San Francisco Bay Area, Immigration
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The local hospitality industry is feeling the effect. “The whole immigration crackdown is definitely putting pressure on everybody,” said David Belknap, area executive chef at Shaner Management Corp. Belknap works with the AC Hotel brand, including overseeing the kitchen at Vaso in Dublin and the Foundry in Dayton.
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Judge to question feds on use of force, body camera mandate amid immigration enforcement in Chicago
Representatives ICE and Border Patrol will testify in front of a federal judge to answer questions about agents' use of force to execute immigration enforcement in the Chicago area.
Dallas County District 2 Commissioner Andy Sommerman confirmed ICE operations had increased Thursday, targeting the area he represents.
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Official defends use of tear gas in Chicago and says agents on immigration sweeps have cameras
A official says U.S. border agents assigned to immigration enforcement in the Chicago area have been given body cameras.
“Often people in their cars get scared and they try to drive away, knowing that stopping and talking to ICE might end up in a severe violation of their constitutional rights and arrest and detention,” said Nayna Gupta, policy director of the American Immigration Council, a pro-immigration nonprofit group.
As the uncertainty of additional federal immigration agents deploying to the Bay Area grows, legal experts say it’s becoming increasingly unclear where lawful enforcement ends and potential overreach begins.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid targeting vendors of counterfeit merchandise in Chinatown is the latest law enforcement operation aimed at an underground economy that has persisted in Lower Manhattan for centuries.
Community leaders and council members say the 287(g) program would erode trust and increase racial profiling. Vote is expected in early November.
After the Miami New Times asked why nearly two dozen U.S. citizens showed up on a Florida immigration enforcement dashboard, those numbers disappeared.
Federal agents opened fire during a Los Angeles immigration operation after a suspect rammed vehicles, injuring a U.S. Marshal and an illegal immigrant.
In federal court this week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed some of the inner workings of "Operation Midway Blitz" while talking about the significant contrast between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.