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Guardian: Ice seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children to deport or prosecute

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials are seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children in operations nationwide with a view to deporting them or pursuing criminal cases against them or adult sponsors sheltering them legally in the US, according to sources and an Ice document.

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In recent months, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Ice have begun engaging in “welfare checks” on children who arrived in the US alone, usually via the US-Mexico border, to “ensure that they are safe and not being exploited”, according to a DHS spokesperson.

Although DHS is characterizing the welfare visits as benevolent, an internal Ice document accessed by the National Immigration Project advocacy group and then shared shows Ice is also seeking out children who came into the US alone as immigrants – and their US-based sponsors – for immigration enforcement purposes and/or to pursue criminal prosecutions. The recent operations and document confirm a February report from Reuters, that the Trump administration has directed Ice to track down and deport this group.

How does one “[pursue] criminal cases against them or adult sponsors sheltering them LEGALLY in the US”? These creeps will do anything to get their numbers up.

Ice seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children to deport or prosecute
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials are seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children in operations nationwide with a view to deporting them or pursuing criminal cases against them or adult sponsors sheltering them legally in the US, according to sources and an Ice document. The moves are sparking fears of a crackdown on such children and prompting alarm about what one critic called “backdoor family separation”. In recent months,…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ice-seeking-out-unaccompanied-immigrant-children-to-deport-or-prosecute/ar-AA1DMtr3

Independent: Elon Musk’s ‘efficiency’ team is quietly building a vast immigration tracking database

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Musk’s team is using the highly sensitive data it has gathered to build a “master database” at the Department of Homeland Security that could be used to “track and surveil” undocumented immigrants, WIRED reported last week.

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“The Trump-Musk Administration is infiltrating agencies and weaponizing the information they steal to target and attack America’s immigrant communities,” Connolly said. “DOGE’s dystopian demand for the sensitive, personal data of millions of Americans and immigrants is alarming, especially as this Administration abducts and disappears people off our streets without due process — including immigrants with legal status — and in light of President Trump’s chilling admission that he plans to target American citizens, or ‘home growns,’ next.”

Gabe Lezra, policy and advocacy director at State Democracy Defenders Action, told The Independent that what’s happening “should horrify every American.”

“The Trump–Musk regime sold DOGE to the American people as a way to cut costs and streamline government. What they actually created was Big Brother,” Lezra said. “This isn’t just about giving bad actors in our own government access to deeply personal data – like your party registration, charitable givings, medical history, citizenship status, and financial records. It’s also because we cannot have confidence that DOGE can keep this database safe–particularly because malicious foreign actors will immediately make this database their number one target,” he added.

Elon Musk’s ‘efficiency’ team is quietly building a vast immigration tracking database
Elon Musk’s ‘efficiency’ team is quietly building a vast immigration tracking database – In the last few months DOGE has pursued immigration-related data across the Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, Rhian Lubin reports

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musk-s-efficiency-team-is-quietly-building-a-vast-immigration-tracking-database/ar-AA1DFinZ

Miami Herald: Another U.S. Citizen Mistakenly Detained by ICE

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Georgia citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was arrested during a Florida traffic stop and detained by ICE. He was later charged under Florida’s SB 4-C, targeting undocumented immigrants who evade federal immigration inspection. A federal court has since blocked the law’s enforcement, and Lopez-Gomez was ultimately released from custody.

Another U.S. Citizen Mistakenly Detained by ICE
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/another-u-s-citizen-mistakenly-detained-by-ice/ss-AA1DJlDu

Mediaite: US-Born Immigration Lawyer Tells CNN She Mistakenly Received DHS Email Telling Her To Leave the Country

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An immigration lawyer born in the U.S. told CNN she received an email from the Department of Homeland Security telling her she had days to self-deport out of the country.

Nicole Micheroni, who was born in the Boston area, joined CNN’s Boris Sanchez on Tuesday to discuss the email she received and DHS’ explanation for it. According to a DHS statement, some emails were sent to “unintended recipients” because illegal migrants may have provided other people’s emails.

The message to self-deport in seven days used Micheroni’s name and she doubted DHS’ explanation.

US-Born Immigration Lawyer Tells CNN She Mistakenly Received DHS Email Telling Her To Leave the Country
An immigration lawyer born in the U.S. received an email from the Department of Homeland Security telling her she had days to self-deport out of the country.
US-Born Immigration Lawyer Tells CNN She Mistakenly Received DHS Email Telling Her To Leave the Country

Mediaite: Kristi Noem [Bimbo #2] Threatens to Revoke Harvard’s Ability to Enroll Foreign Students Over ‘Cesspool of Extremist Riots’

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem [Bimbo #2] has threatened to remove Harvard University from the Student and Exchange Visitor Program and block the school from enrolling foreign students.

In a letter sent to Harvard’s leadership that was released publicly Wednesday via a DHS press release, Noem [Bimbo #2] demanded records on foreign students involved in protests or activities she described as promoting terrorism and antisemitism.

The university has until April 30 to respond to Noem [Bimbo #2] with the information she demanded, or it risks being removed from the SEVP program.

Noem [Bimbo #2] also announced the cancellation of two federal grants awarded to Harvard totaling $2.7 million. She blasted the school in a statement:

Harvard bending the knee to antisemitism — driven by its spineless leadership — fuels a cesspool of extremist riots and threatens our national security. With anti-American, pro-Hamas ideology poisoning its campus and classrooms, Harvard’s position as a top institution of higher learning is a distant memory. America demands more from universities entrusted with taxpayer dollars.

Incredible overreach ….

Kristi Noem Threatens to Revoke Harvard’s Ability to Enroll Foreign Students Over ‘Cesspool of Extremist Riots’
In a letter sent to Harvard that was released publicly Wednesday via a DHS press release, Noem demanded records on foreign students involved in protests.
Kristi Noem Threatens to Revoke Harvard’s Ability to Enroll Foreign Students Over ‘Cesspool of Extremist Riots’

Reuters: Exclusive: Trump administration moved Venezuelan to Texas for possible deportation despite judge’s order

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  • US judge had ordered that the man remain in Pennsylvania
  • Supreme Court ruling halted deportation effort last week
  • Transfer shows Trump’s aggressive deportation tactics

President Donald Trump‘s administration moved a Venezuelan man who had worked in construction in Philadelphia to Texas for possible deportation after a federal judge had issued an order blocking his removal from Pennsylvania or the United States, according to court records.

A plane transporting the man took off on April 15 from an airport in the state capital Harrisburg about a half hour after U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines issued an order temporarily blocking the administration from moving him out of her western Pennsylvania judicial district or the country, Justice Department lawyer Laura Irwin told an April 17 hearing, conducted as a conference call.

https://archive.is/zw6N1

Politico: The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon

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A feud between the secretary’s advisers and his chief of staff created backbiting and distrust that has erupted into the open.

When President Donald Trump chose Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary, incoming officials knew they’d need to surround the inexperienced Fox News host with accomplished staff who could handle the nation’s largest bureaucracy. Hegseth would be the show horse, they figured, and others at the top would keep the Pentagon on track.

What happened was the opposite. Hegseth surrounded himself with advisers who quickly turned into vicious rivals for power — whose bitter brawl has now unraveled into revenge power plays, surprise firings, accusations of leaking and embarrassing headlines that are blowing up the Pentagon, distracting from Trump’s agenda and possibly jeopardizing Hegseth’s job.

It’s a dog-eat-dog world. Just consider that they’re not starting with the finest of people.

The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon
A feud between the secretary’s advisers and his chief of staff created backbiting and distrust that has erupted into the open.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/pentagon-infighting-hegseth-fired-officials-00302709

Axios: Mahmoud Khalil was arrested without a warrant, DHS lawyers say

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Immigration authorities did not have an arrest warrant when agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, lawyers for the Department of Homeland Security said in a court filing this week.

The big picture: Khalil, a leader of Columbia’s pro-Palestinian protests, is a legal U.S. resident who has been in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since last month. His arrest sparked outcry across the U.S.

Zoom in: Government lawyers argue in the filing that DHS was not required to obtain a judicial arrest warrant before taking Khalil, a U.S. green card holder from Syria, into custody on March 8.

  • The “officers had exigent circumstances to conduct the warrantless arrest, it is the pattern and practice of DHS to fully process a respondent once in custody,” wrote the lawyers in the document that was originally filed in immigration court Wednesday and submitted to federal court Thursday

  • They argued agents had reasons to believe Khalil “would escape before they could obtain a warrant” when they approached him inside the foyer of his apartment building.

  • Khalil was eventually served an arrest warrant after being taken into custody and transported to an ICE office in New York.

    The other side: The revelation contradicts what agents told Khalil at the time of his arrest and what agents wrote in the arrest report, Khalil’s lawyer said.

    • “The government’s admission is astounding, and it is completely outrageous that they tried to assert to the immigration judge – and the world – in their initial filing of the arrest report that there was an arrest warrant when there was none,” said Khalil’s attorney, Marc Van Der Hout, in an emailed statement.
    • Van Der Hout called it “egregious conduct by DHS that should require under the law termination of these proceedings.”

      Never forget: Cops lie. All. The. Time.

      Mahmoud Khalil was arrested without a warrant, DHS lawyers Trump admin lawyers say
      The revelation contradicts what agents told Mahmoud Khalil at the time of his arrest, his lawyer said.

      https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/mahmoud-khalil-detained-ice-arrest-warrant

      Independent: Wife of wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia forced into safe house after government posts address online

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      Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media

      The wife of a wrongly deported Salvadoran father living in Maryland was moved to a safe house after Donald Trump’s administration posted a court document that included her address on social media.

      In an interview with The Washington Post, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura said she began fearing for her safety and the safety of her three children after the Department of Homeland Security shared a protective order from 2021 that prominently featured her address to the department’s 2.4 million followers on X.

      “I don’t feel safe when the government posts my address, the house where my family lives, for everyone to see, especially when this case has gone viral and people have all sorts of opinions,” she told The Washington Post. “So, this is definitely a bit terrifying. I’m scared for my kids.”

      No doubt Kristi Noem (Bimbo #2) is experiencing intense orgasmic pleasure at the thought of their torment and misfortune. Making people miserable must be a lot more exciting than killing puppies and goats.

      Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online
      Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media

      https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-wife-safe-house-b2738214.html

      Washington Post: Her husband was mistakenly deported. Now she’s caught in a political frenzy.

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      Jennifer Vasquez Sura has fought to bring her husband, Kilmar Abrego García, home from a Salvadoran prison while caring for their three kids, two of whom are disabled.

      The wife of Kilmar Abrego García, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration, has been moved to a safe house by supporters after U.S. officials posted a court document on social media that included the family’s address.

      This is unconscionable: It seems that King Donald and his cronies are trying to make life as hellish as possible not only for the improperly deported Kilmar Abrego García but also for his wife and children.

      https://archive.is/ceZf4