NEW: Staff at an ICE facility in Louisiana mistreated immigrants, including one incident where an officer stabbed an inmate in the hand with a pen, the Homeland Security inspector general found. The watchdog's report provides a rare and candid look inside an ICE detention center.
NEWS: Trump is methodically stripping immigrants — including many with legal status — of their ability to function in daily life, cutting them off from everything from jobs to day-care subsidies. The goal is to transform how welcoming the U.S. is to immigrants + their families.
"This is the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the front line is completely overwhelmed."
Devastating, essential reporting from @declanwalsh@ArletteBashizi https://t.co/lyGj2UaKa4
I pitched in on this sweeping story helmed by @NickNehamas about all the ways in which the Trump administration is squeezing even legal immigrants to the economic margins, making it harder to do everything from keep a job to take out a loan. https://t.co/04UcEOWII6
Here is a gift link to our investigation of how to the CFTC bowed to the prediction market and crypto industries that are tied to the Trump family. https://t.co/kl43mbyFXa
NEW for @statesman: The story of an Austin ICE tracker, a man who spends his mornings and evenings searching for immigration agents and state troopers, livestreaming it. He goes by Limon Verde. His story is emblematic in more ways than one. 🧵
Twin brothers Oren and Alon Alexander, and their older brother Tal, were convicted in March of multiple federal sex crimes, including sex trafficking.
But a Miami Herald investigation found their pattern of drugging, raping, and videotaping their abuse began in high school. 🧵
Bit of a delayed notice here, but I've joined The Banner's Prince George's County bureau, covering local government and criminal justice.
Give us a follow @bannerpgcounty. Our reporting is already having an impact: https://t.co/RhD3crbFK9
Before terrorizing women in New York, the Alexander brothers are accused of sexually assaulting numerous girls while they were in high school in Miami. School officials and law enforcement did nothing, via @clurhealy & @AnaChacinc https://t.co/Ooz0xpXHoZ
New: The Trump administration is expected to install David Venturella, a former career Immigration and Customs Enforcement official who worked at a private prison company before rejoining the agency last year, as ICE’s acting head.
NEW: While its authenticity has not been confirmed, the purported Epstein suicide note unsealed today contains a line Epstein had used in at least two prior e-mails that appears to be a reference to a Little Rascals movie https://t.co/h6romtIaB1