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Guardian: Democratic senators call on education department to stop ICE raids by schools

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Cory Booker, Ed Markey and others urge Linda McMahon to step in amid violent crackdowns near Chicago schools

A group of Democratic senators have demanded that the Department of Education stop immigration enforcement activities from taking place close to schools, following several violent crackdowns near school grounds in Chicago.

Although the raids are conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the senators are making an appeal directly to the education secretary, Linda McMahon.

They said aggressive actions were affecting the safety of students.

“Federal agents continue to use unwarranted, excessive levels of force around Chicago, demonstrating an alarming lack of care or regard for the health and wellbeing of children, particularly by conducting unfocused, inflammatory operations within close proximity of school grounds,” the senators wrote, according to NBC News.

“We demand you pressure your colleague, secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem, to reinstate restrictions on federal immigration enforcement operations in and around places of education.”

Democratic senators call on education department to stop ICE raids by schools
Cory Booker, Ed Markey and others urge Linda McMahon to step in amid violent crackdowns near Chicago schools

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/24/democratic-senators-ice-raids-schools

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News Nation: Pritzker calls for ‘truth, justice’ in response to Trump takeover

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Thursday authorizing the creation of an accountability commission after the deployment of federal officers to the state.

At a news conference, Pritzker announced the creation of the Illinois Accountability Commission, dedicated to “truth, transparency and justice.” Tensions have risen in the state as demonstrators call for more accountability from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

“I am angry because this is not the country that I want for us,” Pritzker said. “This is not the country that any of us thought that we were living in. And yet here it is, nine months into an administration, I wish we didn’t have to do this. Can you imagine that we have to do this in this country?”

Pritzker said the commission will have three core missions: Creating a public record of the alleged abuses, capturing the impact on families and communities and recommending actions to prevent further harm and to pursue justice.

Pritzker calls for ‘truth, justice’ in response to Trump takeover

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/gov-pritzker-executive-order-federal-deployments

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/pritzker-calls-for-truth-justice-in-response-to-trump-takeover/ar-AA1P3bOB

San Francisco Chronicle: Protest of Bay Area immigration crackdown met with apparent stun grenades at Coast Guard base

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During the fracas at the Coast Guard base, federal agents deployed apparent flash-bang grenades to disperse the crowd and fired a pepper round that struck a clergyman near the chin. The impact caked his face and clothing in orange powder.

The Rev. Jorge Bautista, pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ in San Mateo, said an agent shot him in the face with the projectile from about 5 feet away.

“I’m in a lot of pain,” Bautista texted the Chronicle from an emergency room in Oakland. “He clearly was aiming for the face.”

Protest of Bay Area immigration crackdown met with apparent stun grenades at Coast Guard base

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/federal-immigration-action-operation-protest-21115746.php

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Raw Story: ‘A recipe for disaster’: ICE scorched over recruitment chaos

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Reacting to a NBC News report that the rush to put more masked ICE agents on the streets is resulting in a flood of applicants who have violent histories and possible criminal backgrounds, the panel on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” warned chaos on U.S. cities is about to take a turn for the worse.

As co-host Mike Brzezinski reported, “ICE officials later discovered that some recruits had criminal backgrounds, failed drug tests, or did not meet physical or academic standards. What’s more, some recruits had not submitted fingerprints for background checks, which is a violation of ICE hiring policy. In fact, one recruit had prior charges for strong-armed robbery and battery related to domestic violence.”

“Additionally, nearly half of recruits failed the written exam, even with access to notes and textbooks,” she continued. “All of this as ICE has shortened its training program from 13 weeks to six weeks to accelerate the on-boarding process. ICE’s HR office is reportedly overwhelmed by more than 150,000 applicants, spurred by a $50,000 signing bonus.”

‘A recipe for disaster’: ICE scorched over recruitment chaos

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-recruiting-recipe-disaster

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ice-scorched-over-recruitment-chaos/ar-AA1P2Ioh

News Nation: NYC woman lives in ‘constant fear’ after monthslong ICE detention

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Larysa Kostak was at a routine court hearing when three masked officers grabbed her, put her in shackles, and dropped her in a crowded holding room at 26 Federal Plaza, New York City’s immigration court. 

She was so frightened, she couldn’t remember her husband’s phone number to call for help.

“That moment, my life stopped and split before and after,” the Brooklyn resident of 20 years told PIX11 News. 

Kostak was held for seven days in one of the building’s widely-criticized holding rooms, then transferred 1,000 miles away to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana. Her story has become all too common as federal agents crawl the hallways of 26 Federal Plaza, constantly and often violently cuffing immigrants who’ve shown up for court, according to advocates who say the Trump administration is acting unlawfully.

Three months later, Kostak is reunited with her son and husband in Sheepshead Bay. But her fight to stay in the U.S. is far from over, as the federal government tries to detain her again, her lawyers said.

“I lost three months of my life. I don’t want to [lose] my life again. I live in constant fear of being re-arrested,” Kostak said. “I don’t want to go back there.”

NYC woman lives in ‘constant fear’ after monthslong ICE detention
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Larysa Kostak was at a routine court hearing when three masked officers grabbed her, put her in shackles, and dropped her in a crowded holding room at 26 Federal Plaza, New …

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Reason: Homeland Security Won’t Stop Lying About Who Immigration Enforcers Are Arresting

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In case after case, Homeland Security’s Public Affairs Office releases incorrect information about arrests carried out by federal immigration officers.

If you’ve spent any time reading the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public statements lately, you’ve probably gotten a strong whiff of what Tennessee Williams once called the “powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity.”

Of course, all governments since time immemorial have lied, but it’s been hard not to notice, especially for reporters, the decline in reliable information being released by the federal government, particularly the DHS Office of Public Affairs, which is responsible for distributing public information about the Trump administration’s mass deportation program.

Homeland Security won’t stop lying about who immigration enforcers are arresting
In case after case, Homeland Security’s Public Affairs Office releases incorrect information about arrests carried out by federal immigration officers.

https://reason.com/2025/10/22/homeland-security-wont-stop-lying-about-who-immigration-enforcers-are-arresting

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/homeland-security-won-t-stop-lying-about-who-immigration-enforcers-are-arresting/ar-AA1OXTGc

Daily Beast: ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

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Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump’s first nine months.

The number of weapons bought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly surged 700 percent under President Donald Trump—and even includes chemical agents and warheads.

Federal purchasing logs show ICE spent $71,515,762 on “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories,” including military supplies, weapons, and ammunition, in the nine months between Jan. 20 and Oct. 18.

ICE Is Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons
Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump’s first nine months.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike

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Independent: ‘ICE agent’ asks Black cop if he’s Haitian after being pulled over for driving drunk with his children in the car [Video]

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‘ICE agent’ asks Black cop if he’s Haitian after being pulled over for driving drunk with his children in the car

‘ICE agent’ asks Black cop if he’s Haitian after being pulled over for driving drunk with his children in the car
‘ICE agent’ asks Black cop if he’s Haitian after being pulled over for driving drunk with his children in the car –

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Newsweek: ICE detains dad after green card was revoked due to teenage crime—Lawyer

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained a Texas father whose green card was revoked due to charges from when he was a teenager, his lawyers and wife told Newsweek.

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Roman Surovtsev, now 41 years old, immigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union when he was 4 years old. When he was a teenager, his green card was revoked after he pleaded guilty to charges including carjacking and burglary, NPR reported.

But he was not deported after his prison sentence. Surovtsev is technically stateless, as neither Russia nor Ukraine, the two countries to which the U.S. government initially sought to deport him, has been able to prove him as a citizen, his lawyers Eric Lee and Christopher Godshall-Bennett told Newsweek.

“The Trump administration is trying to send him to a country where he will be drafted into the army and sent to front, where there is a very, very high likelihood of death,” Lee said. “This is somebody that has lived in the United States since he was a child. Yes, he’s made mistakes. He’s paid the price through the criminal process, but he has two young U.S. citizen daughters, a U.S. citizen wife He’s got a job and reformed himself. There’s absolutely no reason why he’s being detained.”

ICE detains dad after green card was revoked due to teenage crime—Lawyer
Roman Surovtsev, who immigrated to the U.S. from the Soviet Union when he was 4, has been held in ICE custody since August.

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-dad-after-green-card-revoked-teenage-crime-lawyer-10910015

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He’s not deportable — neither Russia nor Ukraine will accept him as their citizen — and he’s kept his nose clean for over 20 years. He also has 3 family members (wife, 2 daughters) who are U.S. citizens.

Sometimes people deserve a second chance, and he’s done well. Let him stay!

WFTV Orlando: Homeland Security says 100,000 undocumented immigrants arrested in Florida [Video]

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Homeland Security says 100,000 undocumented immigrants arrested in Florida

Homeland Security says 100,000 undocumented immigrants arrested in Florida
Homeland Security says 100,000 undocumented immigrants arrested in Florida

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