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Gaby Del Valle

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    Gaby Del Valle
    Gaby Del Valle
    Wait... did the feds just arrest the mayor of Newark?

    Mayor Ras Baraka was reportedly arrested during a visit to Delaney Hall, a newly opened ICE facility in the city. Baraka, who is running for governor, was visiting the privately owned detention center with members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation.

    Alina Habba, the US Attorney for New Jersey — formerly Trump’s personal lawyer — claimed that Baraka had “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations” to leave the facility.

    Newark, N.J. Mayor Ras Baraka arrested at ICE facility

    [cbsnews.com]

    Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by carBorder agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car
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    Gaby Del Valle
    Gaby Del Valle
    A federal appeals court orders ICE to transfer detained Tufts student to Vermont.

    Rümeysa Öztürk, who was arrested by ICE for writing an op-ed, must be moved from the Louisiana detention center where she’s being held to Vermont, a federal appeals court ruled.

    The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Öztürk must be detained in Vermont while a federal judge determines whether to release her from ICE custody. ICE has been detaining students in remote facilities in Louisiana, where they’re far from their attorneys and face unfriendly courts.

    The judges gave ICE one week to comply with the order.

    Federal court rules Rümeysa Öztürk must be transferred to detention in Vermont

    [npr.org]

    Gaby Del Valle
    Gaby Del Valle
    Turkey blocks imprisoned opposition leader’s X account.

    Turkish authorities have banned the X account of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who was jailed in March. Imamoglu had been posting daily messages from prison via his lawyers, the BBC reports.

    Imamoglu, a member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was planning to run against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2028.

    Imamoglu’s account is still accessible abroad.

    Turkey moves to silence jailed Erdogan rival by blocking account on X

    [bbc.com]

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