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Trumpās Immigration Crackdown Backlash Poses Challenge for Republicans in the Midterms
Supreme court to hear case challenging Trumpās immigration detention policy
Court will review practice of indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants living in the US
The US supreme court agreed on Thursday to take up a case challenging the Trump administrationās practice of indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants living in the US and awaiting deportation proceedings.
At the center of the immigration case is a dispute over Donald Trumpās reinterpretation of a long-standing policy that has led to a massive surge in the number of migrants held in detention centers.
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New Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families
Republican urges Trump administration to āstep backā and rethink immigration agenda
Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia criticizes immigration crackdown as ranchersā associations condemn ICE activity
A close political ally of Donald Trump has broken from the administrationās aggressive immigration enforcement agenda and recommended it āstep backā to evaluate what it could do better.
āTo get better, the first thing you got to do is admit youāre doing something wrong,ā Jim Justice, a Republican senator of West Virginia, told Politico. āAnd in this situation, with all thatās going on and all the stuff, we probably got to step back from it and say: āMaybe weāre doing something wrong here or there,ā and then adjust to that.ā
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Protesters gather in Austin after ICE agent shoots and wounds man ā video
Protesters in Austin, Texas, demonstrated against the Trump administrationās hardline anti-immigration campaign after an ICE agent shot and wounded a man on Sunday afternoon. Eyewitness footage filmed moments after the shooting shows the ICE officer standing next to an open car door, in which there is a visible dent. The man, identified by relatives and his lawyer as 28-year-old Wilber Rafael GarcĆ©s PĆ©rez, was taken to a hospital in Austin in a serious but stable condition, officials said, before being taken into custody.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said it was leading an investigation into the officer involved in the shooting, with the help of the FBI. Austin police officers were not involved in the operation or the shooting, which occurred after a traffic stop, mayor Kirk Watson stated at a press conference
ICE agent shoots and wounds Venezuelan man at traffic stop in Austin, Texas
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