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Cortlandt, NY
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ICE Takes Person Into Custody Near School Bus Stop In Croton-On-Hudson: Mayor
Federal immigration agents took a man into custody in Northern Westchester early Friday morning, prompting concerns from local officials because the operation happened near a school bus stop. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity happened on Brook Street in Croton-on-Hudson at around 7 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, Mayor Brian Pugh announced. According to Pugh, one man who lives on Brook Street was taken into federal custody. Croton Police had no advance knowledge of the operation and did not participate in it, Pugh said. The village did not have more veri…
Central Islip, NY
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Federal Judge Overturns Arrest Of Long Island Resident
An ICE arrest of a Long Island man was unlawful and demonstrated “a woeful lack of training and understanding of legal principles” from veteran officers “oblivious to the illegality of these practices,” a federal judge wrote in an opinion released Monday, March 16. William Enrique Sanchez Alfaro, a 25-year-old Suffolk County resident originally from El Salvador, was detained by ICE officers on Feb. 6 but has since been released. He applied to New York’s Eastern District for relief, and Judge Gary R. Brown responded with an explosive condemnation of ICE’s tactics. An evidence hearing “reveal…
Princeton, NJ
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Dad Dropping Child At School Among 2 ICE Arrests In Princeton, Officials Say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in Princeton on Thursday morning, Jan. 15, where two people were taken into custody without prior notice to local officials, according to municipal officials and local police. Town officials said they learned of ICE’s presence after receiving reports from a crossing guard near Birch Avenue and John Street, who saw two suspicious vehicles and several individuals approaching them before the vehicles left the area. After contacting ICE directly, Princeton police confirmed that federal immigration agents were in town and that two individuals …
Ossining, NY
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ICE Arrests Man In Ossining, Mayor Confirms
The mayor of one Westchester village has confirmed ICE activity and one arrest. Ossining Mayor Rika Levin confirmed that ICE agents were in the village Friday morning, Jan. 9, and arrested one male. She was unable to confirm reports of ICE activity near North Malcom Street. "ICE does not share information with the mayor’s office and the police were informed after the fact that a male individual was picked up in that area," Levin said. "No further information was given." Last October, ICE detained two people in a motor vehicle stop on Route 9 in Ossining, as previously reported by Daily Voi…
National Interest
Mugshot Shows ICE Detainee In NJ Jail Days Before He Died In Custody At Delaney Hall
A 41-year-old man detained at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark died after suffering a medical emergency while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to ICE. Jean Wilson Brutus, a Haitian national, died on Friday, Dec. 12 from suspected natural causes, one day after entering ICE custody at the Newark facility, immigration officials said. Brutus was transferred to Delaney Hall on Thursday, Dec. 11 after being released from the Union County Jail in Elizabeth following an arrest for criminal mischief involving damage to property last month, ICE said. His m…
National Interest
White House Trolls Sabrina Carpenter Again After Deleting ICE Video Using Her Song
The White House social media team doubled down and will not go away quietly as they continue to troll pop star Sabrina Carpenter. The 26-year-old Quakertown native won one battle against the feds over their use of her song "Juno" after they featured it in a video showcasing ICE officers detaining multiple "suspects." Carpenter quickly spoke out against the video, calling it "evil and disgusting." "Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda." The White House deleted their tweet featuring Sabrina Carpenter’s song after she absolutely crushed it wi…
Atlantic Highlands-Highlands, NJ
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Atlantic Highlands Restaurant Owner Released After ICE Detainment
Ruperto Marquez, the co-owner and chef at Emilio's Kitchen in Atlantic Highlands was released from custody Tuesday, Nov. 18, after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since last month, authorities said. Marquez was freed after a judge ordered him released last week on $7,000 bond. Kerri Kennedy, a member of the American Friends Service Committee, and Mayor Lori Hohenleitner shared video of themselves outside Newark Delaney Hall after they paid Marquez's bond. A welcome home rally is being planned for Marquez on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Veterans Park at Boroug…
Albany, NY
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AG James, 19 States Slam Federal Policy Forcing Indefinite Immigrant Detention
New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general in pushing back against a federal policy that would keep many undocumented immigrants locked up without the chance for a bond hearing. In a legal brief filed Wednesday, Sept. 3, the attorneys general argued that the US Department of Homeland Security’s new approach violates due process, harms families, and wastes taxpayer dollars. The new policy eliminates bond hearings for those who entered the country without inspection, meaning they could be held indefinitely — sometimes for months or years — regardles…
Arlington, VA
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ICE Rips DC Dad From Parked Car, Leaving Daughters Waiting At Home: ‘Not A Criminal’
A DC dad was torn from his family after ICE agents detained him while he sat in a parked car — leaving his two young daughters at home, waiting and wondering when — or if — their father will come back. Mauricio Alexander Esquivel García, known to loved ones as Alex, was detained by ICE in Fort Totten on Sunday, Aug. 31, according to his family. They say he was “simply waiting for his father in a parked car” when agents took him away. “In just a matter of minutes, his family’s life completely changed,” wrote Adelina Rodríguez Orellana, Alex’s cousin and the organizer of a fundraiser l…
New Haven, CT
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New Haven Teen Arrested By ICE Freed After 44 Days In Federal Custody
A New Haven teenager taken into custody by federal immigration officials has been released after spending more than six weeks in federal detention. Esdras R., an 18-year-old immigrant from Central America and a rising junior at Wilbur Cross High School, was freed Tuesday, Sept. 2, after posting a $1,500 bond, according to the advocacy group CT Students for a Dream. He had been held for 44 days in multiple detention facilities across three states. Original: 'Unconscionable': New Haven High School Student Detained By ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Esdras…
Lexington Park, MD
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Litter Bug Tosses Can, Trashes Ticket, Ends Up Cuffed In Maryland: Sheriff
A Maryland man managed to get himself arrested for littering not once, but twice — after crumpling up the very ticket he’d just been given, officials said. It all started with a routine fuel stop. On Wednesday, Aug. 20, a Wicomico County Sheriff’s sergeant was filling up his patrol vehicle at a convenience store on the 1000 block of Eastern Shore Drive in Salisbury. That’s when he spotted Dominic Everetts, 59, of Salisbury, hanging out by the building with an open alcoholic beverage, according to the sheriff’s office. Before the sergeant could finish pumping gas, police said Everett…
Harrisburg, PA
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ICE Raid At Emiliano’s Restaurants In PA Spurs $120K GoFundMe To Support Detained Workers
An ICE raid at two Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar locations in the Pittsburgh area left 16 workers detained and the community reeling, the business announced on Thursday, Aug. 7. Federal immigration agents stormed the Cranberry and Gibsonia Emiliano’s restaurants in what owners described as a “show of force” that “went far beyond anything reasonable or humane,” according to a statement shared on the restaurant’s Facebook page and GoFundMe. The raid left the businesses “trashed” and employees “shattered,” the owners said. Sixteen staff members — described as “family” by the Emiliano…
Port Chester, NY
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Family Of Port Chester Firefighter Detained By ICE Faces 'Overwhelming, Expensive' Legal Fight
The family of a Westchester firefighter detained by ICE is asking for help from the public as they navigate what they describe as a difficult and emotional legal battle. A fundraiser was created in late July by the family of Port Chester Firefighter Milton Guamarrigra, who was detained by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "Our family is navigating a deeply emotional and challenging time," wrote Guamarrigra's daughter, Joselyn, in a GoFundMe page. She continued, "He is a loving father, a hardworking man, and someone who has always put his family first." Following Guamarrigra's…
National Interest
ICE Detains Ocean City Resident During Child Porn Raid, But Family Says He Wasn't Involved
A man was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a federal raid in New Jersey, even though he was not the subject of the investigation, according to officials and immigrant advocacy groups. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that a search warrant was executed on the 800 block of Asbury Avenue in Ocean City (Cape May County) as part of an ongoing child exploitation investigation on Tuesday, July 29. Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said the warrant stemmed from a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which identifi…
New Haven, CT
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'Unconscionable': Wilbur Cross High School Student Detained By ICE; Officials Organizing Help
A Connecticut high school student has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), authorities confirmed. Esdras R., an 18-year-old immigrant from Central America and a rising junior at Wilbur Cross High School, was arrested on July 21 at his workplace. He is currently being held at a detention center in Massachusetts, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and Superintendent Madeline Negrón said. They called his detention "unconscionable" and described him as a "hard-working student and a fine young man," in a joint press release. “The city and the school district are working …
Princeton, NJ
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ICE Arrests 15 Guatemalan Nationals In Princeton: Authorities (
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Immigrations and Customs Enforcement arrested 15 Guatemalan nationals in Princeton early Thursday morning, July 24, officials said. ICE was spotted in Princeton at 6:45 a.m., and witnesses reported seeing four to five people taken into custody at Harrison Street, the municipality said in a statement. In a statement, a spokesman for ICE said they were conducting a targeted enforcement action, along with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations, the ATF and U.S. Border Patrol. The target was witnessed entering a 12-passenger van and a vehicle stop was conducted, ICE said. Th…
Burlington, NJ
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Burlington Twp Man Bludgeoned Mother to Death: Prosecutor
A 40-year-old Burlington Township man was arrested and charged Monday, July 14 with beating his mother to death, authorities said. On Sunday, July 6, officers responded to the 100 block of Andre Court after family members found the body of Enid Wordsworth inside the residence she shared with her son, Orsman Summerville, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Burlington Township Director of Public Safety Bruce Painter said. An autopsy concluded that Wordsworth had been fatally bludgeoned, authorities said. An investigation determined Summerville killed his mothe…
Sterling, VA
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Woman With No Known Address Fatally Stabs Man In Sterling: Sheriff
A man is dead and a woman is behind bars after a deadly stabbing in Loudoun County, authorities said. Deputies responded to the 46000 block of Waterview Plaza in Sterling around 7:30 a.m. on Friday, June 20, for reports of a stabbing, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. When deputies arrived, they found 36-year-old Christopher Young, who had no known address, suffering from a stab wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died from his injuries, investigators said. Deputies said they located the suspect on scene and took her into custody without incident. Ind…
National Interest
Feds Can't Jail Mahmoud Khalil For Political Speech, Judge Rules After He Missed Child's Birth
Columbia University graduate and Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil must be released from ICE custody while his immigration case moves forward, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled Friday, June 20. Calling Khalil’s detention “highly unusual,” US District Judge Michael Farbiarz also ruled that Khalil’s legal challenge against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must proceed in New Jersey, rejecting the government’s attempt to transfer the case to Louisiana, where Khalil has been held for over three months, CBS News reports. Khalil, a lawful US permanent resident originally from …
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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ICE Detains Glen Rock Synagogue Custodian Mid-Interview, Mayor Issues Urgent Call For Help
The mayor of a Bergen County town is calling on the public to send urgent letters of support after a beloved synagogue custodian was detained by ICE officials during his asylum interview this week, without explanation or paperwork, she said. Jorge Tomas Dagar Aquino, who has lived in the United States for more than 20 years, was taken into custody around noon Monday, June 16, at the Newark Asylum Office, Glen Rock Mayor Kristine Morieko said. Jorge, who fled Colombia to escape gang violence and economic instability, has worked at the Glen Rock Jewish Center since 2013 and became a…
Leesburg, VA
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‘Vigilante’ ICE Arrests Slammed By Loudoun County Official After Courthouse Crackdown
An elected official in Virginia is calling for an end to Loudoun County's partnership with federal immigration authorities after what she described as a “disturbing show of force” outside a Sterling courthouse. Supervisor Juli Briskman is condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for what she says was a series of aggressive and secretive detentions in her community — including an incident last week where plainclothes ICE officers “manhandled a Loudoun resident” and “swatted away another resident’s phone.” “These residents were exercising their constitutional right to observe publ…
National Interest
Tufts Student Must Be Freed After ICE Detained Her For Pro-Palestine Op-Ed, Judge Rules
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release a Tufts University doctoral student who has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for more than six weeks after she wrote a pro-Palestine op-ed. The judge in Vermont granted bail to Rumeysa Öztürk on Friday, May 9. US District Judge William Sessions said the federal government had proven no basis for detaining Öztürk other than her student newspaper op-ed, criticizing the university's response to Israel's occupation of Gaza. The 30-year-old was detained by six masked, plainclothes officers whil…
Great Falls, VA
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Illegal Immigrant Released After Sex Abuse Conviction Re-Arrested In Great Falls: ICE
A Guatemalan national convicted of having sex with a child was released by a Virginia jail despite an ICE detainer — but now he's back in federal custody after a major multi-agency takedown, authorities said. Ander Cortez-Mendez, 21, was arrested on Wednesday, April 2 in Falls Church, by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers working with ATF, the DEA, and the Diplomatic Security Service, ICE officials announced. Cortez-Mendez, who is in the country illegally, had previously been convicted in Fairfax County Circuit Court of consensual sexual intercourse with a child. He was …
Rotterdam, NY
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Undocumented Immigrant Assaults Feds In Rotterdam, Detained Under 'Laken Riley Act': DOJ
A Nicaragua man in the United States illegally assaulted federal agents in upstate New York while being detained under the new Laken Riley Act, prosecutors said. Michel Manuel Garcia-Rojas, 38, who resides in Albany, was charged with assaulting a federal officer in Albany federal court Thursday, March 6, following an alleged incident in Rotterdam. Garcia-Rojas entered the United States illegally in 2023 and has been in removal proceedings since that time, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District. On Wednesday, March 5, Rotterdam Police contacted Homeland Security Inve…
Franklin-Newfield, NJ
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Franklinville Man Who Fired Shot During Road Rage Incident Captured, Police Say
A Franklinville man was accused of firing a gun during a road rage incident, authorities said. Anthony Riccelli, 41, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 18, the Franklin Township Police Department said in a news release. He was charged with aggravated assault and gun-related offenses. Officers responded to a shooting report near Main and Marshall Mill roads at around 8:44 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9. The victim told police they were traveling on Main Road when another driver pulled up alongside their vehicle, rolled down the window, and fired a single gunshot. No injuries were …
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Nashville Man Raped Child In Morris County: Prosecutor
A 32-year-old Nashville man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a child in Morris County, authorities said. Rony Oviedo-Buezo performed multiple sexual acts with a female child, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Town of Dover Police Chief Jonathan Delaney said. He was charged with aggravated sexual assault, attempted aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. Buezo was arrested in Tennessee and extradited to New Jersey, authorities said. He is bein…
Hackensack, NJ
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: Car Wash Attendant Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen In Hackensack
Federal immigration officials placed a detainer on a car wash attendant living in Hackensack who’s accused of sexually assaulting an underage teen. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Special Victims Unit seized Hector Angel Tangamasi-Shique, 31, on Friday, Dec. 15, after being alerted by Hackensack police of alleged assaults on a victim under 16. He was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two lesser counts each of aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment – one through sexual conduct and the other through abuse, records show. Then …
Jersey City, NJ
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Repeat Offender Secretly Recorded Woman Inside Home: Hudson Prosecutor
A repeat offender from Union City was charged with recording a woman inside of her home without her consent, authorities said. Mario Lopez Esquit, 24, is expected to be arraigned Tuesday, May 24, on a charge of invasion of privacy, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Lopez Esquit was being held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility on unrelated charges, Suarez said. He was arrested in January after an investigation found that he shared child porn on social media, the prosecutor previously said. Lopez Esquit was charged with the possession and distribution of child…
