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Associated Press: ICE takes custody of Spanish-language journalist arrested at Georgia protest

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U.S. immigration authorities said Wednesday they have detained a Spanish-language journalist, who will face deportation proceedings following his arrest on charges of obstructing police and unlawful assembly while covering a weekend protest outside Atlanta.

Mario Guevara was turned over by police to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody three days after he was jailed in DeKalb County, agency spokesman Lindsay Williams said in an emailed statement. His case now goes to immigration court to determine whether Guevara, a native of El Salvador, can remain in the U.S.

His attorney, Giovanni Diaz, has said that Guevara was doing his job and committed no crime when police arrested him. He also says Guevara has legal authorization to live and work in the U.S., and has a pending application for permanent residency. Diaz did not immediately return phone and email messages Wednesday.

ICE takes custody of Spanish-language journalist arrested at Georgia protest
Immigration officers have taken custody of a Spanish-language journalist arrested on obstruction and unlawful assembly charges while covering a weekend protest outside Atlanta.

https://apnews.com/article/journalist-detained-immigration-ice-mario-guevarra-atlanta-77158055cda30f6be3707fb40bf661d6

Huffington Post: ‘It’s Entrapment’: ICE Allegedly Kept Immigrants In Court Building Overnight

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One advocacy group CEO said he’s heard of up to 200 asylum-seekers detained in the federal building since Tuesday. A representative for ICE denied this claim.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is accused of detaining and holding asylum-seekers overnight in a downtown Los Angeles court building after they appeared for routine check-ins this week, prompting calls for an investigation into possible human rights abuses.

Up to 200 people have been detained since Tuesday at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building, with at least one pregnant woman and a 2-year-old child among those held overnight, Juan Proaño, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, told HuffPost Friday.

“It’s not a facility that’s designed to hold anyone overnight. So they have folks in interview rooms and offices, up to 30 people. They’ve set up some makeshift tents as well,” Proaño said, citing information obtained by detainees and lawyers who have had access to the building.

Immigration attorney Lizbeth Mateo told CBS News that several of her clients were among those detained and taken to a basement in the building.

An expectant couple and their two children, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, were left to sleep in a room without beds and given limited access to food and water. Eventually, the pregnant mother and her children were released, while the husband remained in custody as of early Friday, Mateo said.

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CBS also reported that it spoke with people waiting outside the building who claimed to have relatives inside the basement who were texting them.

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A spokesperson for ICE denied the reports, however, telling HuffPost in an email Friday that it has not detained “individuals inside the basements or tents etc.”

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Proaño said that LULAC has been told that as many as 60 people remain detained in the building as of Friday, while others have been released or moved to Texas for deportation.

Never forget:

Cops

Lie!

All

the

Time!

And the thugs that ICE hires are no exception.

‘It’s Entrapment’: ICE Accused Of Detaining Immigrants In Court Building Overnight During Routine Check-Ins
One advocacy group CEO said he’s heard of up to 200 asylum-seekers detained in the federal building since Tuesday. A representative for ICE denied this claim.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asylum-seekers-detained-la-federal-building_n_6843396de4b004bd540a7cb3

SF Gate: ICE stormed SF court to arrest 4 asylum seekers, denounced as unlawful

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Four asylum seekers were detained by federal agents on Tuesday at San Francisco Immigration Court, a move the Department of Homeland Security has portrayed as part of a broader return to “the rule of law” but that immigration attorneys have called unconstitutional and unprecedented in U.S. history. 

According to the San Francisco Bar Association, the individuals were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in two separate sweeps, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, while attending hearings to claim asylum. All four had pending asylum applications.

“It’s a clear violation of the Constitution and due process rights,” Milli Atkinson, an immigration attorney with the SF Bar Association’s Attorney of the Day program, told SFGATE. Association members were at the courthouse when ICE swept in during the morning and were advocating for one of the detainees.

Atkinson added that ICE had already determined at the time of arrest that each individual should pursue asylum before a judge – a legal process outlined by Congress. She argued that the agency is now attempting to reverse course by claiming a change in circumstances, a justification she described as unfounded.

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Under federal law, those eligible for asylum are permitted to stay in the U.S. while their applications are reviewed by an immigration judge. Atkinson said Tuesday’s arrests short-circuited that process. 

ICE stormed SF court to arrest 4 asylum seekers, denounced as unlawful

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/asylum-seekers-arrested-ice-san-francisco-20349387.php

Reason: ‘Banal Horror’: Asylum Case Deals Trump Yet Another Loss on Due Process

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President Trump is entitled to try to execute his immigration policy. He is not entitled, however, to violate the Constitution.

The Trump administration this week formally agreed to comply with a ruling that ordered it to facilitate the return of a migrant who was unlawfully deported—in what was another loss for the government as it attempts to subvert basic due process rights in immigration proceedings.

The migrant—named in court documents as O.C.G., who has no criminal history—arrived in the U.S. in May 2024 and sought asylum. An officer agreed he had a credible fear of persecution and torture if returned to Guatemala; a judge assented as well and granted him withholding of removal to that country.

During his proceedings, when he asked if he might be sent to Mexico, a judge replied: “We cannot send you back to Mexico, sir, because you’re a native of Guatemala.” Deportations to a nonnative country legally require, at a minimum, additional steps in the process.

That was particularly relevant to O.C.G.’s case, because, as he testified in court, he claims to have been held for ransom and raped while passing through Mexico, securing release only after a family member paid the sum. Yet two days after his withholding of removal was granted, the government unlawfully deported him—without a chance to contest it—to Mexico, after which he returned to Guatemala, where his attorneys say he lives in hiding and in fear of serious harm.

‘Banal horror’: Asylum case deals Trump yet another loss on due process
The Trump administration this week formally agreed to comply with a ruling that ordered it to facilitate the return of a migrant who was unlawfully

https://reason.com/2025/05/29/banal-horror-asylum-case-deals-trump-yet-another-loss-on-due-process

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‘To Remove As Many Foreigners As Possible’: Rep. Dan Goldman Exposes Trump’s White Supremacist Plan During Press Briefing
During a press briefing today, Congressman Dan Goldman speaks out against ICE agents camping outside courts to detain immigrants who are lawfully seeking asylum. Rep. Goldman notes that the actions by the Trump Administration have nothing to do with securing the border or fixing the immigration system, but are instead a white supremacist attempt to ‘remove as many foreigners as possible from this country’ to recreate the 1950s.

This has been my personal theory all along, glad to see someone else has the same perception. In approximately 20 years — sometime around 2045 — whites will no longer be a majority in the U.S.A.

Trump & crew are desperately trying to hold off this change by removing as many non-whites as they can from circulation; immigrants (make as many as possible “illegal” by terminating their refugees status) and students (cancel their visas) are the obvious targets, all the while opening the gates to white supremacists fleeing the consequences of their past apartheid practices in South Africa.

Trump himself has a long history as a known racist in the New York City housing market. He hasn’t changed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/to-remove-as-many-foreigners-as-possible-rep-dan-goldman-exposes-trump-s-white-supremacist-plan-during-press-briefing/vi-AA1FKrAN

Raleigh News & Observer: More Than 400 ICE Arrests in Border State

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested over 400 illegal immigrants in Houston during a weeklong operation. Among those arrested, more than 260 had prior criminal records. ICE is reportedly using a “hub and spoke” system to speed up removals, allowing for deportation within 24 to 72 hours of arrest.

How many of these 400 have any violations worse than a parking ticket, if even that much? ICE is just doing whatever they can to get their numbers up, regardless of the human cost. They have zero credibility at this point.

More Than 400 ICE Arrests in Border State
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-than-400-ice-arrests-in-border-state/ss-AA1Fj5Ec

ABC News: Man deported under Alien Enemies Act because of soccer logo tattoo: Attorney

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An attorney representing a migrant sent to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act says her client was deported due to a soccer logo tattoo, according to court declarations submitted Wednesday night.

Linette Tobin is representing Jerce Reyes Barrios, a professional soccer player from Venezuela who protested the Maduro regime in February and March 2024 and was detained and tortured after one of the demonstrations.

Man deported under Alien Enemies Act because of soccer logo tattoo: Attorney

Man deported under Alien Enemies Act because of soccer logo tattoo: Attorney

299 asylum seekers deported from the U.S. to Panama

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In case you missed it: 299 asylum seekers, including 8 children, fleeing violence and persecution from countries like Afghanistan, Iran, and China, were deported from the U.S. to Panama. Among them…

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Vietnam Veterans and Friends Against Trumpism
“I don’t know what word in the English language -I can’t find one- applies to people are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into…

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