Encountering ICE: A "David vs. Goliath" moment

[ad_1] In city after city, the Trump administration, through its agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been testing limits of the law in apprehending and detaining people suspected of being undocumented, many of whom have no criminal record. Lee Cowan talks with a pastor whose Los Angeles parishioners feared being targeted by ICE; a…

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Judge blocks Trump administration from expanding fast-track deportations nationwide, citing due process concerns

[ad_1] A federal judge on Friday blocked a Trump administration effort to expand fast-track deportations throughout the U.S. under a process known as expedited removal, indicating that officials are trampling on migrants’ due process through the policy’s expansion. While it will almost certainly be appealed, Friday’s order is a major setback for the Trump administration’s…

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett says she has “great respect” for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson despite their “spirited” opinions

[ad_1] Washington — Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she sharply responded to a dissenting opinion from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in a recent ruling on nationwide injunctions because Jackson had made a “spirited argument” that “merited a spirited response.” Barrett discussed the majority opinion she authored in a conversation with CBS News senior correspondent Norah…

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Feds find 200,000 more SIM cards in NJ after disrupting network that threatened U.N. general assembly

[ad_1] Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations discovered an additional 200,000 SIM cards at a location in New Jersey, law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News.  This follows last week’s discovery by U.S. Secret Service of a sprawling telecommunications network in the New York tri-state area that investigators said could potentially have caused a serious…

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Egyptian president pardons prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah after he spent years behind bars

[ad_1] Egypt’s president has pardoned prominent British-Egyptian national Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has been imprisoned for the better part of the past decade after his involvement in the 2011 uprising. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued the pardon to the 43-year-old activist who has become one of the country’s most prominent political prisoners. Five others were…

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