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DHS Officials Say Massive Deportation Raids Will Start This Weekend; More than 2,000 Undocumented Immigrants, Including Families, Targeted
Department of Homeland Security officials have told the New York Times that mass arrests of undocumented immigrants will hit at least 10 U.S. cities on Sunday. The Donald Trump-sanctioned operation had been postponed weeks ago, though the president recently hinted that immigration raids would begin soon. After a massive public outcry—and pushback from officials within his…
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Motel 6 Provided Personal Info of Guests with 'Latino-Sounding Names' to ICE Agents, Settles $12M Lawsuit
With direct access to your credit card, home address and Funyuns infatuation, hotels collect more personal data than just about everyone not named Mark Zuckerberg. As such, they possess a tremendous amount of power you would hope they would wield responsibly. But sadly, not only did Motel 6 miss the memo, but they purposely compromised…
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21 Savage Turns Himself In for Felony Theft Warrant
You would think that after all the hell rapper 21 Savage went through to finally win his freedom after facing deportation from ICE, that he’d be able to lay low and plot out his next moves. But apparently that’s not the case, as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the “A Lot” spitter surrendered to authorities on…
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21 Savage's Legal Team Sets It Straight: He Is Not a Convicted Felon, ICE 'Provided Incorrect Information'
21 Savage (birth name: She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) is currently in ICE custody. He arrived in the United States from the United Kingdom at the tender age of seven, therefore making him akin to a “Dreamer,” the name lovingly given to individuals who may temporarily benefit from the immigration policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).…
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A Deliveryman Brought Pizza Pies to a Brooklyn, NY, Military Base. Now He’s Facing Deportation
It wasn’t the first time Pablo Villavicencio delivered pizzas to the base. But on June 1, on a run to the Fort Hamilton military base in Brooklyn, N.Y., Villavicencio was asked by security to provide an ID. As he had done in the past, he presented his New York City ID—a free, government-based ID card…
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Immigrant Faces Deportation After Calling Police for Help
A Honduran immigrant and father of three is facing deportation after calling the police for help. Wilson Rodriguez Macarreno was getting ready for work early Thursday morning when he noticed a stranger looking into his home in Tukwila, Wash. As the Washington Post reports, the 32-year-old carpenter grew concerned about the safety of his 3-year-old…