Judge orders US to release 5-year-old and dad taken into custody in Minnesota crackdown

News Staff / citynews - SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A judge on Saturday ordered the U.S. to release a 5-year-old boy and his father from a Texas detention center where they were taken after being detained in a Minneapolis suburb last month. Images of Liam Conejo Ramos, with a bunny hat a…

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Immigration minister wants department to track exits of temporary residents

News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she wants her department to acquire the ability to track the number of people with temporary visas who are exiting the country. The immigration department confirms almost 1.9 million temporary visas, including …

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‘Canada is not Minnesota,’ minister says in reaction to U.S. immigration raids

News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he won’t pass judgment on the U.S. crackdown by federal forces in Minnesota that resulted in the deaths of two residents. But he is quick to defend Canada’s respect for the law when removing people …

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Immigration minister says struggling universities must ask provinces for help

News Staff / citynews - HALIFAX — Canada’s immigration minister says universities and colleges struggling to balance the books after federal cuts to the international student program will have to turn to their provincial governments for financial help. Lena Diab told a crowd in …

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Jeffrey Epstein denied permission to visit Canada in 2018, documents show

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The Canadian government informed Epstein he was inadmissible because he was convicted of a crime considered an indictable offence in Canada.

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Pattison Developments says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won’t proceed

Andrea Woo / theglobeandmail - The proposed sale had sparked protests on both sides of the border as the U.S. agency faces intensifying scrutiny

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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested after anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church

Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested in Minnesota earlier this month following a demonstration that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, according to a U.S. Justice Department official familiar with the matter.

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Pattison firm did not know Virginia warehouse was set to become ICE holding facility, company says

theglobeandmail - Business leaders must consider if they are contributing to an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, says B.C. Attorney-General

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U.S. plans to deploy ICE at Winter Olympics prompting Italian officials to protest

Bloomberg News / nationalpost - The ICE agents will be in Italy as part of the security details for Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to an official from the U.S. Secret Service

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ICE wants to buy Pattison building to use for ‘holding and processing’

News Staff / citynews - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says it wants to buy a building owned by Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as ICE facility. The post ICE wants to buy Pattison building to use for ‘holding and processing’ appeared first on Cit…

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First Nations warn members to be careful when entering US following ICE actions

Alessia Passafiume / nationalobserver - Several First Nations are warning their members to be wary of crossing the border into the United States in response to immigration enforcement raids and the detention of some US tribal citizens.

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Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters

sootoday - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S.

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Immigrants are more likely to cite human rights, diversity as 'Canadian values': survey

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Federal officer shoots Venezuelan man in leg after shovel attack in Minneapolis: officials

Bloomberg News / nationalpost - Latest shooting incident unfolded against a backdrop of heightened tension in the city, where thousands of federal agents have been deployed to crackdown on immigration

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3 men accused in Abbotsford couple’s killing cleaned their roof, gutters the month before

Amy Judd / globalnews - Gurkaran Singh, Abhijeet Singh and Khushveer Toor, all in their early 20s at the time, are now facing first-degree murder charges.

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Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown

sootoday - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that has led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal officer and evoked outrage and prote

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Another suspect arrested in $20M gold heist at Toronto Pearson airport in 2023

sootoday - Police in Peel Region say another suspect has been arrested in the theft of more than $20 million in gold and $2.5 million in cash from Toronto's Pearson airport in 2023.

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Eight arrested at Toronto anti-immigration rally

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Toronto police say eight people are facing several charges after an anti-immigration rally and counter-protest outside City Hall Saturday.

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