Arlington, VA—Arlington citizens came out in a skin-biting cold at 8 pm on Saturday night to heed a call by Minnesotan organizers to place candles out for another victim slain at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents early on Saturday, January 24. They lit many candles and […]
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Arlington, VA—The citizens of the Arlington community held a vigil for victims abducted and slain by federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officers over the last 11 months. Community leaders, law enforcement, and clergy gathered with the community outside Arlington Courthouse to condemn the violence and fear ICE was spreading […]
Washington DC—A federal jury acquitted a DC resident and former Department of Justice employee of misdemeanor assault of a federal police officer on Thursday. It brings an end to the flying sizzling sandwich saga captivating social media channels since August 10 earlier this year. The sandwich thrower unwittingly found fame […]
New York City—Tuesday, around 4:00 PM, the call went out. Federal agents from multiple agencies were raiding Canal Street. Even though apps created to track ICE were removed from iPhones and groups were deleted from Facebook, Americans continue to communicate when a raid occurs. Locals immediately responded and chased the […]
About a hundred people protested at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Fairfax County, Va. today, saying that the agency inflicts violence on immigrant families and communities. They demanded that Members of Congress cut off funding for ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and […]
Immigrant workers around the country on February 16 flexed their economic muscle with a strike called “Un Dia Sin Inmigrante,” or “A Day Without Immigrants.” Planned at a three-day conference in Boston on February 10, the series of boycotts and strikes are intended to gain leverage for foreign-born citizens, visa […]