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Trump suffers another legal blow as judge freezes $36 billion 'punitive' fine machineA federal judge has put the brakes on the Trump administration's revived program of massive civil fines against immigrants, ruling that the Department of Homeland Security likely broke the law by slapping people with enormous penalties without checking whether they actually did anything to deserve them. U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr., an…
U.S. citizen who was shot by immigration agent in Chicago files lawsuit alleging he fired from behindCHICAGO — An American citizen shot by a Customs and Border Protection agent one year ago during a sweeping immigration crackdown in Chicago filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Monday, alleging the agent lied about the shooting and fired into her vehicle from behind. Federal prosecutors initially accused
Geraldo Rivera: 'Appalling' Trump Has Masked ICE Agents 'Preying' on LatinosMonday on CNN’s “News Central,” NewsNation correspondent-at-large for NewsNation Geraldo Rivera said the way the Trump administration is enforcing their immigration policy is “appalling.” Geraldo said, “Let me just say that among Latinos, for example, anyone who voted Republican and The post Geraldo Rivera: ‘Appalling’ Trump Has Masked ICE Agents…
Arrest made in 2022 migrant smuggling boat capsizing that killed 39 peopleOn Jan. 25, 2022, a Jacksonville-based tugboat crew returning from a job in Puerto Rico found an overturned 25-foot boat with a man sitting on the hull floating about 45 miles off Fort Pierce Inlet. The crew rescued 22-year-old Juan Esteban Montoya, who later told federal agents he and his 18-year-old sister were among 40 people on the boat when its…
Judge unearths elaborate ICE agent hoax: 'Some things simply strain the imagination'U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gave similar false testimony and falsified official records to conceal the illegal arrest of a Bronx man through deceptive actions that he said "strain the imagination." Brown made the findings in a ruling Monday that provisionally granted Angel Jesus Almonte's…
DHS buys 2 more detention centers in California for $950 million - Mon, 05 Oct 2026 PSTWASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two immigrant detention facilities in Adelanto for $950 million, according to the private prison corporation that sold them. The sale by the GEO Group, a Florida-based government contractor, follows a $1.5-billion sale over the summer of two other California detention facilities by GEO's…