Oscar Millan, right, was detained by ICE officers just as he was about to pick up his newborn son, Oscar Matias, from surgery. If deported, he’ll also leave behind an older son, Angel. Both are U.S. citizens. (Photo courtesy of Evanice Escudero/Pro Publica)
Early last Monday morning, Oscar Millan’s longtime partner called him from a Boston hospital, weepy with relief.
Texas Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, at podium, is surrounded by fellow lawmakers as he speaks against an anti-“sanctuary cities” bill that has already cleared the Texas Senate and seeks to jail sheriffs and other officials who refuse to help enforce federal immigration law, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP/Eric Gay)
(ANTIMEDIA) The ACLU issued a “travel alert” in the state of Texas Wednesday, warning “anyone planning to travel to Texas in the near future to anticipate the possible violation of their constitutional rights when stopped by law enforcement.”
Celene Adame, wife of Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez, speaks about her husband’s arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a May Day rally at Chicago’s Union Park. (Photo: Jeanne Kuang/Injustice Watch)
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President Donald Trump listens to a question during a town hall with business leaders in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, April 4, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)
President Trump keeps getting trolled.
Shortly after he was elected and began signing executive orders, the internet had a field day with an image of the president holding a folder containing blank pages.
Trolls photoshopped text into the blank pages in the photograph, mocking the newly-inaugurated head of state.
The Rev. Annie Steinberg-Behrman, right, provisional pastor with Metropolitan Community Church, holds a sign while listening to speakers at a meeting at City Hall in San Francisco by city leaders and community activists to reaffirm the city’s commitment to being a sanctuary city in response to Donald Trump’s support of deportations and other measures against immigrants Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP/Jeff Chiu)
(ANTIMEDIA) A story last week highlights the fact that undocumented people in America aren’t the only ones affected by Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that a U.S. citizen is suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being wrongfully held for nearly three weeks.
Law enforcement agents investigate the scene of a shooting in Chicago on Monday, March 27, 2017. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a special agent was attempting to arrest someone Monday morning when a second person pointed a weapon at agents. ICE officials said the special agent fired his weapon, wounding the second person. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune)
Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Sean Tindell, R-Gulfport, peers at lawmakers as he describes legislation prohibiting sanctuary cities and requiring local cooperation with federal immigration control, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)
Days after the Trump administration put out its first “sinister” immigrant crime list, Mississippi is poised to enact an anti-sanctuary cities bill that one expert says will fuel racial profiling and make communities less safe.
