ICE Detention Archives

Watch: Mahmoud Khalil reunites with family after 104 days in detention; vows to speak up for Palestine even if threatened with death

Mahmoud Khalil reunited with family (Photo: AP) Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian rights advocate and Columbia University graduate, was released after spending over three months in US immigration detention, reuniting with his wife and infant son. The 30-year-old legal US resident walked free from a Louisiana facility on Friday evening after a federal judge ruled his […]

Khaby Lame Deported: What TikTok star’s treatment tells us about Trump’s America; and its apathy | World News

In The Trial, Franz Kafka’s bewildered protagonist wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest by an opaque, faceless authority — accused of a crime never named, tried by a system that never explains itself. In Amerika, another young man arrives in the United States with dreams of freedom and opportunity, only to be […]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife once begged for protection from husband, new audio reveals

Jennifer Vasquez Sura (AP image) In the ongoing Maryland’s Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, a new audio emerged where his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, who is seen currently defending her husband’s innocence, in 2020 had previously sought protection from her husband, citing numerous instances of domestic violence before a Maryland judge.The 2020 audio revealed […]

Tufts luck: Indian-American educator, judge in eye of ICE storm over detention of Turkish scholar

The TOI Correspondent from Washington: The India-born President of Tufts University and an Indian-American judge are caught up in the turbulence surrounding the detention and prospective deportation of a Turkish scholar Rumeysa Ozturk, accused of pro-Hamas activism on the campus of an institution with more than 1200 international students, and strong ties with India. Sunil […]

Minnesota University graduate student detained by ICE agents

A graduate student of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has been detained by the US immigration and customs enforcement, as confirmed by university officials.The university communicated to its community through a letter that the student was apprehended at a residence away from campus on Thursday.“We are actively working to gather more details about this incident,” […]