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Federal ICE (immigration enforcement agency) agents outside Delaney Hall, in Newark in June.
Federal ICE agents outside Delaney Hall, in Newark in June.
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These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE (immigration enforcement agency) detention centers. Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers. Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers. Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers. Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers. Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers. Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers. Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers. Over 2,600 petitions have been filed in Louisiana, which has many ICE detention centers.
Over the “strongest possible” objections from the federal prosecutor handling the case, leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it. The incident was one of three shootings by immigration agents in the city, the other two of which were fatal. Earlier this year, a ProPublica analysis found that in almost every instance of immigration agents shooting people, Trump’s administration blamed the injured and dead within hours of the incident. Sosa-Celis was shot on Jan. 14, as Castro and another ICE (immigration enforcement agency) agent chased Alfredo Aljorna, an immigrant from Venezuela, after a traffic stop. ICE agents then deployed tear gas into the home and took the men and their partners into custody, according to the documents and other court records. DHS (Dept. of Homeland Security) originally said Castro and the other agent were ambushed by the men and beaten with a shovel or broomstick, making Castro fear for his life and fire in self-defense. DHS called Sosa-Celis and Aljorna “violent criminal illegal aliens,” and federal prosecutors charged them with assault. The next month, however, they dropped the charges against both men, and the DHS backed off its narrative in a rare admission of possible wrongdoing of its officers. “Video evidence has revealed the sworn testimony of the two agents appeared to be false,” then-acting ICE director Todd Lyons said in a statement. Reached for comment Wednesday, Moriarty compared the Justice Department’s decision to overrule Evans to its actions after ICE agents killed Renee Good. A week before shooting Sosa-Celis, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot Good in her car.
Large crowds gathered in the capital Madrid Thousands of people have protested in cities across Spain over the government's handling of the influx of migrants to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the north African coast. Spanish opposition parties accuse Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of abandoning the residents of Ceuta, while the government says right-wing parties are exploiting the crisis. On Wednesday a police report said Moroccan security forces showed "total permissiveness" during the unprecedented influx, days after Sánchez insisted Morocco was not responsible. He has blamed trafficking gangs and online misinformation for encouraging people to cross the border. Morocco has denied orchestrating or being involved in the mass crossing. "We cannot be second-class citizens, and our border must not be sidelined." Pressure on Sánchez's government has intensified after Spanish media said the report submitted by the National Police's National Immigration and Borders Centre (CENIF) to the National Court pointed to the involvement of Moroccan gendarmes in the migrant crossings. The police report claimed that the Moroccan police deployment around the border "was clearly smaller than usual" and cited migrants who spoke of a "passive attitude" as the crossings happened. Sexual assaults happening almost every day in Ceuta, prosecutors say Thousands of migrants are still in Ceuta weeks after more than 70,000 people crossed the border Morocco has a long-standing claim over Ceuta and its fellow autonomous city of Melilla, which have long been a flashpoint in diplomatic relations between the two countries. A large number of social media posts appeared in August portraying the border fence between Morocco and Ceuta as safe and easy, even though at least 100 people died while trying to swim around the border fence, according to figures from the mayor. Spanish fact-checking website Maldita said before 30 July, when the influx began, messages circulated on Moroccan social media encouraging people to attempt the crossing, after a June ruling by Spain's Supreme Court.