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NBC News: Immigration agents break SUV window while detaining man after church on Mother’s Day

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The man who recorded the footage told Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra that he heard the mother screaming, “He has his papers, he has his license!”

Federal immigration agents were seen breaking an SUV’s window, throwing a man inside to the ground and handcuffing him on Sunday, Mother’s Day, after the man and his family left church in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

It’s one of many apparent ICE operations that have caused controversy across the Greater Boston area in recent weeks. Agents were seen breaking a car window in New Bedford, Massachusetts, last month before taking a man inside into custody.

In Sunday’s incident, the family was just leaving church when several federal agency vehicles intercepted them at the border between Everett and Chelsea, according to video of the incident shared with Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra. After several minutes of arguing, and refusing to obey their request to roll down their window, agents broke the window to remove the man from the car.

After removing the man from the car, agents threw him to the ground and handcuffed him. Inside the vehicle were the rest of his family, including his wife, children and grandmother.

ICE = pond scum, with all due apologies to real pond scum.

Immigration agents break SUV window while detaining man after church on Mother’s Day
The man who recorded the footage told Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra that he heard the mother screaming, “He has his papers, he has his license!”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/immigration-agents-break-suv-window-detaining-man-church-mothers-day-rcna206632

Investigative Post: ICE seeks to deport Buffalo man over traffic tickets

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Saul Valverde-Venegas, arrested by federal agents last week on Buffalo’s West Side, once ran a red light and failed to pay some tolls in Florida.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking to deport a Buffalo man whose only offense appears to be traffic citations.

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ICE officers last week arrested West Side resident Saul Valverde-Venegas, a roofing contractor, while he was loading a work truck. For days, ICE refused to explain why.

In a statement Monday evening, an ICE spokesperson described him as “unlawfully” entering the United States more than a decade ago and said he had “since acquired several vehicle and traffic law violations.”

ICE seeks to deport Buffalo man over traffic tickets
Saul Valverde-Venegas, arrested by federal agents last week on Buffalo’s West Side, once ran a red light and failed to pay tolls in Florida.

“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case

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“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in western New York.

An immigration raid in western New York on Friday targeted a group of immigrants involved in a landmark statewide effort by farm workers to unionize.

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Several of the workers taken into custody on Friday have been active in efforts to unionize year-round employees, including at least one who has spoken publicly in favor of joining the United Farm Workers of America, according to Elizabeth Strater, director of strategic campaigns for UFW, the storied labor union. 

“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said Strater.

“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.

Mediaite: WATCH: Furious Residents Surround ICE Agents Trying to Arrest Mom Clinging to Baby

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An ICE operation spiraled into chaos on a Worcester, Massachusetts, street Thursday morning after agents detained a woman clinging to her baby as neighbors surrounded them, demanding a warrant.

Dramatic footage circulating online shows about 25 residents swarming the ICE vehicle on Eureka Street, demanding agents identify themselves. Screaming can be heard in the video as agents attempt to control the crowd before police tackle one individual.

“We don’t have to show you anything,” one agent reportedly shot back when asked for ID or a warrant.

Worcester police were called to the scene and later confirmed that the woman had already been placed under arrest when the crowd tried to block the vehicle from leaving.

“The crowd was unruly,” police said in a statement, claiming several individuals “put their hands on federal agents and Worcester officers.”

The woman’s teen daughter was left holding the woman’s baby and stood in front of the car in an apparent attempt to stop it. After handing the child to another person, she allegedly kicked the car—and was also reportedly arrested on four charges, including child endangerment. Police have not disclosed what happened to the baby afterward.

Let’s hope this resistance is only the beginning!

WATCH: Furious Residents Surround ICE Agents Trying to Arrest Mom Clinging to Baby
An ICE operation spiraled into chaos in Worcester, Massachusetts street after agents detained a woman as she clung to her baby—without showing a warrant.
WATCH: Furious Residents Surround ICE Agents Trying to Arrest Mom Clinging to Baby

Raw Story: ‘Come take me’: AOC dares Trump’s ‘border czar’ to make good on DOJ threat

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Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) goaded Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s so-called “border czar,” to make good on his threats of a potential Justice Department investigation into her efforts to inform migrants about their rights when interacting with federal immigration agents.

Homan’s repeatedly threatened Ocasio-Cortez in media appearances, and his comments were widely interpreted as attempts to intimidate or punish the congresswoman over her “Know Your Rights” seminars.

“Is that impeding our law enforcement efforts? If so, what are we gonna do about it? Is she crossing the line? So, I’m working with the Department of Justice and finding out. Where is that line that they cross? So, maybe AOC’s gonna be in trouble now.”

‘Come take me’: AOC dares Trump’s ‘border czar’ to make good on DOJ threat
Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) goaded Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s so-called “border czar,” to make good on his threats of a potential Justice Department investigation into her efforts to inform migrants about their rights when interacting with federal immigration agents. Homan’s repeatedly threatened Ocasio-Cortez in media appearanc…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/come-take-me-aoc-dares-trump-s-border-czar-to-make-good-on-doj-threat/ar-AA1E55Zm

The Atlantic: Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’

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Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.

Jeff Joseph, a 53-year-old immigration attorney in Colorado, has recently started taking precautions while traveling abroad that, at another time, he would have considered a little paranoid. He leaves his phone at home. Instead, he carries a “burner’’—a device scrubbed of his contact list and communications—in case U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers send him to secondary inspection or seize his electronics when he returns home. Joseph told me his knowledge of immigration law has left him with less confidence, not more, about the risks of crossing U.S. borders during the second Trump administration.

“Among immigration lawyers who are well versed in this, and who know what happens in secondary, there’s a level of anxiety and panic that we’ve never seen before,” said Joseph, the president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. “Myself included.”

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Immigration attorneys also note Trump has curbed CBP officers’ ability to allow the entry of migrants or visitors using an authority known as “parole.” So travelers who do not qualify for admission to the United States are more likely to be handed over to ICE for detention and deportation. Although U.S. citizens cannot be denied entry to the United States, all other categories of noncitizens—even, in some cases, legal permanent residents with green cards—are at risk of being denied entry or deemed inadmissible by a CBP officer.

https://archive.is/47W6S#selection-745.0-748.0

Inquirer: ICE facilities need ‘drastic improvements,’ says Fil-Am attorney general

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta is demanding state detention centers make “significant improvements” to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention standards.

That’s after a new 165-page report from the Department of Justice released Monday found that all of the state’s six privately-operated immigration detention facilities are failing to meet basic requirements for mental health care, medical recordkeeping, and suicide prevention. The report also found excessive use of force, discipline against detainees and use of solitary confinement.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is demanding state detention centers make “significant improvements” to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention standards.

That’s after a new 165-page report from the Department of Justice released Monday found that all of the state’s six privately-operated immigration detention facilities are failing to meet basic requirements for mental health care, medical recordkeeping, and suicide prevention. The report also found excessive use of force, discipline against detainees and use of solitary confinement.

ICE facilities need ‘drastic improvements,’ says Fil-Am attorney general
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is demanding state detention centers make “significant improvements” to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention standards. That’s after a new 165-page report from the Department of Justice released Monday found that all of the state’s six privately-operated immigration detention facilities are failing to meet basic requirements for mental health care, medical recordkeeping, and…

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ice-facilities-need-drastic-improvements-says-fil-am-attorney-general/ar-AA1E4xHC

Medium: Community Rallies to Support Family After Traumatic ICE Raid in Oklahoma City

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  • A GoFundMe campaign, “Help a Family Rebuild After Unjust Raid,” supports a U.S. citizen family mistakenly raided by ICE on April 24, 2025, in Oklahoma City.
  • The campaign raised over $25,000 from 470+ donors within 24 hours, reflecting strong community empathy.
  • The raid left the family, led by a mother called Marissa, traumatized and without phones, laptops, or savings.
  • Controversy surrounds the raid’s execution, with critics arguing it violated the family’s rights, while DHS defends it as lawful.
Community Rallies to Support Family After Traumatic ICE Raid in Oklahoma City
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https://medium.com/@jackolmsted/community-rallies-to-support-family-after-traumatic-ice-raid-in-oklahoma-city-4d2dfc64a79f

GoFundMe to aid innocent Oklahoma family raided & looted by ICE

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There is now a GoFundMe campaign to assist the innocent Oklahoma City family whose home was raided in the middle of the night by 20 ICE agents who looted their house and stole their laptops, cell phones, and cash.

Please donate if you can:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/crup9c-help-a-family-rebuild-after-unjust-raid

KFOR: Homeland Security admits Oklahoma raid targeted wrong people

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security admits they know the mom and three daughters who say ICE agents left them traumatized when they raided their Oklahoma City home were not the suspects they were after.

Since KFOR first told you about the family’s ordeal on Monday, hundreds of people from all corners of the country are asking, How could this have happened?

That is the same question KFOR has been asking, and so far, it still has not been answered.

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[The U.S. Department of Homeland Security] finally responded Wednesday, confirming the raid on Marissa’s house was part of that nationwide operation, and admitting for the first time that Marissa and her family were not supposed to be targeted.

Telling KFOR, “Ice was carrying out a court-authorized search warrant for a large-scale human smuggling investigation. The search warrants included the location of an address where U.S. citizens recently moved. The previous residents were the intended targets.”

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[Attorney Patrick Jaicomo] says his group will represent Marissa for free too. Telling us her case fits a years-long pattern of questionable raids.

“Based on the facts as I understand them right now, there’s no question that there was a lack of due diligence,” said Jaicomo.

So Homeland Security admits that they f*ck*d up, but thus far has failed to explain why and has not returned the cell phones / laptops / cash that they looted from the home.

Looters should be shot on sight! Especially government looters! No mercy for these fascist DHS pond scum!

https://kfor.com/news/local/homeland-security-admits-oklahoma-raid-targeted-wrong-people

A similar case recently in the news:

Supreme Court seems likely to rule narrowly for family whose house was wrongly raided by FBI
The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to rule narrowly in favor of a family trying to hold law enforcement accountable in court after an FBI raid that wrongly targeted their Atlanta home.

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-fbi-raid-wrong-house-df4fd6235660a67e4b34a1f790c674ca

Supreme Court considers lawsuit arising from ‘wrong house’ FBI raid
FBI agents burst into an Atlanta house with flash-bang grenades and guns drawn, but victims have struggled to hold the government accountable for their actions.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-considers-lawsuit-arising-wrong-house-fbi-raid-rcna200461

https://kfor.com/ap-politics/ap-supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-case-about-fbi-raid-on-wrong-georgia-home