ICE detentions: Federal judge blocks agency from automatically detaining minors turning 18; cites 2021 court order

A federal judge on Saturday barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from immediately transferring minors to federal immigration detention upon turning 18.This comes a day after the agency implemented changes to its policy on unaccompanied minors.In a two-page order, Judge Rudolph Contreras, an Obama appointee on the US District Court for the District of Columbia, […]

Musk-Trump breakup over? Elon posts US President’s post slamming Gavin Newsom over LA riots; National Guard deployed amid rising unrest

Signs show Trump-Musk rift appears to be ending In what appears to be a brief thaw in the heated feud between Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump, the tech billionaire reshared a Truth Social post by the MAGA supremo targeting California governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. This moment of alignment […]

What will happen to Tuft student Rumeysa Ozturk as judge rules for deporting Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil?

Tuft University student Rumeysa Ozturk’s plea is to be heard in Vermont Monday. The verdict of the Mahmoud Khalil case was crucial as several international students were detained by ICE after Khalil and are now waiting to be deported. An immigration judge, Jamee E Comans, on Friday ruled that Khalil can be deported as his […]