Immigrazione

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent performed a Heimlich maneuver on a 1-year-old boy who stopped breathing in a crowded TSA line at JFK International Airport in New York on Thursday. The child resumed breathing after the intervention, and emergency medical services later cleared him to fly. The incident occurred amid ICE agents' deployment to assist TSA during a partial government shutdown.

26 marzo 2026 Riportato dall'IA

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will sign an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to pay Transportation Security Administration agents despite an ongoing partial government shutdown. He accused Democrats of prioritizing immigrants over Americans and holding the country hostage. Negotiations over DHS funding remain stalled, with both parties rejecting each other's proposals.

Jose Medina-Medina, a 25-year-old Venezuelan who entered the US illegally in May 2023, has been named by the Department of Homeland Security as the suspect in the fatal shooting of Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman. The 18-year-old was killed early Thursday morning while walking with friends near campus. Medina-Medina was previously released after crossing the border and had an outstanding warrant for shoplifting.

21 marzo 2026 Riportato dall'IA Verificato

With the Department of Homeland Security operating under a funding lapse, a Texas Democrat says families and attorneys are encountering new hurdles in trying to find people held by immigration authorities, while questions persist about how Congress can conduct detention oversight during the shutdown.

A 56-year-old nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar died in Buffalo, New York, after U.S. Border Patrol agents released him into freezing nighttime conditions without notifying his family. Nurul Amin Shah Alam had arrived in the U.S. as a legally admitted refugee in December 2024. His death has prompted calls for investigation from local and state officials.

18 marzo 2026 Riportato dall'IA

The US Supreme Court refused to let the Trump administration immediately revoke Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 immigrants from Haiti and Syria. With no noted dissents, the justices moved the cases to the merits docket for full briefing, oral arguments in April, and deliberation, while keeping protections in place. This approach follows prior dissents by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizing shadow docket use.