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ICE Detains Georgetown Doctoral Student For Alleged Hamas Ties: Feds
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University academic, citing alleged ties to Hamas and the promotion of antisemitic propaganda, federal officials confirmed. The news was first reported by Politico and later confirmed by Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Suri's lawyer filed a suit fighting for his release, obtained by Politico. He was reportedly arrested by masked DHS agents Monday night, March 17, saying his visa had been revoked. “Suri was a foreign exchange student at Georgetown Uni…
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Trump, CAIR, SJP Release Statements On Columbia Protest Organizer Held By ICE In NJ
A Columbia University graduate detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now at the center of a political firestorm as the Trump administration slashes federal funding to the school and enforces new visa restrictions targeting international students linked to protests. Mahmoud Khalil Detained Amid Federal Crackdown Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident and recent Columbia graduate, was taken into custody by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Saturday, March 8, outside his university-owned apartment in New York City. ICE claims his student visa was revoked, but …
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Columbia University Protest Organizer, Green Card Holder, Held By ICE On Unknown Charges
A Columbia University graduate who helped organize the campus’s Gaza solidarity encampment has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite being a legal permanent resident, advocates say. DHS Agents Detain Activist At His Home Mahmoud Khalil was taken into custody by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers at his New York City home around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 8, according to advocates. The two plainclothes agents allegedly followed Khalil and his eight-months-pregnant wife into their apartment building—owned by Columbia—before confronting him without id…
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Girl, 11, Dies By Suicide After School Bullies Say ICE Will Deport Her Family: Reports
An 11-year-old Texas girl has died by suicide after classmates bullied her for being Hispanic and threatened to have ICE agents deport her family, according to reports. Jocelynn Rojo Carranza of Gainesville, TX, died on Saturday, Feb. 8, five days after she was rushed to a hospital, Univision 23 reported. She was a student at Gainesville Intermediate School, about an hour north of Dallas. Her mother Marbella Carranza told Univision that students repeatedly taunted her daughter, saying her family would be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "I waited a whole week for a mi…
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$39.5M In Fake Sports Gear Seized In Massive Crackdown Before Super Bowl LIX
Authorities confiscated $39.5 million worth of counterfeit sports merchandise ahead of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. More than 214,500 items were seized in the year-long crackdown, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a news release on Wednesday, Feb. 5. "Operation Team Player" targeted fake jerseys, hats, jewelry, and other memorabilia being sold to fans. Led by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the operation involved Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and major sports leagues. The initia…
Politics
ICE Enforcement Allowed At Schools, Churches Under New Trump Policy
Federal immigration authorities now have the ability to arrest individuals in and around schools and churches — areas previously considered sensitive. This new policy change involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, announced on the second day of the new Trump Administration on Tuesday, Jan/ 21 by Acting Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman and represents a significant shift from long-standing guidelines. “Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest," Huffman said in a statement. "The Trump Administration …
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Trump Taps Congressional Ally Elise Stefanik For UN Ambassador Post, Picks Border Czar
President-elect Donald Trump has picked one of his strongest allies in Congress to serve as United States ambassador to the United Nations and a former member of his first administration as border czar. Rep. Elise Stefanik, age 40, was first elected to New York's 21st District in 2014 and is the House Republican Conference Chair, the youngest woman to hold that post. "Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter," Trump said in a statement to CBS News. CNN first reported the news late Sunday, Nov. 10. Trump also decided on another native New Yorker for a…
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US Marshals 'Playing The Long Game' In Hunt For Danelo Cavalcante
Twelve days after Danelo Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison, Pennsylvania State Police say they are shifting from a strategy of "containment" to a more investigative posture. In the Monday, Sept. 11 press conference held by state police Lt. Col. George Bivens and others, authorities said their efforts have "shifted" into a "fugitive investigation." The painstaking effort to track down the escaped killer was frustrated over the weekend when Cavalcante slipped past the established perimeter at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square. Cavalcante snuck past police after stealing an…
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Search For Danelo Cavalcante Is Now Nationwide
Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt. The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…
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Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say
Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt. The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…
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ICE Ends Contract With Central PA Prison
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ended its contract with York County prison. After 30 years ICE has decided to terminate it's agreement with the York County Prison to house undocumented immigrants. York County prison has had a rise in inmate deaths, as well as COVID-19 being a factor-- with over 200 inmates testing positive. The exact reason for the termination of the contract is unknown. Seven other counties are continuing to have contracts with ICE including the following: Beaver Berks Cambria Clinton Delaware Erie Pike During the time of the contract, ICE paid the York County …
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