Tag: ice
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Court rules against Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, other Democrats in ICE visitation policy challenge
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WASHINGTON • A federal judge refused Monday to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring a week’s notice before members of Congress can visit immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, who is based in Washington, D.C., concluded that the Department of Homeland Security didn’t violate an earlier court order when it reimposed…
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As ICE arrests rise in the U.S., one detainee was eager to leave the country
Marivel Azpeitia was driving from their home in Colorado Springs to Dallas with her fiancé to pick up her stepchildren for Christmas when the pair was pulled over by Texas law enforcement. It would be some of the last moments Azpeitia would see her fiancé, Edwin Euceda-Rios, on U.S. soil. It would also be the beginning of weeks of alleged…
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Federal judge says ICE cannot impose monitoring conditions beyond immigration judge’s order
A federal judge told U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday that it cannot impose additional restrictions or monitoring conditions beyond those ordered by an immigration judge when releasing a person on bond. In November, U.S. District Court Judge Gordon P. Gallagher found that the government violated the rights of Khristyne Batz Barreno by keeping…
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Renee Good’s family hires George Floyd law firm to investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting
Renee Good’s family is accusing federal immigration officers of killing the Minneapolis mother as she attempted to follow agents’ instructions, and said Wednesday they have hired the same law firm that represented George Floyd ’s family to press for answers and accountability. Her loved ones said in a statement they want Good, a 37-year-old Colorado Springs native,…
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Judge warns against expansive use of post-9/11 rule in immigration detentions
A federal judge concluded on Monday that the government applied a 9/11-era regulation to a man in immigration detention in violation of his constitutional rights, in seemingly the first decision out of Colorado addressing the increased use of the “automatic stay” to block release on bond. In a Jan. 12 order, U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan…
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EDITORIAL: Don’t confuse protest with obstruction of justice
Activists opposed to the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration are, predictably, exploiting the shooting death of a former Coloradan by a federal agent during an immigration-enforcement action in Minneapolis. It’s the latest leverage point for the political fringe, nationwide and in Colorado. And it’s getting plenty of news coverage, also predictably. Along the Front…
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Dave Donelson walks out of city MLK Day proclamation after faith leaders criticize ICE
Colorado Springs’ proclamation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a referendum on the recent violence involving federal immigration officers. Nine reverends and faith leaders in Colorado Springs used the proclamation at Tuesday’s City Council meeting to say King’s beliefs called them to oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, especially around the shooting death of…
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Protesters rally against ICE after fatal shooting of Colorado Springs native in Minneapolis
Protesters gathered outside the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday evening, calling for justice for Renee Nicole Good, a Colorado native who was shot and killed earlier that day by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minnesota. The fatal shooting of Good, 37, in a residential area on Wednesday morning has left Minneapolis…
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Driver shot in Minneapolis is the at least the fifth person killed in US immigration crackdown
The fatal shooting Wednesday of a woman by an immigration officer in Minneapolis was at least the fifth death to result from the aggressive U.S. immigration crackdown the Trump administration launched last year. The Department of Homeland Security said the officer fired in self-defense as the woman tried to run down officers with her vehicle.…
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Court bars Trump administration from blocking congressional oversight visits to ICE facilities
A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration policy that has impeded lawmakers from conducting unannounced visits to federal immigration detention facilities. “Today’s decision is a critical victory toward restoring our ability to conduct essential congressional oversight on behalf of the American people,” lawmakers said in a joint statement. “It reinforces the rule of…