Federal agents plan a crackdown in San Francisco Bay Area
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Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection are being dispatched to Coast Guard Base Alameda within the next 24 hours, according to base officials.
The agents were joined by Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino, just days after a federal judge ordered him to sit for a deposition regarding the government’s handling of protesters during “Operation Midway Blitz,” President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign in the Chicago area.
Dayanne Figueroa, a U.S. citizen and paralegal, said an unmarked government vehicle struck her car at the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street in Chicago on the morning of October 10, while she was on her way to get coffee before going to work.
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Luried held a press conference Wednesday detailing how the city was preparing for the federal immigration operation in the
A federal judge on Monday said the top Border Patrol agent in the ongoing immigration crackdown in the Chicago area must sit down to answer questions about agents' use of force during those operations.
Its agents are immigration officers, like officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, which is also part of the Department of Homeland Security. While ICE has traditionally operated in the country, Border Patrol’s focus is the 6,000 miles of international border and a zone of about 100 miles inland.
While ICE and CBP are part of DHS and conduct immigration enforcement, officials under oath described methods and tactics that differ, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
In a Monday Facebook post, the city of Auburn announced that the U.S. Border Patrol gained direct access to its Flock system %20cameras,further%20crime%20before%20it%20happens.), an automated network of license plate reader cameras used by law enforcement, businesses and neighborhoods to fight crime.
Federal agents detained at least seven people — including two U.S. citizens — and pepper-sprayed a man Wednesday near the border of Little Village and suburban Cicero, officials said.
Authorities are carrying out hightened immigration enforcement on the Treasure Coast this week, particularly in Martin County, according to state records. Florida data and social media posts show an increase in activity in Fort Pierce and the Golden Gate area, a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood in Stuart.
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WGN employee ‘violently assaulted’ by Border Patrol agents, attorneys say in new statement
Debbie Brockman, a WGN employee, was detained by Border Patrol agents in Chicago while walking to work, and was released without charges after being held for 7 hours.
A federal judge in Chicago is questioning top officials from U.S. Customs and Immigration and Customs Border Protection over federal agents' use of force in Operation Midway Blitz.On Friday, the judge reinforced her order for all federal agents in the Chicago area to wear body cameras,