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San Francisco Chronicle
2 days ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
ICE arrests 15 people, including 3-year-old child, in San Francisco, advocates say
At least 15 people, including children as young as 3-years-old, were detained Wednesday during their scheduled check-ins at the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco, according to immigration-rights advocates. Some of the families and children were apparently held overnight at the ICE field office, at 630 Sansome St., on Thursday morning and told they will be deported, according to Priya Patel, supervising attorney with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. The detainees are residents of San Francisco and Contra Costa and San Mateo counties, advocates said. People with pending immigration cases typically have to check in with ICE officials at least once a year as they make their way through a backlogged court system. There have been reports of arrests at routine check-ins throughout the country. Richard Beam, a spokesperson for ICE, could not immediately provide more information about the arrests. The arrests at the ICE field office occurred on the same day that ICE reportedly detained an unknown number of people outside a supermarket in South San Jose. Last week, ICE arrested four men following their appearances in San Francisco Immigration Court last Tuesday, according to advocates. Immigrants were arrested at Concord Immigration Court as well, the advocates said. One of the women detained Wednesday was identified by her sister as Thalía Esperanza Vilcapoma Laura, a 25-year-old Peruvian woman. Laura and her two children, ages 5 and 10, were held at the ICE field office overnight and slept on the floor, said her sister, Yaneth. Yaneth, who has been in contact with her sister since the arrest, said Laura and her children have not been given food or told by ICE officers if they intend to deport her. 'She's really scared,' Yaneth said, adding that she could hear her 5-year-old niece crying when she's on the phone with Laura. 'They're treating them like animals. Where are their rights?' she said. Laura arrived in the U.S. in 2023 with her two children after fleeing her abusive husband in Peru. She does not have a criminal background and worked cleaning homes in the Bay Area, her sister said. Laura was not given the chance to have a hearing for her asylum claim, the attorney said. 'This is outrageous,' Patel said. 'They're disappearing families and not even giving folks the courtesy of telling us what they're going to do with them when these are families who have legitimate fears of returning to their country.' San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder, who represents the Mission District, called the detentions on Wednesday 'unconscionable, unlawful and authoritarian' in a social media post. 'San Francisco can no longer pretend it is immune from the reaches of the Trump administration,' Fielder said in a statement. 'Every official and organized body must denounce this attack on constitutional rights and express support for our immigrant San Franciscans.' Demonstrators held a protest outside of the ICE field office on Wednesday evening in response to the detentions. 'We're ready to mobilize,' said Sanika Mahajan of the San Francisco Rapid Response Network and Mission Action.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Operation Patriot nets 1,500 arrested by ICE in Massachusetts
BOSTON (WWLP) – A news conference was held with members of the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) to announce the results of 'Operation Patriot', with nearly 1,500 people arrested. On Monday, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons, and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston Acting Field Office Director Patricia Hyde held a news conference to discuss the immigration enforcement surge operation in Massachusetts. Officials called it 'Operation Patriot,' which resulted in 1,461 arrests by ICE last month in Massachusetts. Protests held in Amherst following arrests by ICE In a news release by ICE, more than half of those arrested had criminal convictions or charges, 277 were previously ordered removed from the U.S., but remained in the country illegally. There were 799 offenders charged with or convicted of crimes in the United States or abroad. ICE detained an 18-year-old high school junior in Milford, which made national headlines over the weekend. According to the Milford superintendent, the student was on his way to volleyball practice with his teammates when their call got pulled over. ICE officials said they were looking for the student's father however, the student was arrested due to his immigration status. Those in ICE custody will remain pending the outcome of their removal proceedings or their deportation from the United States. The White House deputy chief of staff recently confirmed the administration's new plan regarding ICE arrests. He says the administration has a minimum goal to arrest 3,000 migrants who are in the country illegally, daily. The Trump administration claims those being detained have committed crimes, pose a threat to national security, public safety, or have violated the terms of their visas. 'The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a safer place today thanks to the hard work and determination of the men and women of ICE and our federal partners. Working together, we were able to arrest almost 1,500 illegal aliens throughout the Commonwealth, most of whom had significant criminality in the United States or abroad,' said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde. 'Make no mistake: Every person that we arrested was breaking our immigration laws, but most of these individuals had significant criminality. They are criminal offenders who victimized innocent people and traumatized entire communities — murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, child sex predators and members of violent transnational criminal gangs. Some were convicted of violent crimes in the United States, and others were wanted for criminality in their native countries. All made the mistake of attempting to subvert justice by hiding out in Massachusetts.' 'We are working diligently alongside our fellow law enforcement partners to make our communities safer through the arrest and ultimate removal of nearly 1,500 individuals who flouted the laws of our nation when they chose to remain here without legal status. Among those arrested include truly alarming criminals: murderers wanted in their home countries, child predators, and drug traffickers,' said Homeland Security Investigations New England Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Krol. 'Public safety and national security remain our number one priority, and we will continue to work every day with our partners toward this goal.' 'This was a massive, multiagency immigration enforcement operation aimed at keeping our region safe from habitual lawbreakers who have flouted our country's immigration laws and, in many cases, committed violent crimes that have endangered our families, friends, and neighbors for far too long,' said FBI Boston acting Special Agent in Charge Kimberly Milka. 'Together, with our partners, we have identified and removed hundreds of illegal alien offenders from the Commonwealth, including murderers, gang members, child predators and a possible associate of a suspected terrorist, and our work is not done.' 'Over the past month, CBP has worked diligently alongside our federal law enforcement partners to apprehended criminal aliens illegally present in our country,' said Jennifer De La O, director of field operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Boston. 'CBP is unwavering in our commitment to protect the American people and make our country safer. We will continue to ensure that all criminal aliens that violate our laws are taken into custody and removed.' 'DEA is proud to be actively supporting our federal law enforcement partners in these concentrated enforcement operations to remove violent criminal aliens from our communities,' said DEA New England acting Special Agent in Charge Stephen Belleau. 'We continue to prioritize our drug investigations on those involving violent illegal criminals, particularly those identified as members of designated foreign terrorist organizations. DEA's mission remains the same: Seize deadly and dangerous drugs before they reach our communities, and bring to justice those criminals responsible for drug manufacturing and distribution.' 'ATF has worked alongside all of our federal law enforcement partners to assist ICE throughout New England during this enforcement initiative,' said ATF Boston Special Agent in Charge James Ferguson. 'We will continue to do so in the coming weeks and months as a part of our mission to keep our communities safe.' 'The Diplomatic Security Service is proud to work with our federal law enforcement partners in support of major enforcement operations like this which undoubtedly make our communities safer and strengthens our national security,' said DSS Boston Special Agent in Charge Matthew O'Brien. 'DSS remains an integral law enforcement partner providing daily support to reduce illegal immigration and root out those who endeavor to exploit the U.S. travel system.' WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump administration cancels leases for 18 federal offices in New York: See the list
Leases for 18 federal offices and a vacant space in New York have been canceled by the Trump administration, according to a government data portal detailing the president's efforts to downsize the federal government. Buffalo and New York City have seen the most lease cancelations so far with four-a-piece, White Plains has two and several other municipalities throughout the state have one each. Named for an Internet joke, Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, or 'DOGE,' effort has cancelled government contracts and laid off thousands of workers as part of a wider effort to overhaul the federal bureaucracy. The president and his allies have touted it as a long-overdue measure to cut down on inefficiencies and fraud in government. In total, the Trump administration says it has cancelled more than 700 leases nationwide, which is roughly one in 10 of the federal government's active commercial real estate leases, according to a review by the industry analytics firm CoStar. What to know about DOGE dividend: Will NY residents receive a $5,000 stimulus check? Here is a list of all 19 leases in New York that the Trump administration reports it has cancelled, including the federal office affected, and the location, square footage, and annual cost of each lease: Social Security Administration, White Plains: 16,632 sq. ft., $511,908. The lease will terminate on May 31, 2025. DHS United States Secret Service, New York City: 250 sq. ft., $63,000. The office has already closed. U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, New York City: 0 sq. ft., $1,786,302. The office has already closed. U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, New York City: 0 sq. ft., $1,834,070. The office has already closed. Defense Contract Management Agency, Buffalo: 18,163 sq. ft., $548,896. The office has been consolidated. National Labor Relations Board, Buffalo: 37,644 sq. ft., $1,020,916. The office has been consolidated. Social Security Administration, Horseheads: 11,400 sq. ft., $311,690. There is no longer a need for the space. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Buffalo: 2,178 sq. ft., $44,352. Its term has been ended. Social Security Administration, Poughkeepsie: 14,000 sq. ft., $359,135. The end of its term has been planned for Aug. 31, 2025. Employment Standards Administration, Buffalo: 2,168 sq. ft., $63,475. It's been terminated. Indian Health Service - Nashville, Manlius: 2,105 sq. ft., $37,648. It's been terminated. Employment Standards Administration, Forest Hills: 5,070 sq. ft., $308,437. It's been terminated. Internal Revenue Service National Office, New Windsor: 12,034 sq. ft., $314,988. It's been terminated. International Trade Administration, White Plains: 2,071 sq. ft., $67,169. It's been terminated. Mine Safety and Health Administration, Geneva: 4,046 sq. ft., $52,194. It's been terminated. Mine Safety and Health Administration, Albany: 4,454 sq. ft., $97,789. It's been terminated. Natural Resources Conservation Service, Syracuse: 33,548 sq. ft., $543,571. It's been terminated. Office of Inspector General, New York City: 10,651 sq. ft., $639,690. It's been terminated. A 115-square-foot vacant space in Rensselaer with an annual lease of $2,500 has also been bought out, according to the database. The Trump administration says they've saved around $468 million through the cancellation of these leases, with over $7 million of that money coming from leases canceled in New York state. Emily Barnes reports on consumer-related issues for the USA TODAY Network's New York Connect Team, focusing on scam and recall-related topics. Follow her on X and Instagram @byemilybarnes. Get in touch at ebarnes@ This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Trump administration cancels federal office leases in New York
