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An 86-year-old French widow, Marie-Thérèse, has returned to France after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Her detention sparked international attention and concern amidst various controversies surrounding the agency.
A New Jersey congresswoman, Nellie Pou, has introduced legislation to prevent immigration enforcement from conducting raids within a mile of World Cup stadiums and fan festivals, following ICE chief Todd Lyons' refusal to rule out such actions.
Todd Lyons, the interim director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced his departure from the agency. His resignation comes amidst increased scrutiny over ICE's operations, including the detention of elderly immigrants and an AP investigation revealing issues with the hiring of new officers.
The Trump administration has bought warehouses across the US that could hold thousands. But resistance is growing There is a vast building, reportedly the size of seven football fields, in Surprise, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix; ICE bought it for $70m. Another building, along the southern border in San Antonio, Texas, was valued at $37m; it’s 640,000 sq ft. In January, ICE bought a warehouse in Upper Bern Township, Pennsylvania, not far outside of Philadelphia, for $87.4m. In Williamsport, Maryland, outside Hagerstown, the cost of a facility on a nearly 54-acre plot was $102m. These are massive, industrial spaces, built for holding goods to be shipped elsewhere. Warehouses are drafty and difficult to heat, hard-floored and high-ceilinged, not meant for human habitation. But the Trump administration is aiming to convert them into vast detention camps for immigrants. Some of the buildings could house as many as 9,000 people at a time. The rapid slew of new warehouse purchases by deportation agencies brings to mind the words of the ICE director, Todd Lyons, who told a conference last year that he wanted the effort to operate “like Amazon Prime, for human beings”. Continue reading...
President Trump has taken executive action to ensure TSA workers receive their salaries, announcing a plan to pay them despite ongoing congressional funding stalls and the partial government shutdown.