Newly filed court documents reveal that attorneys representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement acknowledged a key internal memo they cited for months to justify mass arrests outside immigration courts never actually authorized those detentions — a disclosure that could reshape one of the most consequential civil rights battles currently before the federal judiciary.
Plainclothes federal immigration agents sparked outrage at San Francisco International Airport late Sunday after video footage posted on social media showed them forcibly restraining a weeping woman while her young daughter stood nearby in tears. California state Sen. Scott Wiener called the scene an act of terrorizing and demanded that ICE withdraw from the state.
Mayor Mike Johnston issued an executive order Thursday directing Denver police to safeguard peaceful demonstrators against federal immigration enforcement while prohibiting ICE from using any city-owned facilities.
A U.S. district judge is reviewing whether to restrict federal officers' use of force at a Portland ICE facility following tear gas use on demonstrators, including families and children.
New York is deploying trained volunteer legal observers to document federal immigration enforcement operations and ensure they comply with the law during the Trump administration's deportation push.
Former CNN journalist Don Lemon was arrested and charged with federal civil rights violations for his coverage of a protest that interrupted a Minnesota church service during an anti-ICE demonstration.
