Between June 18 and July 25, ICE arrested 321 people in South Florida, in what it called “an operation targeting trans-national and violent criminal street gangs,” part of a national ICE initiative known as “Operation Community Shield.” By ICE’s own… Read moreFlorida: hundreds arrested in ICE “gang” sweeps
On Aug. 8, ICE announced the arrests of “52 gang members and associates and 28 other criminals” in a four-day operation targeting “violent street gangs” across Massachusetts. Of the total 80 people arrested, 55 are legal permanent residents “who may… Read moreMassachusetts: ICE “gang” sweeps protested
Hiu Lui Ng died in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Rhode Island hospital on Aug. 6, two days after his 34th birthday, from terminal cancer which had gone untreated for months. Ng had come… Read moreRhode Island: detainee dies in ICE custody
On July 20, ICE agents entered an apartment building in Waipahu, Hawaii, with nine federal search warrants. The agents arrested 43 men from Mexico who were allegedly working in Hawaii without legal status. The workers were employed by an agricultural… Read moreHawaii: ICE arrests farmworkers
More than 1,000 people, including Latin American immigrants, Catholic clergy members, rabbis and activists, marched through Postville, Iowa, on July 27 and rallied at the entrance to the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant, where ICE arrested 389 workers on May 12…. Read moreIowa: march protests Postville ICE raid
On July 31, ABM Janitorial Services Inc. lured 42 of its employees to its office in King of Prussia, Penn., in the suburbs just northwest of Philadelphia, where US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were waiting to arrest them… Read morePennsylvania: union protests ICE arrests
On July 16, ICE agents arrested 18 immigrant workers at Colorado Precast Concrete Inc. in Loveland, Colo., after executing an administrative search warrant at the plant. The workers were arrested on administrative immigration charges. One is from El Salvador; the… Read moreICE raids Colorado concrete company
On July 15 at 5 PM, 50 agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and 12 detectives from the Rhode Island state police simultaneously raided all six of the state’s courthouses, arresting 31 immigrants employed as maintenance workers by… Read moreICE raids at Rhode Island courthouses protested
Michael I. Niman, writing for ArtVoice of Buffalo, NY, July 16, reports on repression by federal law enforcement at this year’s Rainbow Gathering in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest. The annual back-to-nature gathering—held in a different state each year, with a… Read moreFederal police brutalize peaceniks in Wyoming
On June 20, West Palm Beach resident Valery Joseph died while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, Florida. The 23-year-old Haitian immigrant had been living in the US… Read more23-year-old dies in ICE detention
On July 10, US District Judge William Dimitrouleas in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sentenced former ICE agent Wilfredo Vazquez to 87 months in prison for sexually assaulting a female immigration detainee in his custody. Vazquez pleaded guilty in April to two… Read moreICE agent sentenced for sexual assault
On July 9, ICE agents joined Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in raiding two marine companies in Port Arthur in southeastern Texas, near the Louisiana border. The operations took place at the R & R Marine Fabrication and Drydock… Read moreICE raids Texas port company
