Jeanette Vizguerra, a Colorado advocate for immigrants who sheltered in a church for months in 2017, was detained by officials on Monday, local advocates said. The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition demanded the immediate release of Vizguerra after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained her at her workplace. “Jeanette is a pilar of the community and has supported countless families,” the organization said in a statement. “ICE had no reason to detain her—this cruel and unnecessary action is causing irreparable harm to her family and community.” The group said it was...

As security guards at the Aurora U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility slid an iron gate to let buses and employees into a parking lot Tuesday, immigration attorneys filed motions to find relief for a high profile immigration activist detained inside. Jeanette Vizguerra, who faces a deportation order from the court, was apprehended by ICE agents as she took a break from her job at a Target store, according to her daughter Luna Baez. Vizguerra called Baez from the ICE processing center to let her know that she had...

A well-known immigration activist who hid in a Colorado church for years to avoid deportation has been arrested, a move Denver Mayor Mike Johnston called "Soviet-style persecution" of political dissidents. Jeanette Vizguerra, a mother, Target employee and immigration reform advocate, was taken into custody in Aurora on Monday. Vizguerra was the subject of a deportation order and had multiple stays preventing her removal, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.

David Webb , the Hong Kong activist investor battling cancer, said he will make his online database built up over decades available for public access on Github after his death.

British-born Webb wrote in an online blog post Monday he has received more than 100 offers to help with his website and the database since announcing in February he had months left to live and would shutter the site, along with all its data. He said in his latest post that Webb-site.com will still be closed down.

Rally speakers demanded the release of Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who was arrested by ICE last week, sparking protests in cities across the country. Demonstrators rallied around 2 p.m. on the steps of the Boston Public Library before marching down Newbury Street to Massachusetts Avenue, according to social media posts by the Boston Coalition for Palestine. The group stopped traffic on the bridge for approximately 10 minutes before moving to an area of Memorial Drive in front of MIT, a State Police spokesperson...

A Palestinian activist who led anti-Israel protests at Columbia University should remain detained in Louisiana and not transferred to New York as he faces deportation proceedings, US lawyers argued in court filings.

A US judge should reject a request by Mahmoud Khalil to move so he can be closer to his attorneys and pregnant wife, lawyers for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement argued late Friday. The US is looking to deport Khalil, a legal permanent resident, for activities that have “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences.”

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines announced plans to abandon its free checked bag policy Tuesday. After axing open seating and other perks in 2024, Southwest looks quite different from how it did a year ago. Many have taken to social media and elsewhere to ask why this is happening, and looking back at a turbulent year of Southwest news can help answer that. Below is a timeline of The Dallas Morning News' coverage of the airline from early 2024 until now, as Southwest faced financial troubles, fought off an activist investor and...

️ Independent monitors say the 2024 election in Fulton County was "organized and orderly." (AP)

D.A. King, the outspoken activist who called for tougher enforcement of immigration laws and drew criticism for his rhetoric towards migrants, died earlier this month after a battle with cancer. He was 72. (AJC)

️ A fired employee of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Atlanta office is worried about the future of fair housing laws being enforced. (WABE)

Check out which lawmakers made the best dressed list for 2025. (AJC)

The Columbia graduate faces deportation for his role in campus protests. Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University in New York on June 1, 2024. Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University in New York on June 1, 2024. Jeenah Moon/Reuters Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing to block Columbia University from providing a congressional committee with records of disciplinary actions stemming from last year’s campus protests. In a complaint filed on...