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Man Who Died in ICE Custody in Texas Was Denied Medicine, Daughter Says

The man had been detained at an immigration center in Laredo, Texas, since June. Immigration officials said he had received proper medical care.

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Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias was found unconscious in his cell in an immigration detention center in Texas, his daughter said.
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DoJ charges 28 green card holders in California over alleged voter fraud

Crackdown marks latest escalation in the Trump justice department’s push to target alleged noncitizen voting

The US Department of Justice has filed criminal charges against 28 green card holders in California accused of fraudulently registering to vote and casting illegal ballots.

The crackdown marks another escalation in the federal government’s ongoing efforts against alleged noncitizen voting, efforts that Democrats and voting rights groups say are part of a strategy by the Trump administration to sow doubt in the results of the upcoming midterm elections.

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© Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

© Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Federal Officials Arrest Over Two Dozen Connected with Illegal Voting in California

Federal officials have arrested roughly two dozen individuals in connection with illegal voting in California, which comes after the Justice Department warned California officials to review a list of possible noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls.

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ICE says man whose arm was broken in California arrest damaged a government vehicle

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said Tuesday that a man whose arm was reportedly broken during an arrest in Long Beach, California, on Saturday had smashed a mirror on a government vehicle and that ICE did not hit him while he was on a bike.

Ricardo Gonzalez, a former Long Beach city employee, was found handcuffed, bleeding and being detained by several ICE officers when local authorities arrived at the scene at ICE’s request on Saturday, according to a statement from the Long Beach Police Department.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said Sunday that masked ICE agents had broken Gonzalez’s arm during a detention attempt and that Gonzalez is a U.S. citizen.

Videos of the encounter taken by bystanders appeared to show Gonzalez lying face down in a gutter while several ICE agents kneeled on his back. In several videos, Gonzalez is heard yelling repeatedly, “Help me, my arm is broken,” and “Call a paramedic.”

Gonzalez’s daughter, Leslie Gonzalez, said her father was “struck by an unmarked vehicle of federal agents while riding his E-Bike.” He was then tased twice and pinned to the ground, according to her description on a GoFundMe page created to help with her father’s medical expenses.

“ICE agents brutally attacked and broke the arm of a North Long Beach resident and U.S. citizen,” Garcia, whose district includes Long Beach and parts of Orange County, wrote in a statement Sunday posted to X. “The videos are horrific and should concern not just our community but the country.”

In its statement Tuesday, ICE said that it had targeted an undocumented person during an enforcement operation. It said “agitators” tried to stop the operation, “threaten officers and damage government vehicles.” It said that “ICE did NOT hit an individual on a bike” and that the agency is determining whether to charge the person with damage to a government vehicle.

Long Beach police said in a statement Monday to MS NOW that officers arrived after receiving a request for emergency assistance from the ICE officers due to “vehicle vandalism taking place and a subject in need of medical aid.”

According to police, officers saw “a large group disturbance involving the ICE agents” and a man in handcuffs who was bleeding.

“First responders from the Long Beach Fire Department took the man to a nearby fire station,” according to the statement. There, Gonzalez’s handcuffs were removed, and he was taken to a hospital.

The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to MS NOW’s request for comment Monday.

Police officers cleared a crowd of protesters who had gathered near the scene Sunday.

Gonzalez is believed to have been one of several community members who called 911 when he “saw a circumstance escalating,” Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson told CNN in a statement Sunday.

“When the police arrived, we know that he was detained. He was on a curb. He was injured,” Richardson said.

The incident drew outcry over the federal agency’s frequent use of force, which has often turned violent.

In a statement released on social media, Richardson said, “ICE doesn’t belong in our city and this activity undermines community safety and public trust.”

The situation involving Gonzalez is among the latest in a series of violent incidents and high-profile killings that have roiled the federal immigration agency. An ICE agent was placed on leave earlier this month after striking an undocumented immigrant with his vehicle in Houston.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit on Oct. 15 alleging ICE agents were unconstitutionally taking people into custody near state courthouses. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demanded ICE end its operations in the city after an agent shot and wounded a Dominican man earlier this month while trying to arrest him as his 5-year-old child sat in the backseat.

Scores of high-profile national Democrats have demanded that the immigration agency be abolished in the wake of the deadly shootings of two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis earlier this year.

“I’m proud of the neighbors who documented and stood up for the family being terrorized by ICE,” Garcia wrote in his statement Sunday. “Donald Trump and his inhumane and illegal deportation machine must be stopped. Long Beach stands with our community and our immigrant families. ICE is not welcome in Long Beach. Abolish ICE.”

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Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh Attacks Mahmood’s Migrant Crackdown

Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has attacked Shabana Mahmood's migrant crackdown, saying making foreign nationals wait threatens "integration", deepening the split within Andy Burnham’s Cabinet about border controls.

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Cuban Found Floating Off Coast of Florida on Foam ‘Raft’ Says He Got Lost, Wasn’t Trying to Emigrate

A Cuban man found floating off the coast of Florida last week on what appeared to be a one-man vessel made of wood and foam says he was attempting to fish and never intended to reach the United States.

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Trump's Deputies Halve Legalized Migration amid Border Shutdown

The Trump administration has quietly halved the inflow of legalized migrants in 2026, while also blocking nearly all illegal migration, says the New York Times.

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ICE agents broke US citizen’s arm as they detained him in California, officials say

Ricardo Gonzalez was injured and taken to hospital after confrontation in Long Beach, according to officials

Federal immigration agents broke the arm of a US citizen in what a Democratic congressman said was a “brutal attack” during a confrontation with protesters in California.

Video of Saturday’s encounter in Long Beach shows Ricardo Gonzalez, identified as a former city employee, handcuffed and face down in a gutter, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers kneeling on his back.

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© Photograph: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

© Photograph: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

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BBC Suspends Civil Service Fact-Checking Scheme Amid Impartiality Outcry

The BBC has suspended a placement scheme for civil servants amid an outcry over impartiality after it was revealed that Whitehall staff were tasked with fact-checking contentious issues such as immigration and Covid.

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Trump Slashing Deportation Protections Shows Why Temporary Status Shouldn't Depend on Who's President

People deboarding a plane | Photo: Haitians deported from the U.S. deplane in Haiti; Ketlain Difficile/A.P.

In late August, President Donald Trump's administration carried out its first deportation flight to Haiti since the Supreme Court allowed it to end temporary protected status (TPS) for the embattled country in June. "There are no extraordinary and temporary conditions in Haiti that prevent Haitian nationals…from returning in safety," the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed in its TPS revocation, describing a country the State Department warns Americans not to visit "for any reason."

The Trump administration has eroded America's humanitarian avenues, including TPS, which shields migrants from deportation. As a result, many noncitizens may become undocumented and could be forced to return to unsafe places.

The DHS secretary may grant TPS for countries facing armed conflicts, natural disasters, or other disruptive events. TPS designations last anywhere from six to 18 months and may be extended. The government has designated 29 countries for TPS since Congress established the status in 1990, offering protection to Salvadorans fleeing a 12-year civil war, Haitians fleeing the 2010 earthquake, and millions of others. The Biden administration repeatedly made and extended TPS designations, but the Trump administration has been working to terminate them.

There were 1.3 million people living in the U.S. under TPS in March 2025, according to the Pew Research Center. By August 2026, the Trump administration had ended TPS for 13 countries, leaving 1 million people without its protections. Once someone loses TPS, he reverts to his previous immigration status, which is often undocumented. Over 600,000 Venezuelans, 330,000 Haitians, 170,000 Salvadorans, and 100,000 Ukrainians had TPS protections as of March 2025, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Critics often point out that TPS isn't really "temporary." That's frequently true: Although some designations have been brief, others have been decades-long. Designations for Haiti, Syria, Honduras, Nepal, Somalia, and El Salvador have all lasted at least 14 years, according to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI).

This says more about the U.S. immigration system and presidential power than it does about TPS. "In the absence of Congress acting to legalize what has become a long-settled unauthorized immigrant population, Republican and Democratic administrations, lawmakers, immigrants, and foreign governments had come to tacitly rely on TPS despite its nominally temporary nature," notes the MPI. Immigration policy is increasingly subject to presidential whims, and due to lengthy processing times and narrow qualifications, more durable immigration pathways such as asylum and refugee status are often inaccessible to eventual TPS beneficiaries. An immigrant-friendly president may use TPS designations to temporarily shield noncitizen populations, but an anti-immigrant successor can also revoke those protections. In either scenario, a TPS holder faces uncertainty.

In a rare bipartisan immigration effort last February, Reps. Laura Gillen (D–N.Y.) and Mike Lawler (R–N.Y.) introduced a bill to extend TPS for Haiti for three years. It passed the House this April and has been languishing in the Senate since. Its future, too, is uncertain.

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