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Columnist Likens Columbia Arrest to McCarthyism
Analysts Break Down
Controversial Columbia Arrest
the rundown
Mar 11, 2025 8:59 AM CDT

Analysts Break Down Controversial Columbia Arrest

One columnist draws a comparison to McCarthyism of the 1950s

(Newser) - The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil , a Syrian national who led pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year, has set off a furious debate about free-speech protections. Coverage:
  • Khalil was arrested by federal immigration agents in New York over the weekend and is believed to be detained in an immigration jail
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Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation
Protest Leader at Columbia
Now Faces Deportation
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 10, 2025 11:57 AM CDT

Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation

Mahmoud Khalil arrested by ICE agents under new crackdown

(Newser) - A former Columbia University grad student and Palestinian activist who helped organize anti-Israel protests at the school was arrested in his university-owned apartment over the weekend by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, reports the AP , which calls the move "a significant escalation in the Trump administration's pledge to...

DHS: We're Making Workers Take Lie Detector Tests

Homeland Security chief Noem blames agency leaks for disrupting immigration enforcement efforts

(Newser) - Staffers at the Department of Homeland Security may soon find themselves hooked up to lie-detecting sensors, if they haven't been already. Sources tell NBC News that the federal agency has begun administering polygraph tests to workers in an effort to suss out leaks to the media that some say...

ICE Boss Loses His Job Over Pace of Deportations

Under Caleb Vitello, immigrant arrests have lagged Trump's goals

(Newser) - One month into its deportation campaign, the Trump administration—unhappy that more immigrants aren't being arrested—has removed the top official at Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Caleb Vitello, a veteran of more than 20 years in ICE, became acting director of the agency when President Trump took office, the...

Dad of 4 Preps for Deportation After 24 Years in US

Washington Post tells story of Guatemalan native, 39, set to be sent back after two decades

(Newser) - Nearly a quarter century ago, a teenage Eulogio Hernandez Box arrived to the US from Guatemala, building a life for himself in Ohio that grew over the decades to include a wife and four sons. Despite entering the country illegally, Box hasn't appeared, at least on the surface, to...

Quaker Suit Fights End of Policy That Limited ICE Raid Locations
Quakers Sue
Homeland Security
Jan 27, 2025 5:26 PM CST

Quakers Sue Homeland Security

They don't want immigration raids on their property

(Newser) - A lawsuit filed Monday by a group of Quaker congregations challenges a policy change that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to raid schools, hospitals, playgrounds, and houses of worship. Such "sensitive locations" had been off-limits without approval from supervisors since the 1990s, the suit against the Department of...

After Leak, Immigration Raids in Chicago Could Be Delayed

Border czar says plans may change for officer safety

(Newser) - After news leaked that the incoming administration planned to launch immigration raids in Chicago next week, Tom Homan, President-elect Trump's chosen "border czar," said officials are considering whether to move forward. "We're looking at this leak and will make a decision based on this leak....

3K+ Guitars Part of 'Massive Attempt to Con' US Consumers

They may have looked like real Gibsons worth $18M, but authorities say they're phonies

(Newser) - If they'd been actual Gibson guitars, the 3,000-plus musical instruments seized recently in California would've been worth around $18 million. They were phonies, however, and their interception at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport is now what the Los Angeles Times is calling "the largest counterfeit musical...

Cops: They Flashed Fake Badges, Then Robbed Victims

Vasile Alexandru, 19, and Laurentiu Baceanu, 20, faked being ICE agents in California's OC, cops say

(Newser) - On Thursday, two back-to-back robberies in Orange County, California, captured law enforcement's attention for their similar MO: Two men in a blue SUV going up to their victims, claiming they were Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, then robbing them. Now, police in Anaheim say they've detained two men...

Report: ICE Agents Arrest 8 With Possible ISIS Links

Tajikistan nationals entered US from Mexico

(Newser) - Eight people from Tajikistan who crossed into the US from Mexico have been arrested because of suspected links to ISIS, law enforcement sources tell CNN and other outlets. The sources say arrests on immigration charges were made by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles, New York, and...

Airline Accidentally Lets Passengers Skip Immigration

Norse Airlines tells customers to come back to JFK the next day

(Newser) - A week into its Paris-New York service, Norse Atlantic Airways suffered what it calls a "disembarkation issue"—in which arriving passengers were able to step off their plane, walk through JFK, grab their luggage, and leave without going through customs. The April 5 flight evidently was treated as...

Con Woman Who Faked Being Rich Heiress in ICE Custody
Anna Sorokin
Is Out of Jail
UPDATED
Oct 8, 2022 9:00 AM CDT

Anna Sorokin Is Out of Jail

Con woman who'd faked being rich heiress 'Anna Delvey' had been in ICE custody since March 2021

(Newser) - Update: Anna Sorokin, the German national who faked being a rich heiress and inspired Netflix's Inventing Anna, is out of jail. The Guardian reports that Sorokin's attorney confirmed her release Friday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, where she'd been held since March 2021. "She will...

Biden's ICE Pick Caught Up in Domestic Abuse Brouhaha

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez and his wife both say the allegations are 'false'

(Newser) - The Senate was expected to vote as soon as this week on President Biden's pick to lead the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has been without a Senate-confirmed director since 2017. That vote has now been delayed, however, following domestic violence allegations against the nominee. Senate Democrats withdrew a...

Con Artist Anna Sorokin Sues Over COVID Case

Faux socialite says federal authorities denied her request for a booster

(Newser) - The US has logged more than 79 million cases of COVID since the pandemic began. Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin is making the case that hers stands out in a lawsuit against federal authorities. The 31-year-old Sorokin—who pretended to be a rich German heiress in New York City and...

ICE Deportations Hit Lowest Point on Record

Biden administration emphasizes catching criminals

(Newser) - Although illegal crossings into the US are still at elevated levels, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported fewer people in April than in any month on record. According to preliminary figures, 2,962 immigrants were deported last month, a 20% drop from March. It was the first time the monthly total...

After 60-Plus Years in US, Ex-Nazi Guard Gets the Boot

Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, deported for working at 'atrocious' Neuengamme subcamp in Germany

(Newser) - Authorities in the US deported a 95-year-old man Friday who acknowledged working as a guard in a Nazi concentration camp. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said in a statement that Friedrich Karl Berger, a German citizen, was sent back to Germany this month for serving as a guard for...

ICE Won't Make Arrests at Vaccination Sites

Government calls vaccine distribution 'a moral and public health imperative'

(Newser) - No one going to a coronavirus vaccination site has to worry about Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal government announced Monday. All agencies "fully support equal access to the COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine distribution sites for undocumented immigrants," the Department of Homeland Security said. "It is a...

Mass Shooting Survivor Swiftly Deported to Mexico

Rosa gave a statement to FBI, El Paso police after 2019 Walmart attack

(Newser) - A woman thus far identified only as Rosa was pulled over in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday for a faulty brake light. It turns out she had two outstanding misdemeanor traffic citations from 2015, reports KVIA . She was arrested and taken to the El Paso county jail annex, and by...

Driver Plows Into ICE Protest, Sends 6 to Hospital

Suspect Kathleen Casillo said she panicked

(Newser) - "It was traumatizing." That's how Desmond Marrero describes an incident Friday in which a woman plowed her car through a crowd of demonstrators in Manhattan. "One of the guys who was hit pushed me out of the way," Marrero tells the New York Daily News ...

Migrant Women Who Accused ICE OB-GYN Are Being Deported

At least 6 are already gone and 7 or more have been warned

(Newser) - Six women who alleged mistreatment at the hands of a Georgia gynecologist at an immigration detention center have been deported, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement is trying to deport at least seven more, lawyers for the women say. One woman says that within hours of speaking to federal investigators, she...

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