Illinois Sheriff Reverses Support for ICE Detention Center
Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Caruana has withdrawn support for a plan to designate a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility to house illegal immigrants scheduled for deportation in the northern Illinois region. . The Republican sheriff had been working with ICE to develop the facility, but after confronting angry pro-illegal activists, Caruana reported on […]
Adams wants to reopen Rikers Island ICE office, Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan says after mayor pulls ‘complete 180’ in sitdown
Mayor Eric Adams told incoming border czar Tom Homan that he wants to reopen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Rikers Island. This sparked swift anger among immigrant advocates and almost certainly a bitter battle with the City Council. The mayor's desire to thaw out the troubled prison complex's ICE offices, which Homan detailed to […]
Immigrant kills 7 year old months after release from ICE detainer
7-year-old Ivory Smith was murdered. Venezuelan immigration Court documents reveal just two and a half months after ICE lifted a hold on Joel Enrique Gonzalez Chacín after a late-night drunk-driving crash in north Houston. Fox 26 Houston reported that court records revealed Chacin had previously been incarcerated elsewhere. ICE hold He was arrested in June […]
Youngkin to draft sanctuary city ban, making state funding contingent on ICE cooperation
Exclusive: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin plans to introduce a budget that would prevent tax dollars from going to non-ICE-compliant counties and independent cities and ban “sanctuary cities” in the state. The proposal would require local police and corrections officials to fulfill Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention requests for criminally undocumented immigrants and to provide […]
Child killed by drunk immigrant months after he was released from ICE holder
Seven-year-old Ivory Smith was killed by Venezuelan immigrant Joel Enrique Gonzalez Chacin in a late-night drunk driving accident north of Houston, just two and a half months after ICE lifted its hold on him. This was revealed in court documents. Fox 26 Houston reported that court records reveal Chacin was in separate ICE custody earlier […]
Meteorologists surf rare ‘ice wave’ atop Mount Washington
Meteorologists atop the highest peak in the Northeast, known for some of the world's worst weather, have taken advantage of recent icy conditions to engage in the rather unusual activity of subarctic surfing. After days of subzero temperatures and strong winds, officials at the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire said a distinctive layer of […]
Border sheriff ignores county’s new policy that blocks cooperation with ICE immigration enforcement
San Diego votes yes to block ICE cooperation San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond joins “Faulkner Focus” to discuss the San Diego County Board of Supervisors' vote on a measure that would prevent police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. The San Diego County Sheriff's Office is moving to further limit its cooperation with Immigration […]
Trump’s Reported Plan For ICE Leaves Nowhere For Criminal Migrants To Hide
The incoming Trump administration intends to repeal a long-standing policy that largely prevents federal immigration authorities from apprehending undocumented immigrants in areas known as “sensitive” locations, NBC News reports. President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents may illegally operate in or near hospitals, schools, churches, and other locations deemed “sensitive” […]
Bragg pushes to put Trump’s New York case on ice until after presidency
Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office is asking Judge Juan Marchan to freeze President-elect Donald Trump's case until after he takes office. Although Trump maintained his innocence, a New York City jury found him guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records. His sentencing was originally scheduled for July but has been postponed […]
New York children die after falling through ice at Albany Washington Park Lake
Officials said Tuesday that an 11-year-old girl also died over the weekend after falling through the ice while trying to save a 12-year-old boy who had jumped in ahead of her. The two children were at Washington Park Lake in Albany around 4:30 p.m. Saturday when the boy tried to walk across the frozen lake […]