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Zohran Mamdani responds to Trump saying he would 'arrest' him if he does not comply with ICE
NBC News· 2025-07-02 22:33
Donald Trump said that I should be arrested. He said that I should be deported. He said that I should be denaturalized.And he said those things about me. Someone who stands to be the first immigrant mayor of this city in generations. Someone who would also be the first Muslim and the first South Asian mayor in this city's history.less so because of who I am, because of where I come from, because of how I look or how I speak, and more so because he wants to distract from what I fight for. I fight for working ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2025-07-02 07:03
Deportations are hitting smaller cities and neighborhoods across the Rust Belt, where economists say recent immigration has helped boost faltering economies and offset long-running population declines https://t.co/nKQLYQ8sjo ...
Trump again floats deporting U.S. citizens: ‘Maybe that’ll be the next job’
MSNBC· 2025-07-02 01:45
Constitutional & Legal Analysis - The Supreme Court's decision allows the Trump administration to implement an order on birthright citizenship, potentially violating the 14th Amendment [1][4] - The administration plans to deport individuals subject to this order starting July 27th [1] - The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, aimed to ensure full citizenship for formerly enslaved Black people and center equality and justice [5] - The executive order attempts to circumvent the 14th Amendment's explicit language on birthright citizenship [8] - Immigrant rights groups in 22 states with Democratic leadership have sued over the citizenship order [8] - Three federal district courts vacated the policy, but in 28 states that did not challenge the order, it can go into effect [9] Sociopolitical Implications - The administration's actions are seen as an attack on the foundational ideas of the Reconstruction Amendments and the concept of American citizenship [2][4] - There are concerns about the creation of a second-class non-citizenship status, potentially administered in hospitals [9] - Masked ICE agents are reportedly deporting people and sending them to third-party countries [11] - There are fears that the administration may extend these policies to target critics of the government, not just immigrants [16][18]
Trump tours ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrant detention camp
NBC News· 2025-07-02 00:30
Immigration Policy & Enforcement - The Trump administration built a migrant detention camp in Florida, aiming to detain individuals for a maximum of 2 weeks before deportation [1][2] - The administration prioritizes deporting violent criminals, but considers anyone in the US illegally as breaking the law [4] - Almost half of those currently in ICE custody have neither been convicted of nor charged with a crime [4] Political & Social Response - President Trump pledged to deport a record number of migrants [3] - Environmental groups are suing in response to the detention center [5] - Trump supporters are cheering the detention center [5] Resource Allocation & Capacity - The detention center is funded by FEMA funds previously used by the Biden administration to house migrants [5] - Nationwide, ICE detention spaces are at 140% capacity [6]
'It's all a big stunt': Inside Trump's cruel plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'
MSNBC· 2025-07-01 23:00
Thing the country's newest immigration facility as alligator Alcatraz. And despite the fact that ICE detention is not supposed to be punitive, the Florida facility seems to be an embrace of the kind of cruelty the Trump administration has directed at immigration immigrant communities since his inauguration. As Reuters put it, quote, "The facility sits some 37 miles from Miami and a vast subtropical wetland teameming with alligators, crocodiles, and pythons. fearsome imagery the White House has leveraged to ...
Inside the new 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center in the Florida Everglades
NBC News· 2025-07-01 22:04
I'm Gabe Gutierrez inside Alligator Alcatra. The Trump administration and the state of Florida had all of this built in just 8 days. It'll soon house up to 3,000 undocumented immigrants here temporarily.The acting ICE director tells me the goal is to have detainees here for no more than 2 weeks. Want to ensure that we remove people back in a safe and humane manner and we'd much rather do it quickly. Not only for the people detained, like I said, but just for cost savings for the American government.The admi ...
Trump Tours 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Florida's Everglades
Bloomberg Television· 2025-07-01 16:32
President Donald Trump tours a new immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz." It will have 1,000 beds, with plans to scale up in the coming weeks and months, and Governor Ron DeSantis sees it as the first of multiple state-run immigrant detention centers. Critics say the facility could have a negative impact on the area's delicate ecosystem and they say Trump is sending a cruel message to immigrants. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? ...
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The Wall Street Journal· 2025-07-01 16:27
President Trump is traveling to southern Florida to tour a temporary immigrant detention center in the Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”Watch more: https://t.co/nUQYPUfZno https://t.co/dvl0uj1Wav ...
He cries 'every night': 6-year-old with Leukemia detained by ICE with his family
MSNBC· 2025-07-01 15:31
BRING YOU ANY PERTINENT INFORMATION, BUT LET'S DIG DEEPER NOW ON IMMIGRATION AND AMERICA RIGHT NOW, MIGRANTS TRYING TO EARN LEGAL STATUS IN THE U.S. ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A SERIES OF COURT HEARINGS. BUT MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY, THESE COURT APPEARANCES ARE BECOMING TARGETS FOR ICE. LAST MONTH, A MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN, ORIGINALLY FROM HONDURAS, WERE DETAINED IN THE HALLWAY AFTER THEIR IMMIGRATION HEARING IN LOS ANGELES.ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN, A SIX YEAR OLD BOY WITH LEUKEMIA. HE HAS A NINE YEAR OLD SIB ...