by Brian Dolinar | Feb 21, 2026 | Criminal Legal System, Criminalization, Deportations, ICE, Illinois, immigration, Jails, Missouri, News, sanctuary, Sanctuary Cities, Sanctuary Laws, Trump Administration, US Marshals
“We were in waiting mode,” a Honduran immigrant based in St. Louis told me as she described her time being held in a county jail in Missouri. In June 2025, the woman — who asked to be identified by pseudonym “Mary” to avoid targeting — was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a gas station in St. Louis. “Dinner was the same every day, and waiting was the worst part because…
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by Ella Fassler | Dec 20, 2025 | Department of Homeland Security, Deportations, DHS, ICE, ICE Raids, immigration, News, Police, Policing, Sanctuary Cities
In late September, Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) stopped Jose Bonilla Lopez, a gardener who lived in the city’s northwest. According to a police report, it was a case of mistaken identity. Instead of releasing him, they turned him over to masked federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, who seized him as neighbors chanted for his freedom.
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by Shaanth Kodialam Nanguneri | Dec 2, 2025 | Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Detention Centers, ICE, Municipal Politics, News, Oregon, Sanctuary Cities
NEWPORT— The chilly breeze and sandy shores in this Oregon fishing city have shielded this town from scorching heat for decades. But despite the mist in the air, rumors here spread like wildfire. The latest of those hunches came straight from city officials and has since commanded national attention. Newport City Manager Nina Vetter and Mayor Jan Kaplan signed onto a Nov.
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