Hundreds of National Guard members to leave Portland, Chicago, source says
Last month, about 200 federalized California National Guard soldiers were sent to Portland, and another 200 federalized Texas National Guard soldiers were sent to Chicago.
Tag: customs enforcement
Letter: ICE officers enforce law, shouldn’t be ostracized
A recent letter to the editor proclaimed that lawmakers should consider the creation of state laws to counter Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“Quickly enact state laws to protect against ICE,” Star-Advertiser, Oct. 24). ICE personnel are law enforcement officers, enforcing longstanding federal law.
Illinois lawmakers pass bill banning ICE immigration arrests near courthouses
Illinois lawmakers passed a bill blocking federal immigration arrests near courthouses and allowing civil lawsuits for constitutional rights violations.
Democratic senators demand answers on ICE’s use of full-body restraints on deportation flights
WASHINGTON (AP) A “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights and the use of full-body restraints onboard is raising “serious human rights concerns,” a group of 11 Democratic.
Canal Street ICE raids weren’t pretty — but something must be done to clean up a promising NYC block
With City Hall unable or unwilling to protect legitimate Canal Street businesses and the public from the scourge of unlicensed sidewalk merchants, somebody had to do the job or at least begin to.
Oklahoma troopers, ICE detain 120 illegal immigrants in three-day interstate enforcement sweep
ICE and Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested 120 illegal immigrants during a three-day operation targeting threats to public safety along I-40 in Oklahoma.