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Walz Activates National Guard as Protesters Decry ICE Shooting

Guard prepared as protests grow over fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

(Newser) - Minnesota's governor is putting the National Guard on standby as protests grow over a fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis. Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday authorized the Minnesota National Guard to be "staged and ready," citing concerns from local officials about whether city and...

Agent Who Shot Good Was Injured in Dragging Last Year

Star Tribune identifies him as Jonathan Ross

(Newser) - The federal officer who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday has been identified as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, according to court records and a law enforcement source cited by the Star Tribune . ICE has not publicly named the agent involved, but Homeland Security...

News Outlets Parse the Video in Fatal Minneapolis Shooting

New York Times, Washington Post cast doubt on claims that the officer who fired was in danger

(Newser) - Axios calls it a "fast fracture." Almost immediately after Wednesday's fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, "the country had splintered into two irreconcilable camps—one crying murder, the other terrorism." Media outlets have since been parsing (graphic) video of the shooting from different angles, and...

Trump Defends ICE Agent, but 'I Hate to See' Shooting

President watches a slow-motion replay of Minnesota incident with reporters

(Newser) - President Trump doubled down on his defense of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent's fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis during an interview with the New York Times . "She behaved horribly," he said of the 37-year-old woman who was killed, Renee Nicole Good. "She ran...

Avelo Airlines Dumps ICE Deportation Flights

Carrier cites lackluster revenue, costly operations after months of protests

(Newser) - Avelo Airlines is backing away from deportation flights for the federal government after less than a year . The low-cost carrier says it will no longer operate charter flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a move that follows months of protests, boycotts, and pressure from unions and elected officials, per the...

Woman Killed by ICE Was 37-Year-Old Mom

Walz urges Minnesotans 'not to take the bait' and hold violent demonstrations

(Newser) - The woman killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday has been identified as 37-year-old Nicole Renee Good. "Renee was a resident of our city who was out caring for her neighbors this morning and her life was taken today at the hands of the federal government,"...

ICE Says Agent Killed Protester in Minneapolis

Witnesses dispute federal account of shooting

(Newser) - An immigration crackdown in Minneapolis turned deadly Wednesday when a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and eyewitnesses have given sharply different accounts of the shooting in a south Minneapolis neighborhood, Fox 9 reports. ICE said its officers were carrying out "targeted operations" when...

Hilton Drops Hotel That Canceled ICE Reservations

Chain blamed independent owner after agency complaints

(Newser) - Hilton has dumped the Minneapolis-area hotel that canceled reservations made by the Department of Homeland Security for ICE agents. The hotel chain removed the independently owned and operated Hampton Inn in Lakeville from its systems after a conservative commentator raised further concerns, USA Today reports. The commentator said that, after...

ICE Launching Its Biggest Operation Ever in Minneapolis

Homeland Security plans to deploy 2K officers in the city

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it launched what it described as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency—with 2,000 federal agents and officers expected in the Minneapolis area for a crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents,...

Documents Show Feds Pushed for Abrego Garcia Indictment

Government says ICE won't detain him again while judge's order stands

(Newser) - US immigration officials do not plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as a judge's order banning it stands, according to a Tuesday court filing. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did make clear they would detain Abrego Garcia if the order was lifted, Liana J. Castano, assistant director for...

Two Hospitalized After ICE Shooting in Maryland

Driver allegedly tried to ram immigration officers

(Newser) - A late-morning immigration arrest in suburban Maryland on Wednesday ended with gunfire, a crash, and two hospitalizations, federal and local officials say. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Glen Burnie, outside Baltimore, approached a van with two men who officials said were in the country illegally, reports the New York ...

Trump Administration Planning Vast Migrant Warehouses

Blueprint seen by WaPo spells out a network of huge converted facilities to expedite deportations

(Newser) - The next phase of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown may look less like a prison network and more like a national warehouse grid. According to a draft government solicitation obtained by the Washington Post , Immigration and Customs Enforcement is exploring contracts to convert industrial warehouses into high-capacity detention centers...

Coming in 2026: Increased ICE Raids in Workplaces

New funding boosts ICE, Border Patrol raids as public backlash grows

(Newser) - President Trump is preparing to widen his immigration crackdown in 2026 with a major funding boost and an increased focus on workplace raids, even as public resistance grows and Republicans head into a risky midterm election year, Reuters reports. Under a July spending package approved by the GOP-led Congress, Immigration...

At LA Home Depot, a Painful Surprise for Day Laborers

Advocates slam high-pitch noise devices, say they cause physical harm like headaches and nausea

(Newser) - A Home Depot in Los Angeles is under fire for using high-pitched noise devices that critics say are making life miserable for day laborers who gather outside the store looking for work. The nonprofit Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (IDEPSCA) says that three sound-emitting machines were installed...

ICE Detainee Tied to Press Secretary Has Message for Her

Brazilian national Bruna Ferreira alleges wrongful ICE detention, separation from 11-year-old son

(Newser) - The woman whose ICE detention unexpectedly drew in the White House press secretary is back home in Massachusetts—but she says she still hasn't seen her 11-year-old son. Bruna Ferreira, a 33-year-old Brazilian national and former fiancee of Michael Leavitt—the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt...

Abrego Garcia Makes It Through ICE Check-In

Judge ordered officials not to detain him again

(Newser) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on Friday to the cheers of a crowd assembled outside. Abrego Garcia appeared for the appointment at an ICE field office in Baltimore, some 14 hours after he was released from detention on...

Newsom Shares AI Clip of Trump, Aides in Handcuffs

California governor mocks ICE 'cuffing season' video amid musicians' backlash

(Newser) - Gavin Newsom just answered a White House "cuffing season" video with one of his own—this time putting President Trump in digital handcuffs. The California governor on Wednesday posted an AI-generated clip on X that shows Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller sitting...

ICE Releases Abrego Garcia, Complying With Judge's Order

She says he's been detained 'without lawful authority' since his return from El Salvador

(Newser) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Pennsylvania on Thursday after a federal judge ordered his release. His attorney told the AP that Abrego Garcia left just before 5pm and was going to rejoin his family in Maryland. US District Judge Paula Xinis' decision earlier...

SZA Slams 'Rage Baiting' ICE Ad Featuring Her Song

Singer condemns ICE's use of 'Big Boys' to promote immigration enforcement video

(Newser) - SZA's viral "cuffing season" anthem just got pulled into an immigration fight she wants no part of. The singer denounced the White House after it used "Big Boys" —the spoof track she performed in a 2022 Saturday Night Live sketch—in a social media post praising...

Homeland Security Buys Its Own 737 Jets for Deportations

Contract worth nearly $140M for 6 Boeing jets comes amid record deportation push

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly signed a contract worth almost $140 million to scoop up six Boeing 737 jets, marking a shift from reliance on chartered planes to establishing its own fleet for deportation operations. A Washington Post exclusive reports that the contract is funded by a large...

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