| U.S. border czar Tom Homan announced yesterday that 700 federal agents are leaving Minnesota. The move comes after federal agents fatally shot two Americans during the massive immigration operation in the state. Homan did not provide a timeline for when the operation in Minnesota would fully end. He said a further drawdown of federal agents would depend on state and local cooperation. |
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CBS News reports (Canadian-born dentist taken into ICE custody at green card interview in Minneapolis, his wife says) reports on a troubling case: "Walking into a green card interview in downtown Minneapolis, William Lizardo expected to take another step towards citizenship. Instead, the Canadian-born dentist and father left in
ICE announced that a "[c]riminal alien from El Salvador die[d] in ICE custody in Georgia." In a story on the death, ImmigrationProf blogger Austin Kocher is attributed as saying "that this year, there have been an average of one death every 10 days in the
Check out this commentary on the impacts of the racialization of immigration.
This NBC report on enforcement efforts at the San Ysidro port of entry has some great video of the different operations conducted by the Office of Field Operations.