Jul 17 Maine shooting and officer's background raise new questions about ICE's rapid hiring By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been rapidly expanding its workforce, hiring thousands of new officers as part of the Trump administration's attempt to ramp up immigration arrests and deportations. Continue reading
Jul 17 AP report: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say By Jack Brook, Mike Sisak, Amanda Swinhart, Claire Galofaro, Associated Press The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never should have been given a badge and gun… Continue reading
Jul 14 Many questions remain after an ICE officer's fatal shooting of a Maine driver By Patrick Whittle, Leah Willingham, Jack Brook, Associated Press Immigrant rights groups are demanding answers and planning more protests Tuesday over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's fatal shooting of a Maine driver. Continue reading
Jul 14 DHS says ICE officer who fatally shot driver in Maine was 'fearing for public safety' By Patrick Whittle, Leah Willingham, Jack Brook, Associated Press A witness says he heard driver say, "I tried to stop."… Continue reading
Jul 10 WATCH: Rep. Garcia holds news conference on fatal ICE shooting in Houston By Rebecca Santana, Jack Brook, Associated Press Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man living in the U.S. who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, was not the person federal authorities had been targeting in a Houston operation, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia said Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 6:24 ICE agent kills Mexican immigrant in Houston in latest deadly enforcement encounter By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant, Andrew Merlis Family members and local officials are calling for a full investigation into the shooting death of a man killed by ICE agents in Houston. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot Tuesday as agents tried to arrest him. Federal officials say he… Continue watching
Jul 08 A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe By Lekan Oyekanmi, Jack Brook, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neglecting that for years as… Continue reading
Jul 08 Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for ushering Mexican immigrant away from ICE agents By Claire Savage, Scott Bauer, Associated Press "I have been cast as both a scofflaw and a hero. I am neither. I am a public servant who's just trying to do my job,” Dugan said. Continue reading
Jun 17 Judge upholds the conviction of former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan for helping immigrant evade ICE By Scott Bauer, Associated Press A federal judge on Tuesday declined to overturn a Wisconsin judge’s obstruction of justice conviction for helping a man evade immigration officers who showed up at a courtroom looking to detain him. Continue reading
Jun 10 WATCH: Trump signs the $70 billion Secure America Act for immigration enforcement By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that gives his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost for the rest of his time in the White House. Continue reading