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A woman’s hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide

A woman’s hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide

Published by Sam Flores

A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker after being released from federal custody a homicide. An attorney representing her family said he expects her relatives to sue Immigration and Customs Enforcement in connection with her death. Daphy Michel, 31, died March 2. She was found at a bus shelter. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office found her cause of death to be hypothermia and ruled the manner a homicide, “indicating the death was caused by the actions of another individual,” and should not be interpreted as a declaration of criminal guilt, the office said in a statement. The office released its findings on Friday. Michel was a native of Haiti who was seeking asylum in the US after arriving at the southern border in 2022, said Joseph Patrick Murphy, her family’s attorney. She was granted humanitarian parole based on urgent humanitarian need, but she did not live to see a hearing scheduled for two weeks after she died, he said. The medical examiner’s office said Michel was a vulnerable adult …

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube Return for Sequel

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube Return for Sequel

Published by Daniella Wilson

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are back on the beat with 24 Jump Street. The latest sequel in the comedy film franchise is in the works at Sony Pictures, with Hill, Tatum and Ice Cube in talks to return, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Rodney Rothman will direct the movie from a script he wrote with Hill and Meghan Malloy. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who helmed 2012’s 21 Jump Street and its 2014 sequel, will return as producers alongside Neal H. Moritz. No plot details have been shared, and it is unclear why the number 23 was skipped over for the current film’s title. Lord and Miller, who helmed this year’s Ryan Gosling-led Amazon MGM Studios hit Project Hail Mary, marked their feature directorial debuts with 21 Jump Street, which had a script from Hill and Michael Bacall. The films are based on the 21 Jump Street series that premiered on Fox in 1987 and ran for five seasons. Johnny Depp, who had a cameo in the first movie, starred in the show that …

DHS Directs ICE To Deport Illegal Aliens Who Vote In American Elections

DHS Directs ICE To Deport Illegal Aliens Who Vote In American Elections

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) General Counsel James Percival has directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to impose strict penalties, including deportation, on illegal aliens who vote in American elections. According to a DHS press release, the Immigration and Nationality Act directs the removal of aliens who illegally vote or make a false claim to US citizenship. 🇺🇸 DHS told ICE to deport any undocumented immigrant who votes in a U.S. election. The directive, signed Monday, ties directly to Trump’s executive order on election integrity. Illegal voting and false citizenship claims are now being treated as deportable offenses under the… pic.twitter.com/HGSGkmewQR — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 9, 2026 DHS states that these provisions allow for the removal of illegal aliens if they illegally participate in our elections. No criminal conviction is required for their removal. Percival said, “The importance of free, fair, and honest elections is without question. Echoing the words of President Trump, ‘the right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without …

Attorneys urge release of mosque leader, saying he’s been denied diabetes care in ICE custody

Attorneys urge release of mosque leader, saying he’s been denied diabetes care in ICE custody

Published by Sam Flores

Attorneys for the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque say he is being denied basic medical care for diabetes and has lost 30 pounds (14 kilograms) in the two months since he was detained by immigration officers. Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in April. His attorneys say he is being detained on baseless claims that he is a foreign policy threat, but they believe he was actually targeted for speaking out against Israel and for a conviction as a minor by Israeli military courts. He has no criminal record in the U.S., where he has lived for more than 30 years. Sarsour has Type 2 diabetes and his blood sugar levels aren’t being consistently checked, putting him at risk of organ failure or death if left untreated, his attorneys told a federal judge on Monday. Sarsour is being held in an Indiana county jail while his immigration case is pending. “We had the opportunity to make a direct, urgent …

U.S.-Iran strikes; Primaries; ICE funds; Bill Gates : NPR

U.S.-Iran strikes; Primaries; ICE funds; Bill Gates : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The U.S. conducted strikes on Iran last night after an American helicopter was downed near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. President Trump blamed Iran for the incident. Starting at 5 p.m., the U.S. strikes targeted “Iranian air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz,” the U.S. Central Command said. CENTCOM described the action as a “proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” and added that U.S. forces remain vigilant and ready to defend against any further Iranian threats. Trump said it was necessary to retaliate against Iran to uphold U.S. credibility. Iranian officials say they did not target the U.S. helicopter and suggested it went down in an accident. The troops on the downed helicopter were unharmed. President Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One prior to departure from John F. Kennedy International …

ICE sends mixed messages about tracking protesters : NPR

ICE sends mixed messages about tracking protesters : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Demonstrators attend an anti-ICE rally in Lewiston, Maine on January 24, 2026. Federal officials have acknowledged collecting information on some protesters, even as they deny maintaining a database tracking U.S. citizens. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Last January, when federal immigration agents started an immigration crackdown in Portland, Maine, pediatric occupational therapist Xenia Pantos was driving using their spouse’s car to work when they saw masked federal agents and vehicles with tinted windows parked in the road. Worried about immigrant community members, Pantos stopped for a few minutes to observe. Pantos told NPR they stayed at least 10 feet away from the agents and did not interact with them, but noticed an agent taking photos of another observer’s license plate. Hours later, Pantos’ spouse, Carly Williams, a nonprofit consultant, said she received a call from a blocked number. A deep male voice on the other end of the line asked for her by name and identified himself as calling from the Department of Homeland Security. Williams …

Tom Homan won’t say when ICE will surge in New York

Tom Homan won’t say when ICE will surge in New York

Published by Sam Flores

Tom Homan, White House border czar, speaks to members of the media outside of the White House in Washington, June 9, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images White House border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday blamed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for a promised surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to New York City. But Homan would not say when he expected that surge of ICE agents to happen, when questioned by reporters at the White House. “You can expect more ICE agents to go to New York because Gov. [Kathy] Hochul signed legislation that ended our … agreements” that allowed the agency to delegate state and local law enforcement officers to perform immigration enforcement functions under ICE oversight, he said. The agreements under ICE’s 287(g) program were used to identify and process removable immigrants who were in jail after being arrested by local authorities on unrelated charges. “We’re going to surge resources in New York,” he said. “We have to.” But Homan separately said on Chris Cuomo’s SiriusXM show that a …

ICE car sales continue to plummet in China, the top 16 cars are now EVs

ICE car sales continue to plummet in China, the top 16 cars are now EVs

Published by skeptic

Every one of the top sixteen cars sold in China was an EV in May according to China Passenger Car Association data, as gasoline-powered cars continue their structural decline in the world’s largest auto market. China set a new milestone in May, reaching a new high of 62.9% NEV market share, up from 61.4% just last month. China counts both BEVs and PHEVs under the same “NEV” category. This was enough to kick every single gas-powered vehicle out of the monthly top ten list. Last month, there was one ICE-powered straggler left, the Geely Coolray, but this month, they’re all NEVs. The top ten now reads: Advertisement – scroll for more content Geely EX2: 38,751 units Tesla Model Y: 28,911 units Xiaomi SU7: 24,023 units Leapmotor A10: 22,306 units Li Auto Li i6: 20,878 units Tesla Model 3: 18,370 units Wuling Hongguang Mini: 18,308 units Aito M6: 18,148 units (BEV/EREV) BYD Yuan Up: 17,043 units Fang Cheng Bao Bao 7: 16,247 units (PHEV) In fact, it’s not just the top ten list that’s missing gas …

ICE immigration enforcement funding on track to Trump’s desk

ICE immigration enforcement funding on track to Trump’s desk

Published by Sam Flores

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the news conference following the House Republican Conference caucus meeting at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The U.S. House is poised to vote to on a $70 billion package to fund immigration enforcement agencies and, after months of partisan fighting, send the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk. The package would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, two Department of Homeland Security subagencies left out of an earlier spending bill amid Democratic opposition, and bring to an end a drawn-out debate over immigration enforcement policy that began in January and led to a government shutdown. A final House vote to pass the immigration funding package could come as soon as Tuesday. The Senate passed the package early Friday morning on a 52-47 vote. It would fund the immigration enforcement agencies through the end of Trump’s presidency. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was the lone Republican to vote …