LA Schools Protect Children From ICE With Safe Zones and Campus Patrols
Children in Los Angeles returned to school on Thursday with new measures in place to protect them from the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has said it will deploy employees, volunteers and school police to patrol the streets around more than 100 schools, expanding “safe zones” to protect […]
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Man Applying for Green Card Detained by ICE After Decades in US
You Chen Yang, a 56-year-old Chinese national who owned Hong Kong Restaurant in Perry, New York, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on July 14 during what his family believed was a routine immigration check-in, according to local station WHAM-TV. Yang had been living in Wyoming County for three decades and was […]
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Ice Cream Recall Map Shows States With New Warning
DFA Dairy Brands, LLC, is recalling the Friendly’s brand of Cookies & Cream ice cream due to undeclared soy and wheat concerns. Newsweek reached out to the company via email on Wednesday for comment. Why It Matters Numerous recalls have been initiated this year due to the potential for damaged products, foodborne illness, contamination and […]
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ICE Agents ‘Tell Texas Man to Shave Beard’ After Arrest Mishap
Federal immigration agents reportedly told a Texas man to shave his beard after he was wrongfully arrested in a case of mistaken identity. Miguel Angel Ponce Jr., 33, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents pulled him over on July 23 just as he was leaving for work in Houston, according to a report by […]
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ICE Detains Obama-Award Winner Living in US for 20 Years
A Pennsylvania man who came to the United States as a child and was once recognized by former President Barack Obama is now being held in federal custody following a routine court appearance. Darwin Contreras, 27, has lived in the United States since he was 7 years old, and was a recipient of the President’s […]
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Dad Waiting for Green Card Arrested by ICE Dropping Off Child at Preschool
Immigration officials arrested and detained Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, a 38-year-old Iranian father who is in the process of obtaining a green card, while he was dropping his child off at a preschool in Oregon on Tuesday, but ICE said they tried to arrest him before drop-off, during a traffic stop, but he asked to take his […]
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Trump’s ICE Memo Allows Fast Deportation to Unfamiliar Nations: Live Updates
By Amanda M. Castro is a Newsweek Live Blog Editor based in New York. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics, breaking news, consumer topics, and entertainment. She specializes in delivering in-depth news and live blog reporting and has experience covering U.S. presidential debates, awards shows, and more. Amanda joined Newsweek in 2024 […]
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Farmworker Dies After Falling During ICE Raid at Cannabis Farm
Jaime Alanis, a 57-year-old farmworker, died Saturday from injuries sustained after falling 30 feet from a greenhouse roof during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at a California cannabis facility. Alanis becomes the first person to die in one of President Donald Trump‘s administration’s anti-immigration operations since he took office in January. Newsweek reached […]
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Camarillo ICE Raid Critically Injured Cannabis Farm Workers, Citizens Missing: Union
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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Pregnant Wife Says ICE Agents Beat Her Husband During Workplace Raid
A 7-month pregnant woman has told Newsweek immigration agents beat her Venezuelan husband after he tried to evade detention. Carla Rodríguez said 21-year-old Reinel Fernando Acosta Rodríguez was beaten as he tried to flee from agents at the Illinois warehouse where he worked last month. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has denied the claims, […]
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