Tag: ice
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Ms. Rachel brings children’s letters from ICE custody to Capitol Hill, including those from Colorado Springs family
Rachel Accurso — best known as Ms. Rachel — marched the steps of Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon to share handwritten letters and drawings from children, who describe their experiences being detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in south Texas. Wearing a bubblegum suit and her iconic pink headband, the YouTube educator with over…
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Colorado’s Jewish community rallies against ICE in support of El Gamal family
Jewish leaders are rallying in support of the El Gamal family as they begin rebuilding their lives in Colorado after spending nearly a year in federal detention. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Hayam El Gamal and her five children, aged 5-18, after Hayam’s then-husband, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, tossed Molotov cocktails into a crowd of Jewish…
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Federal judge green-lights jury visit to Aurora detention center in forced-labor lawsuit
A federal judge granted a request on Thursday to have jurors visit the privately run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora as part of an upcoming civil trial over alleged forced labor practices. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane said he wanted the “best possible trial,” and initially postponed his…
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ICE ‘materially violated’ order on warrantless arrests, Colorado judge says
A federal judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday to immediately train its Colorado employees about how to lawfully perform warrantless arrests, after the evidence showed officers had little understanding of the requirements. U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson wrote that ICE had “materially violated” his prior order that directed immigration…
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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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Federal judge releases man after 2 immigration judges disobey order
A federal judge released a man from immigration detention on Thursday after two different immigration judges disobeyed his order in the same case. “At this point, the Court has granted Respondents two bites at the apple to prove detention of Petitioner was warranted,” wrote U.S. District Court Judge Gordon P. Gallagher. “It will not allow…
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ICE agents at Denver, Colorado Springs airports? Not yet, officials say.
As President Donald Trump deployed immigration agents to help U.S. airports manage hours‑long security lines during the partial government shutdown, Denver International Airport remained relatively calm on Monday. At the nation’s third‑busiest airport, TSA PreCheck lanes remained open to start the week. By noon, security remained easy to get through, with both the West and…
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El Paso County transfers 47 to ICE custody over 5 months
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that 47 people have been transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since late September. The transfers were between Sept. 25 and Feb. 26, according to the announcement. The previous transfer amount was 26 during a three-month period. Data previously analyzed by The Gazette shows that more…
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EDITORIAL: Ban on hiring ICE would backfire on Colorado
We get it — ruling Democrats at Colorado’s state Capitol deplore the Trump administration’s yearlong crackdown on illegal immigration. They’ve gone to just about every length to make that clear, in their rhetoric and in their policymaking. In making their point, they’ve taken a lot of potshots at the president over the issue and have…
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Colorado’s federal judges maintain approach to immigration detentions while escalating warnings
Colorado’s federal judges are maintaining their view that the government’s assertion of broad immigration detention authority is unlawful, casting aside a recent appellate decision to the contrary as “unpersuasive” and out of step with the predominant interpretation by the judiciary. However, several judges are speaking out forcefully about the behavior from the government, including missed…