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US news
fromwww.npr.org
4 days ago

Federal judge dismisses criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Criminal charges were dismissed because reopening an investigation was found to be motivated by vindictiveness tied to a successful challenge to deportation.
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

ICE arrests the sister of the head of Cuba's military conglomerate GAESA

U.S. immigration authorities on Thursday arrested in Miami the sister of the executive president of GAESA (Grupo de Administracion Empresarial S.A.), the Cuban military conglomerate. According to a statement released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the detainee, Adys Lastres Morera, sister of Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, described as responsible for managing GAESA's internationally held illicit assets, had been a permanent resident since 2023. ICE said Lastres Morera had not applied for U.S. citizenship and will remain in custody until she is deported.
Miami food
#immigration-enforcement
fromwww.amny.com
5 months ago
US politics

Editorial | An unnecessary show of force in Queens by federal immigration officers | amNewYork

Heavily armed HSI/ICE agents conducted a militarized predawn raid in Jackson Heights, provoking community fear and questioning the necessity of such force.
fromFortune
8 months ago
World news

Hundreds detained at Georgia's top economic development project as immigration crackdown collides with U.S. manufacturing push

Immigration authorities detained 475 people, mostly South Korean nationals, after a raid at Hyundai's Georgia manufacturing site for alleged illegal hiring.
US politics
fromABC7 San Francisco
5 days ago

ICE going to 'be out there every day' during World Cup, DHS says

ICE and HSI officers will maintain a visible daily presence during the FIFA World Cup 2026 to target counterfeit tickets, human trafficking, drug smuggling, and counterfeit products.
Social justice
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Federal agents raid homes of Ventura County immigration activists

Federal agents executed early-morning search warrants tied to VC Defensa, seizing devices and items, while activists allege retaliatory harassment for monitoring immigration raids.
fromFortune
8 months ago
World news

Hundreds detained at Georgia's top economic development project as immigration crackdown collides with U.S. manufacturing push

US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Deaths of at least six people believed to be due to heat inside shipping container in Texas

At least six immigrants died in a shipping container in Laredo, Texas, with a possible seventh death linked, prompting a human smuggling investigation.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agent last year, new records show

A Homeland Security Investigations agent shot and killed 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas during a late-night traffic encounter in March 2025.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Man Fatally Shot Last Year Now Revealed to Have Been Killed by ICE

ICE agents fatally shot 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez on South Padre Island after he allegedly struck a federal agent with his vehicle.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 months ago

ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Is your city on the list? | CBC News

Homeland Security Investigations operates from the U.S. embassy and consulates across Canada to investigate transnational crimes and assist in tracking suspects.
fromemptywheel
3 months ago

Pam Bondi Responded to Alex Pretti's Murder by Criminalizing Spitting - emptywheel

Some of them are violent, and some of these prosecutions might even survive - that is, if the affidavits used to obtain the arrests are accurate, as many (if not most) of the ones arising from Stephen Miller's invasions have not been. Some of these claimed assaults occurred three weeks before the charges were unsealed, the day of Renee Good's shooting, three weeks in which prosecutors chose not to present the charges to a grand jury.
US news
#ice
fromKqed
10 months ago
US politics

Behind the Masks: Who Are the People Rounding Up Immigrants in California? | KQED

fromKqed
10 months ago
US politics

Behind the Masks: Who Are the People Rounding Up Immigrants in California? | KQED

fromReadWrite
3 months ago

Amarillo cockfighting gambling case ends with sentencing

In February 2025, three individuals, including Chávez, were indicted for their roles in this animal-fighting venture, which violated the federal Animal Welfare Act. Alongside HSI, the case involved multiple agencies, including the Potter County Sheriff's Office, Texas State Game Wardens, the Amarillo Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which conducted the investigation, along with support from the Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
US news
Information security
fromTechCrunch
4 months ago

Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and advertising surveillance software | TechCrunch

Bryan Fleming, founder of pcTattletale, pleaded guilty to federal charges for operating and selling stalkerware, including computer hacking and conspiracy.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
5 months ago

Heavily armed federal agents in combat gear descend upon Queens neighborhood in predawn raid that rattled residents | amNewYork

Heavily armed Homeland Security agents conducted a predawn operation in Jackson Heights, arresting at least one person and causing fear among residents.
Law
fromThe Mercury News
7 months ago

Feds drop human labor trafficking probe into California Christian college

Homeland Security will not file human labor trafficking charges against Olivet University, allowing a civil lawsuit by former students to proceed.
US politics
fromThe Verge
9 months ago

Trump's immigration crackdown could be slowing the hunt for child predators online

Refocusing federal law enforcement on immigration is diverting HSI agents and prosecutors from online child sexual exploitation investigations.
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