Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) Todd Lyons, acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other immigration officials were questioned by lawmakers on mass deportation operations at a US House of Representatives hearing, with Republican and Democratic lawmakers expressing divided views.Lyons testified at a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee, along with Rodney Scott, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, and Joseph Edlow, director of Citizenship and Immigration…
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Los Angeles, Jan 28 (IANS) A US federal judge has ordered Todd Lyons, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to appear in court on Friday to explain why he should not be held in contempt for failing to comply with multiple judicial orders.In a January 26 order, Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz of the US District Court for the District of Minnesota wrote that the court’s “patience is at an end” after ICE repeatedly failed to comply with “dozens of court orders” in recent week…
Berlin, Jan 27 (IANS) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday called the “level of violence” in the United States “worrying” following recent fatal shootings by federal agents in the US state of Minnesota.Speaking at a press conference in the northern German city of Hamburg, Merz was asked for his views on the incidents in which two American citizens were killed during US federal enforcement operations.”I assume that the American authorities will now thoroughly investigate whether it was nece…
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) The White House defended the role of federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota and rejected criticism of its response to a fatal weekend shooting in Minneapolis, as President Donald Trump ordered senior officials to press state and local leaders to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).Addressing a regular White House briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump was closely monitoring developments following the shooting of an ICE…
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) A federal judge in California has directed US immigration officials to justify the detention of an Indian national after finding his legal challenge credible enough to proceed.The order was issued on December 24 by the US District Court for the Southern District of California, which asked the government to respond to a habeas corpus petition filed by Naveen Naveen, an Indian citizen contesting the legal basis of his continued immigration detention.In his order, the judg…