ICE Arrests Immigrant Charged With Raping a Child in Sanctuary City
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Gilberto Avila-Jara, an Ecuadorian man without valid documentation who has been charged with more than 20 counts of sex crimes against a minor, outside of Boston in the sanctuary city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, earlier this month. Newsweek has reached out to the Boston mayor’s office and Lawrence’s mayor […]
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British Tourist Detained by ICE for 19 Days Warns Against All US Travel
A U.K. woman has spoken of time in detention after being branded an illegal alien by American border officials, as she warned other would-be travelers not to get caught up in President Donald Trump‘s immigration crackdown. Rebecca Burke, a 28-year-old graphic artist from Monmouthshire, South Wales, told British newspaper The Guardian how she had been […]
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Arctic Sea Ice Melt Exposes US to New Threat
Nearly two decades before U.S. President Donald Trump eyed the strategic value of Greenland for the U.S., Russian explorers planted their country’s flag on the seabed 14,000 feet below the North Pole. Since that statement of intent by Moscow in 2007, some things in the far north haven’t changed—Russian President Vladimir Putin is still in […]
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ICE Using ‘Points System’ to Identify Migrant Gang Members: What to Know
Federal agents are using a “points system” to determine whether migrants are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), according to new court filings. In fighting deportation flights under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) submitted examples of forms being used to confirm gang affiliation as grounds […]
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Tim Walz Demands Answers After University Student Detained by ICE
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after a student at the University of Minnesota was detained by federal immigration authorities. “The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research,” Walz wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “We have any number of students […]
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Mahmoud Khalil’s Wife Speaks Out on ICE Detention: ‘Need Your Help’
By Billal Rahman is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. He specializes in immigration policy and border security. He has uncovered allegations of misconduct among border agents under investigation and exposed claims of abuse at ICE-run detention centers in the U.S. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent. He has covered the British […]
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Donald Trump reacts to ICE arrest of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Judge Blocks Trump Policy Allowing ICE Operations in Some Houses of Worship
By Gabe Whisnant is Deputy Weekend Editor at Newsweek based in South Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial. […]
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Ice Cream Recall Update as More Product Impacted
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning of a potentially deadly allergic reaction following the expansion of an ice cream recall that was initiated due to an undeclared ingredient. A notice shared to the FDA website on Tuesday informs consumers that Wisconsin-based Babcock Dairy was voluntarily expanding its recall of “Orange Custard Chocolate […]
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