Tag: department of homeland security
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El Gamal family released from ICE custody, again, following federal court orders
The ex-wife and children of a man accused of an antisemitic attack were released from federal custody for the second time in three days late Saturday, according to attorneys for the family. Hayam El Gamal and her five children, ranging from age 5 to 18, had been in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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10th Circuit agrees Frontier must pay TSA for security fees
Frontier Airlines must pay nearly $5.4 million to the Transportation Security Administration after it improperly held onto security-related fees paid by certain customers, the federal appeals court in Denver ruled on Monday. The TSA argued that federal law and regulations permit refunds of a ticket-based security fee to be paid to only two recipients: the…
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Denver airport gears up for spring break as TSA employees miss first paycheck
As a Washington, D.C. showdown over immigration enforcement halts Department of Homeland Security funding, thousands of federal airport security screeners will miss their first paychecks this week just as the annual spring break begins in the U.S. and airline travel surges. Denver International Airport officials are asking the public and airport employees to donate grocery…
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Hickenlooper, Crow plan to donate campaign cash from Palantir execs to immigrant rights nonprofits
Two Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation said this week that they plan to donate more than $100,000 received in campaign contributions from current and former employees of Denver-based firm Palantir Technologies to local nonprofits that assist immigrants and support civil rights. U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Jason Crow both landed on a…
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Colorado delegation splits in House vote to end federal government shutdown
Colorado’s U.S. House members divided mostly along party lines Tuesday in separate votes on a funding deal to end the federal government’s partial shutdown, while giving Congress more time to negotiate long-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Lawmakers passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package that finishes funding the vast majority of federal…
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Judge warns against expansive use of post-9/11 rule in immigration detentions
A federal judge concluded on Monday that the government applied a 9/11-era regulation to a man in immigration detention in violation of his constitutional rights, in seemingly the first decision out of Colorado addressing the increased use of the “automatic stay” to block release on bond. In a Jan. 12 order, U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan…
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Federal judge orders immigration agents to follow law on warrantless arrests, imposes requirements on ICE
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the government to follow the legal requirements for warrantless immigration arrests, finding a practice of agents in Colorado taking noncitizens into custody without evaluating the likelihood they are a flight risk. In a Nov. 25 order, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson acknowledged federal employees are authorized…
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ICE documents detail plans for three new detention centers in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish three new detention facilities in Colorado in an effort to increase capacity statewide from 1,360 to 4,090, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. The internal agency road-map document shows plans to open or expand 125 facilities…
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Friend of Iranian man seized by ICE says his arrest was based on lies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Mehrdad Mehdipour was arrested on June 22 by federal immigration agents at the home of his Colorado Springs host and friend, Iranian Christian-advocate Mohamad Faridi, Faridi was angered. Mehdipour had been surrounded, cuffed and hauled away based on “lies from the pit of hell,”…
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2 Iranians arrested in Colorado Springs as part of a nationwide ICE operation
On Sunday, two Iranian illegal immigrants residing in Colorado Springs were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Mahmoud Shafiei, 71, and Mehrdad Mehdipour, 35, the arrestees, were among 11 Iranians who have been arrested by immigration officers since June 21. According to a post on X from the…