The high-tech Project 28 “virtual fence” on a 28-mile stretch of the US-Mexico border near Nogales, AZ, is ready for operation, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced Feb. 22. The $20 million project of sensor towers and advanced mobile communications,… Read moreHomeland Security approves “virtual” border fence
Former IRA fugitive Pól Brennan will remain in the Homeland Security Department’s Port Isabel Processing Center near Los Fresnos, TX, until at least March 11, after he was forced to ask a US immigration judge to postpone a hastily scheduled… Read moreEx-IRA fugitive detained by Homeland Security —despite asylum plea
An estimated 3,500 people attended a rally on Feb. 6 in Danbury, Connecticut, to protest a partnership between Danbury police and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). While the demonstrators voiced their opposition outside City Hall, inside the Common Council… Read moreThousands protest ICE in Danbury
At a press conference on Jan. 28 at the Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, activist Flor Crisóstomo announced she would not comply with her deportation set for that date, and would instead go into sanctuary at… Read moreActivist takes “sanctuary” from ICE in Chicago
On the afternoon of Feb. 7, more than 100 ICE agents raided the headquarters of Micro Solutions Enterprises (MSE), a manufacturer of computer toner and inkjet cartridges in Van Nuys, California. ICE executed a federal search warrant at the site… Read moreICE raids continue in western states
On Jan. 14, US Attorney Johnny Sutton filed a lawsuit on behalf of the US Department of Justice against the city of Eagle Pass, Texas, to seek access to land for a planned border fence. It was the first of… Read moreFeds sue Texas border towns over Homeland Security “fence”
The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a reported assault on two officers at the disputed Culbertson Land Tract quarry near Deseronto, which is under occupation by Mohawk protesters. Sgt. Kristine Rae, spokesperson for Eastern Region OPP headquarters, said the assault… Read moreClash with Ontario Provincial Police at Mohawk-occupied quarry
Freedom’s on the march. From the Winston-Salem Journal, NC, Jan. 26: An inmate claiming widespread harassment of Muslims in U.S. prisons cannot sue prison guards who he says took his Qurans and prayer rug, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday…. Read moreHigh court approves Koran confiscation
200 counter-protesters from around the country outnumbered some 30 members of the “pro-majority” Nationalist Movement who marched in Jena, LA, Jan. 21 to protest the holiday honoring Martin Luther King and the national campaign for the “Jena Six,” black teenagers… Read moreWhite supremacists threaten “second amendment” mobilization in Jena
On Jan. 11 lawyers for three Puerto Ricans with subpoenas to testify before a federal grand jury in New York that morning announced that the date had been postponed until sometime in February. Social worker Christopher Torres and filmmakers Tania… Read moreGrand jury testimony in Macheteros probe postponed
From Witness Against Torture, Jan. 11: Over 80 Arrested in Guantánamo Protests at Supreme Court WASHINGTON, DC – Early this afternoon, over 80 activists organized by Witness Against Torture delivered a message to the U.S. Supreme Court demanding the shut-down… Read moreProtests mark sixth anniversary of Gitmo prison camp
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued an internal memo on Jan. 9 setting a new policy, effective immediately, on the sedation of detainees. The agency “may only involuntarily sedate an alien to facilitate removal where the Government has obtained a… Read moreICE says it won’t sedate deportees
