Protesters blast local officials' support of ICE, call to oppose detention centers

Health care workers rally to support immigrant coworkers amid ICE threat

S&P 500 futures were little changed early Thursday after the White House said that U.S. President Donald Trump will visit the Federal Reserve on Thursday, escalating his pressure campaign against Chairman Jerome Powell. This is the first time in nearly two decades that an American president will be making an official trip to the central bank. Futures tied to the S&P 500 index were flat, while Nasdaq 100 futures were about 0.22% higher. Futures t…

ICE presence in Loudon County? Local officials talk about immigration concerns

LOUDON COUNTY, Tenn. — With the Trump administration taking a more aggressive stance on how to handle undocumented immigrants, some East Tennesseans have raised concerns about the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within our local communities.

Protesters blast local officials' support of ICE, call to oppose detention centers

Protests against proposed federal immigration detention facilities were held on two fronts in Colorado Springs on Tuesday.

Michigan’s North Lake Correctional Facility reopens as an immigration detention center

On June 16, the first immigrants to be detained by ICE were sent to a facility located in the rural city of Baldwin, Michigan. This newest detention center, known as the North Lake Correctional Facility, is being labeled as the “largest immigration center in the Midwest.” It can fit up to 1,800 detainees for their max capacity. It provides medical care, legal aid, family visitation, general and legal library access, dietitian-approved meals, rel…