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ICE Arrests in Milwaukee Spark Backlash From Advocacy Group
County leaders say ICE used city and county property without notice as the agency reported 39 arrests across Wisconsin over the weekend.
- Federal agents arrested 39 people across Wisconsin over the weekend during what the Department of Homeland Security described as "targeted operations," marking one of the largest enforcement sweeps in the state since January 2025.
- Agents reportedly used a Milwaukee Police District parking lot on Monday to stage operations, testing city and county ordinances prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement from using public property for enforcement activities.
- Witnesses reported masked agents smashing car windows and failing to identify themselves during arrests; Galo Suarez, a Nicaraguan asylum seeker detained on Sunday, said "They had guns pointed at us, they didn't ask us for our names."
- Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic and County Executive David Crowley are demanding accountability, vowing "There will be consequences for not following the rules," though a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson refused to comply with Milwaukee's face mask ban ordinance.
- While the Department of Homeland Security claimed "many" of those arrested had criminal histories, Voces de la Frontera Executive Director Christine Neumann-Ortiz countered that the "overwhelming majority" have no criminal records, highlighting a fundamental dispute over detainee backgrounds.
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Roys campaign: ‘No one is above the law'
MADISON – State Sen. Kelda Roys on the latest ICE attacks in Milwaukee: “ICE under Trump is incompatible with a free society. We cannot tolerate a private paramilitary force that defies our laws and is only accountable to one man....
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Milwaukee leaders denounce recent ICE 'targeted enforcement' and arrests
Some Milwaukee leaders are condemning a recent surge of federal immigration action in the area. The post Milwaukee leaders denounce recent ICE ‘targeted enforcement’ and arrests appeared first on WPR.
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Morgan County CitizenWisconsin ICE surge brings trauma and broken trust to Milwaukee and elsewhere
Galo Suárez, 25, was in a car near the El Rey Food Market on 13th St. in Milwaukee with his fiance Reyna Elizabeth Garcia and her brother Teodoro last weekend, when they realized they were being followed. A truck stopped…
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