Immigration/Border
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents returned to the New Bedford area for a second straight day Tuesday, pushing the two-day arrest total past a dozen and prompting Gov. Maura Healey to join Mayor Jon Mitchell in publicly demanding the administration explain itself. Agents made at least eight arrests Monday in an operation centered on […]
New York City is taking the Trump administration to court over a new immigration rule that could make an immigrant’s use of government benefits a factor in deciding whether they receive a green card. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that New York City, joined by Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and several counties, filed a federal […]
Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents pulled more than 2,100 people off New York streets in a monthlong operation, as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin accused Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering public safety with sanctuary policies. Secretary Mullin announced Tuesday that Operation Rotten Apple resulted in 2,197 arrests across New York City, […]
Connecticut is becoming the latest battleground in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Nearly 100 people have reportedly been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the state this week, with the largest concentration of arrests taking place in Danbury, according to the immigration rights group Danbury Unites for Immigrants. ICE has not confirmed the […]
Fifteen New York sheriffs are taking Gov. Kathy Hochul to federal court over a new state law that bars local law enforcement from entering into certain agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The law, dubbed the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, took effect this week after Hochul signed it in May. It prohibits local agencies […]
Federal immigration enforcement is drawing renewed attention across New Hampshire as reports of increased ICE activity surface in communities including Keene, Lebanon and the Upper Valley. New Hampshire Public Radio reported Tuesday that immigration advocates have been documenting increased ICE activity in several parts of the state, including reports of recent detentions. The reports come […]
New York's attempt to unmask federal immigration agents just hit a wall named the Supremacy Clause. Judge Mae D'Agostino of the Northern District of New York blocked the state's law banning masked ICE agents and requiring them to display visible identification. Her reasoning left little room for argument: the statute "directly regulate[s] federal officers in […]
Rhode Island lawmakers have enacted a law barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from operating near the state's polling locations. The General Assembly adjourned its regular session on June 11, and Governor Dan McKee, a Democrat, signed the measure into law. Two companion bills, H7434 and S3339, form the core of the new […]
