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CNN — A Guatemalan woman who had just given birth at an Arizona hospital was swiftly taken into US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody before being released on Saturday as she faces deportation proceedings. The woman, who attorneys identified only by her . . .
Alexandria, Virginia – “Free him now. Free him now.” Those words rang outside a federal courthouse near Washington, DC, on Thursday, as lawyers argued over the case of Badar Khan Suri, who has been detained by the United States government over his support for Palestinian rights. Dozens of activists had gathered to show solidarity with Khan […]
An Irish woman who has lived legally in the US for four decades has been detained by immigration officials for the last week because of a criminal record dating back almost 20 years. Cliona Ward, 54, was detained at San Francisco airport on 21 April after returning from Ireland to visit her sick father and […]
An Indonesian father of an infant with special needs, who was detained by federal agents at his hospital workplace in Minnesota after his student visa was secretly revoked, will remain in custody after an immigration judge ruled Thursday that his case can proceed. Judge Sarah Mazzie denied a motion to dismiss the case against Aditya […]
A woman being detained in Arizona by US border patrol for overstaying her visa has died by suicide, according to Democratic congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. The woman, a 52-year-old Chinese national, had first been picked up in California after it had been determined that she had overstayed her B1/B2 visitor visa, Jayapal
A US citizen detained in Afghanistan in February by the Taliban administration has been released, the former US ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said on Saturday. “American citizen Faye Hall, just released by the Taliban, is now in the care of our friends, the Qataris in Kabul, and will soon be on her […]
Washington’s former envoy to Kabul says an American citizen has been released by the Taliban government after being held for two months. Zalmay Khalilzad, who served as the US special representative for Afghanistan from 2018-2021, said on the social media platform X that Faye Hall will “soon be heading home” after she was arrested by […]
Supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants. President Donald Trump and other officials have accused protesters and others of being “pro-Hamas,” referring to the Palestinian militant group that attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Many protesters have said they were speaking out against […]
A Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to her friends and colleagues. On Wednesday, Cora Anderson, a friend and colleague of Kseniya Petrova, shared the news of Petrova’s detention on Facebook, saying the Russian scientist arrived at Boston Logan international airport on 16 February from […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico–What was supposed to be a peaceful return home from a lover’s getaway in Puerto Rico turned into a humiliating encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for Iliana Pacheco, a U.S. citizen and registered nurse from New Jersey. In a viral Facebook post, Pacheco recounted being asked about her citizenship status […]