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A judge in former Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil’s case ruled in favor of the federal government on Friday, allowing Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) to move forward with its dep...
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he can deport Khalil because his presence in the U.S. threatens the country’s foreign policy.
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His lawyer has accused the US government of trying to silence people over speech it doesn't support, arguing it has not presented evidence to justify his arrest.
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A mother and her three children are on their way back home to New York following their detention by immigration enforcement officials last month at a dairy farm, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday.
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A mother and her three children were detained last month in an immigration operation in northern New York state near the U.S.-Canada border, according to an immigrant advocacy group.
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The family was detained when immigration authorities were conducting an unrelated search warrant near their home on March 27.
Trump's border czar, Thomas Homan, has deep roots in NY. Republicans aim to leverage the connection to increase immigration actions.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and federal law enforcement partners arrested 133 people during the operation, which took place in late March. The operation focused on finding criminals in the country illegally and other people who violated immigration laws, according to ICE.
A federal judge has refused to block immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations at houses of worship in a lawsuit filed by religious groups over a new policy adopted by the Trump administration.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul had criticized detaining the family while their case was working its way through the U.S. immigration system.
When Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri was arrested by federal officers outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, so began a multistate, week-long journey in custody that would end in a rural jail over 1,