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New Evidence Shows Federal Agents Using Racial Slurs During Immigration Sweeps

11 août 2026 à 09:14
Body-camera video and other court evidence capture federal agents using slurs and targeting Latinos while bypassing white bystanders during immigration sweeps in Chicago and Los Angeles

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Federal agents making an arrest in Minneapolis in January.

Don Lemon Accuses Justice Dept. of Vindictive Prosecution in Church Protest Case

7 août 2026 à 12:40
Lawyers for the former CNN anchor asked a judge to throw out the case, saying prosecutors had “acted on the president’s animus by filing unprecedented charges against a journalist for doing his job.”

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Don Lemon, center, outside court in St. Paul, Minn., in February. “The record could not be more clear that Mr. Lemon has been a persistent target of President Trump’s ire before the events in Minnesota,” his lawyers wrote.

ICE Threatens Sheriffs In Chicago and Minneapolis With Prosecution Over Access to Inmates

5 août 2026 à 12:38
In a new tactic, federal immigration officials recently started saying they would criminally charge the elected county sheriffs in Minneapolis and Chicago.

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Tom Dart, the sheriff of Cook County, Ill., left, and Dawanna S. Witt, sheriff of Hennepin County, Minn., have both been given warnings, conveyed in a series of letters that federal agents began hand-delivering in early July.
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