Nation Oct 14 Los Angeles County officials to vote on emergency declaration over ICE raids By Christopher Weber, Associated Press
Nation Oct 09 Watch 7:25 ICE escalates aggressive raids in Chicago as Trump moves to deploy National Guard President Trump and his team are doubling down on efforts to bring the National Guard into Democrat-run cities and to ramp up ICE enforcement. The administration argues that episodes of violence against federal agents constitute a danger. Governors and mayors… By William Brangham, Ryan Connelly Holmes
Nation Oct 01 U.S. citizen wrongfully detained twice in Alabama workplace raids sues immigration authorities A U.S. citizen who is a construction worker in Alabama has filed a federal lawsuit after he says he was detained twice by immigration agents within just a few weeks. By Tim Sullivan, Associated Press
Nation Oct 01 U.S. will allow South Koreans with short-term visas and waivers to work at industrial sites, Seoul says The announcement came weeks after South Korea flew home more than 300 of its nationals who had been detained in a massive immigration raid at a battery factory being built on Hyundai's sprawling auto plant campus near Savannah, Georgia. By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press
Nation Sep 17 Watch 7:57 Woman wrongfully detained in immigration raid describes what she endured A U.S. citizen was caught in the middle of the Trump administration’s aggressive approach to immigration enforcement. Andrea Velez says she was wrongfully arrested this past summer in downtown Los Angeles during an ICE raid. She spent two nights in… By Geoff Bennett, Doug Adams
Sep 12 South Korean workers return home after days in detention following US immigration raid By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Their roundup and the U.S. release of video showing some Korean workers shackled with chains around their hands, ankles and waists have caused public outrage and a sense of betrayal in South Korea, a key U.S. ally. Continue reading
Sep 08 Supreme Court ends restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up U.S. citizens By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Justice Sonia Sotomayor says in dissent people have been grabbed, thrown to the ground and handcuffed because of their looks and their accents. Continue reading
Sep 08 Noem says immigration raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia won’t deter investment in the U.S. By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Noem says the detainees would be deported and the raid shows companies the importance of companies following U.S. laws. Continue reading
Sep 07 South Korea reaches deal with U.S. to return home 300 workers detained in Hyundai plant raid By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press More than 300 South Korean workers detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia will be released and brought home, the South Korean government announced Sunday. Continue reading
Sep 05 Federal authorities detain 475 people during immigration raid in Georgia, official says By Kim Tong-Hyung, Russ Bynum, Associated Press Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according to a Homeland Security official. Continue reading