests
Gov. Gavin Newsom called decision to call in National Guard forces “purposefully inflammatory.” Trump's order came on second day of protests and clashes over federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom called decision to call in National Guard forces “purposefully inflammatory.” Trump's order came on second day of protests and clashes over federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.
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US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
A U.S. official said Tuesday the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to applicants who already had scheduled their visa interviews.
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A U.S. official said Tuesday the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to applicants who already had scheduled their visa interviews.
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US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
U.S. officials say the State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on...
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May 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
A U.S. official said Tuesday the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to applicants who already had scheduled their visa interviews.
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A U.S. official said Tuesday the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to applicants who already had scheduled their visa interviews.
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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students
Less than 24 hours earlier, the Trump administration had said it would block current and future international students from attending the university.
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Less than 24 hours earlier, the Trump administration had said it would block current and future international students from attending the university.
#HigherEd
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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students
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May 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Move to Bar International Students
Less than 24 hours earlier, the Trump administration had said it would block current and future international students from attending the university.
#HigherEd
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Less than 24 hours earlier, the Trump administration had said it would block current and future international students from attending the university.
#HigherEd
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But the inhumanity of these immigration sweeps — the brutal glee of rounding up human beings, people who live and work in our midst — is what brings me closest to irrecoverable despair.
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Opinion | The ICE Raids in Nashville Aren’t About Public Safety
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May 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
But the inhumanity of these immigration sweeps — the brutal glee of rounding up human beings, people who live and work in our midst — is what brings me closest to irrecoverable despair.
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Pope Leo XIV Calls for Aid to Enter Gaza
Calling the hunger crisis in the war-torn territory “heart-rending,” the pope used his first general audience to highlight the issue.
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Calling the hunger crisis in the war-torn territory “heart-rending,” the pope used his first general audience to highlight the issue.
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Pope Leo XIV Calls for Aid to Enter Gaza
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May 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Pope Leo XIV Calls for Aid to Enter Gaza
Calling the hunger crisis in the war-torn territory “heart-rending,” the pope used his first general audience to highlight the issue.
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Calling the hunger crisis in the war-torn territory “heart-rending,” the pope used his first general audience to highlight the issue.
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Gov attys given order to dismiss cases... knowing federal agents would arrest same individuals as soon as they stepped out of the courtroom
AP reporters witnessed detentions & arrests at immigration courthouses in Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York, Seattle, Chicago & Texas.
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AP reporters witnessed detentions & arrests at immigration courthouses in Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York, Seattle, Chicago & Texas.
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ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge
A spate of arrests at immigration courts across the United States this week has rattled people showing up for hearings and may signal a coordinated attempt at deportations under fast-track authority t...
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May 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Gov attys given order to dismiss cases... knowing federal agents would arrest same individuals as soon as they stepped out of the courtroom
AP reporters witnessed detentions & arrests at immigration courthouses in Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York, Seattle, Chicago & Texas.
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AP reporters witnessed detentions & arrests at immigration courthouses in Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York, Seattle, Chicago & Texas.
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Trump admin actions to drive up deportation numbers. These efforts include expanding the group of people who can be targeted for removal, speeding up the deportation process for others and, in some cases, tightening the rules for legal immigrants.
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Trump’s Immigration Policies: Who Can Be Deported and What Has Changed (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has made drastic changes to immigration policy to drive up deportation numbers. Here is an overview of recent actions and the people they affect.
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May 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Trump admin actions to drive up deportation numbers. These efforts include expanding the group of people who can be targeted for removal, speeding up the deportation process for others and, in some cases, tightening the rules for legal immigrants.
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🔴 Migrants deported to South Sudan in violation of court order
Legal team: National Immigration Litigation Alliance, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and Human Rights First
Burmese and Vietnamese nationals identified, "likely" 10 others
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Legal team: National Immigration Litigation Alliance, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and Human Rights First
Burmese and Vietnamese nationals identified, "likely" 10 others
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May 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🔴 Migrants deported to South Sudan in violation of court order
Legal team: National Immigration Litigation Alliance, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and Human Rights First
Burmese and Vietnamese nationals identified, "likely" 10 others
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Legal team: National Immigration Litigation Alliance, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and Human Rights First
Burmese and Vietnamese nationals identified, "likely" 10 others
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Deportation fears trigger decline in tax filings in immigrant communities
Amid a Trump administration agreement to allow the Department of Homeland Security access to sensitive IRS taxpayer data, some tax preparation firms say filings this year plummeted.
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Amid a Trump administration agreement to allow the Department of Homeland Security access to sensitive IRS taxpayer data, some tax preparation firms say filings this year plummeted.
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Deportation fears trigger decline in tax filings in immigrant communities
Amid a Trump administration agreement to allow DHS access to sensitive IRS taxpayer data, some tax preparation firms say filings this year plummeted.
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May 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Deportation fears trigger decline in tax filings in immigrant communities
Amid a Trump administration agreement to allow the Department of Homeland Security access to sensitive IRS taxpayer data, some tax preparation firms say filings this year plummeted.
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Amid a Trump administration agreement to allow the Department of Homeland Security access to sensitive IRS taxpayer data, some tax preparation firms say filings this year plummeted.
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WSJ: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Clashes With Right to Due Process
U.S. officials are denying migrants a day in court provided by the Constitution, accusing them with little proof of membership in a violent gang
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U.S. officials are denying migrants a day in court provided by the Constitution, accusing them with little proof of membership in a violent gang
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Clashes With Right to Due Process
U.S. officials are denying migrants a day in court provided by the Constitution, accusing them with little proof of membership in a violent gang.
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May 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
WSJ: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Clashes With Right to Due Process
U.S. officials are denying migrants a day in court provided by the Constitution, accusing them with little proof of membership in a violent gang
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U.S. officials are denying migrants a day in court provided by the Constitution, accusing them with little proof of membership in a violent gang
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Hawaii’s Prized Kona Coffee Fields Have Become a Target for ICE
The Trump crackdown has reached the volcanic Island of Hawaii, where immigrants, some of them undocumented, are crucial to cultivating the rare coffee.
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The Trump crackdown has reached the volcanic Island of Hawaii, where immigrants, some of them undocumented, are crucial to cultivating the rare coffee.
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Hawaii’s Prized Kona Coffee Fields Have Become a Target for ICE
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May 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Hawaii’s Prized Kona Coffee Fields Have Become a Target for ICE
The Trump crackdown has reached the volcanic Island of Hawaii, where immigrants, some of them undocumented, are crucial to cultivating the rare coffee.
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The Trump crackdown has reached the volcanic Island of Hawaii, where immigrants, some of them undocumented, are crucial to cultivating the rare coffee.
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday evening for permission to deport a group of nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members and detained in Texas.
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Venezuelan Deportations to Resume
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May 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday evening for permission to deport a group of nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members and detained in Texas.
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"then what is to stop the govt from detaining someone who really is a citizen, even perhaps a sitting judge?”
“If due process is of no moment, what is stopping the Govt from removing and refusing to return a lawful permanent resident or even a natural born citizen?”
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“If due process is of no moment, what is stopping the Govt from removing and refusing to return a lawful permanent resident or even a natural born citizen?”
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Judges warn Trump's mass deportations could lay groundwork to ensnare Americans
Judges across the country continue to note that if courts don’t protect the rights of the least popular and most vulnerable, everyone is at risk.
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May 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"then what is to stop the govt from detaining someone who really is a citizen, even perhaps a sitting judge?”
“If due process is of no moment, what is stopping the Govt from removing and refusing to return a lawful permanent resident or even a natural born citizen?”
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“If due process is of no moment, what is stopping the Govt from removing and refusing to return a lawful permanent resident or even a natural born citizen?”
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Human rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador
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Rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador
International human rights organizations have filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking that the commission order El Salvador’s government to release Venezuelans deport...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Human rights groups sue to free Venezuelans deported from the US and held in El Salvador
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The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status
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USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients
The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as DOGE is amassing data for immigration enforcement.
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May 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status
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Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, had published an essay about the war in Gaza. Immigration agents arrested her and sent her to a Louisiana detention center to await deportation proceedings.
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The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, had published an essay about the war in Gaza. Immigration agents arrested her and sent her to a Louisiana detention center to await deportation proceedings.
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Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE
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May 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, had published an essay about the war in Gaza. Immigration agents arrested her and sent her to a Louisiana detention center to await deportation proceedings.
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The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, had published an essay about the war in Gaza. Immigration agents arrested her and sent her to a Louisiana detention center to await deportation proceedings.
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Pope Leo XVI, Born in Chicago, Is the FIRST AMERICAN PONTIFF
Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States.
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Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States.
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Live Updates: Robert Francis Prevost Is 1st American Pope
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May 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Pope Leo XVI, Born in Chicago, Is the FIRST AMERICAN PONTIFF
Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States.
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Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and took the name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States.
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Federal immigration agents are detaining and deporting criminal defendants before their trials. Local prosecutors say that denies justice to communities.
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He Faced a Possible Prison Term for Assault. Instead, He Was Deported.
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May 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Federal immigration agents are detaining and deporting criminal defendants before their trials. Local prosecutors say that denies justice to communities.
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“Under the House Judiciary bill, ICE would be given $45 billion to spend on detention through September 30, 2029 … This would be a staggering 365 percent increase on an annual basis over ICE’s current $3.4 billion detention budget, putting ICE’s annual detention budget at $12.4 billion.”
House Reconciliation Bill Would Supercharge Immigrant Detention and Effectively Eliminate Asylum for Most
On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee advanced a budget reconciliation bill which, if signed into law, would represent the single biggest increase in funding to immigration enforcement in the his...
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May 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Under the House Judiciary bill, ICE would be given $45 billion to spend on detention through September 30, 2029 … This would be a staggering 365 percent increase on an annual basis over ICE’s current $3.4 billion detention budget, putting ICE’s annual detention budget at $12.4 billion.”