Caroline Diaz Gangalves came to the United States as a child and was given dreamer status. But after a traffic stop earlier this month, she was detained by ICE and brought to a detention center despite her being in the country legally where she says she felt scared and alone. Diaz Gonalves's arrest for a traffic stop is one of many that have raised questions about Trump's continued promises to prioritize detaining the worst of the worst.The Department of Homeland Security will be required to detain all ille ...

In Southern California, dramatic videos show federal agents detaining day laborers in Home Depot parking lots and chasing farm workers across fields. What you're doing is kidnapping. This street fender clung to a tree as agents tried to bring her into custody.According to the Department of Homeland Security, more than 1,600 people have been taken into custody in LA alone in the last 3 weeks. An allout blitz promised by borders Tom Hman at the start of the race. Great.Are there more days coming ahead. Absolu ...

3 weeks ago, 238 Venezuelan migrants were flown from Texas to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. That country's president offered to take them and the Trump administration used a law not invoked since World War II to send them, claiming they are all terrorists and violent gang members. The government has released very little information about the men.But through internal government documents, we've obtained a list of their identities and found that an overwhelming majority have no apparent criminal c ...

Today's unlawful physical attack on United States Senator Alex Padilla by the totally unprofessional and incompetent federal agents who did that came after Donald Trump completely surrendered on his promise to deport 15 million people. The central lie of Donald Trump's deportation campaign promise came apart today when Donald Trump himself decided to agree with Senator Alex Padilla and agree with every Democrat in the House and Senate and agree with Kla Harris and agree with Joe Biden that of course we shou ...

As the Trump administration ramps up its deportation efforts, as we're discussing, one New York lawmaker says he witnessed it firsthand. Video shows Democratic Congressman Dan Goldman confronting ICE agents back in May in a federal building that houses both his office as well as an immigration court. Goldman says that the agents wore plain clothes and masks as they arrested asylum seekers who were there for routine court appearances.And Congressman Goldman joins us now. He's a member of the House Judiciary ...

Right now, there are more troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are deployed in Syria and Iraq combined. Let me just repeat that because I've just been thinking about this all day since one of our amazing producers shared this with me. There are more troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are deployed in Syria and Iraq combined.And right now, Donald Trump is also doing everything he can to make Los Angeles look and feel like a war zone. That's on purpose. That's what he's trying to do.Today, NBC News ...

I just want to level set with you for just a moment. President Trump made his stance on immigration and his plans for mass deportation the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, but I want to look at the actual numbers. For Trump's first couple of months, he deported fewer people than Joe Biden did.He finally surpassed his predecessor's number in April with 17,000 deportations. But at this pace, that is less than half. Less than half of what it would take to match the record annual total.And that record ...

We have to disrupt everything and go back with probably just clothing. The family asked not to be shown on camera but allowed us to record their voices. Her two children, both US citizen, will soon say goodbye to their school, their friends, and the only home they have ever known.I don't really want to go away. I don't really want to go away from this state. She says they have lived with fear for years as an undocumented person in the US of being pulled over, of ICE knocking on their door.But now with fewer ...

Immigration Policy & Enforcement - The Trump administration believes it is politically advantageous to present law enforcement against chaos and aggression on the streets [3] - The administration's immigration enforcement and deportation policy aligns with campaign promises [7] - Democrats can counter by deploying the National Guard themselves at the first sign of disturbances [9] - Trump's economic policies are not polling well, but his immigration policy remains popular [6][11] - The administration is accused of misrepresenting the reality of immigration [13] - Deportation policies are underwater in polling, particularly regarding the manner in which deportations are conducted [16] - There is a spike in ICE apprehensions of non-criminals, leading to sympathetic stories and potential public backlash [19] - DHS is using rhetoric that resembles Soviet propaganda to encourage people to report undocumented immigrants [20] - Public opinion is more favorable towards deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records [22] Political Strategy & Public Perception - The White House may view the situation in Los Angeles as a welcome distraction from unfavorable economic policies [6] - The president's advisors are worried about people turning on Trump because of legislation that betrays campaign promises [28] Elon Musk & Donald Trump - Elon Musk publicly apologized to Donald Trump after outreach from Vice President J Dance and Chief of Staff Susie Wilds [25][26]

And one of those families is with us tonight. Aid's brother, Nester, was detained by ICE on Friday. She is joining us with her parents.Uh, thank you so much for for taking the time to speak with us tonight. It might be a little hard to hear us uh right now. There are a few helicopters circling overhead.Uh, but can you explain a little bit more on on what happened the day your brother was detained and what you know right now. Okay. So, it happened on this last Friday.My brother texted me at around 9:32 sayin ...