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Time of India
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Julio César Chávez Jr: Mexican boxer arrested by ICE, faces deportation from the US
Julio César Chávez Jr ., the eldest son of Mexican boxing legend Julio César Chávez, is facing deportation after being arrested by federal immigration agents in Los Angeles for overstaying his visa. Once viewed as a promising heir to his father's legacy, Chávez Jr.'s career has been marked by early success, controversy, and personal struggles. US Department of Homeland Security officials have accused 39-year-old Chávez Jr. of ties to the notorious Sinaloa Cartel. According to the agency, Chávez Jr. is the subject of an active arrest warrant in Mexico, where authorities allege his involvement in organized crime, including the trafficking of firearms, ammunition, and explosives. ALSO READ: Jake Paul beats Julio Cesar Chavez Jr via unanimous decision 'Under President Trump, no one is above the law - including world-famous athletes. Our message to any cartel affiliates in the U.S. is clear: We will find you and you will face consequences. The days of unchecked cartel violence are over,' DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. 'This Sinaloa Cartel affiliate with an active arrest warrant for trafficking guns, ammunition and explosives was arrested by ICE ,' McLaughlin said. 'It is shocking the previous administration flagged this criminal illegal alien as a public safety threat, but chose to not prioritize his removal and let him leave and come back into our country.' Live Events Nicknamed 'The Son of a Legend', Chávez Jr. began boxing at age 11 and turned professional at 17. He went unbeaten in his first 23 fights before a draw in 2005. In 2009, he won the WBC Latino super featherweight title but tested positive for a banned substance that same year. Despite setbacks, he won the WBC middleweight title in 2011 and defended it three times. His first pay-per-view bout came in 2012 against Sergio Martinez , where he suffered his first career loss and was later suspended for marijuana use. Following that, his form declined, and he fought sparingly. — DHSgov (@DHSgov) In 2017, Chávez Jr. faced Canelo Alvarez in a major bout, but lost decisively. His struggles with addiction and a strained relationship with his father became public, culminating in online rants and long absences from the ring. Following his 2023 arrest, Chávez Jr. claimed to have completed a rehabilitation program and expressed his desire to return to boxing. He made his comeback last July in Tampa, Florida, where he secured a victory over former UFC fighter Uriah Hall in an exhibition bout. However, his return to the spotlight was short-lived. Just last weekend, Chávez faced YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Anaheim, California, and suffered a loss. The defeat further highlighted the steep decline from the heights he once reached as a world champion and son of a boxing icon. Now 39, Chávez Jr.'s uncertain future extends beyond boxing, as US immigration authorities pursue his removal from the country. Economic Times WhatsApp channel )
Japan Today
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Japan Today
First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades
Police check cars arriving at the "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) By CURT ANDERSON and KATE PAYNE The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a spokesperson for Republican state Attorney General James Uthmeier told The Associated Press. 'People are there,' Press Secretary Jae Williams said, though he didn't immediately provide further details on the number of detainees or when they arrived. 'Next stop: back to where they came from,' Uthmeier said on the X social media platform Wednesday. He's been credited as the architect behind the Everglades proposal. 'Stood up in record time under @GovRonDeSantis ' leadership & in coordination with @DHSgov & @ICEgov, Florida is proud to help facilitate @realDonaldTrump 's mission to enforce immigration law,' the account for the Florida Division of Emergency Management posted to the social media site X on Thursday. Requests for additional information from the office of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and FDEM, which is building the site, were not returned early Thursday afternoon. The facility, at an airport used for training, will have an initial capacity of about 3,000 detainees, DeSantis said. The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security cameras, 28,000-plus feet (8,500 meters) of barbed wire and 400 security personnel. Immigrants who are arrested by Florida law enforcement officers under the federal government's 287(g) program will be taken to the facility, according to an official in President Donald Trump's administration. The program is led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and allows police officers to interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for potential deportation. The facility is expected to be expanded in 500 bed increments until it has an estimated 5,000 beds by early July. A group of Florida Democratic state lawmakers headed to the facility Thursday to conduct 'an official legislative site visit,' citing concerns about conditions for detainees and the awarding of millions of dollars in state contracts for the construction. 'As lawmakers, we have both the legal right and moral responsibility to inspect this site, demand answers, and expose this abuse before it becomes the national blueprint,' the legislators said in a joint statement ahead of the visit. Federal agencies signaled their opposition Thursday to a lawsuit brought by environmental groups seeking to halt operations at the detention center. Though Trump applauded the center during an official tour earlier this week, the filing on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security seemed to try to distance his administration from the facility, and said no federal money to date has been spent on it. 'DHS has not implemented, authorized, directed, or funded Florida's temporary detention center. Florida is constructing and operating the facility using state funds on state lands under state emergency authority and a preexisting general delegation of federal authority to implement immigration functions,' the U.S. filing says. Human rights advocates and Native American tribes have also protested against the center, contending it is a threat to the fragile Everglades system, would be cruel to detainees because of heat and mosquitoes, and is on land the tribes consider sacred. It's also located at a place prone to frequent heavy rains, which caused some flooding in the tents Tuesday during a visit by President Donald Trump to mark its opening. State officials say the complex can withstand a Category 2 hurricane, which packs winds of between 96 and 110 mph (154 and 177 kph), and that contractors worked overnight to shore up areas where flooding occurred. According to images shared with the AP, overnight Wednesday, workers put up new signs labeled 'Alligator Alcatraz' along the sole highway leading to the site and outside the entrance of the airfield that has been known as the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. State officials seized the county-owned land where the facility is located using emergency powers authorized by an executive order issued by the governor. DeSantis and other state officials say locating the facility in the rugged and remote Florida Everglades is meant as a deterrent — and naming it after the notorious federal prison of Alcatraz, an island fortress known for its brutal conditions, is meant to send a message. It's another sign of how the Trump administration and its allies are relying on scare tactics to try to persuade people in the country illegally to leave voluntarily. State and federal officials have touted the plans on social media and conservative airwaves, sharing a meme of a compound ringed with barbed wire and 'guarded' by alligators wearing hats labeled 'ICE' for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Republican Party of Florida has taken to fundraising off the detention center, selling branded T-shirts and beer koozies emblazoned with the facility's name. © Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
San Francisco Chronicle
03-07-2025
- Politics
- San Francisco Chronicle
First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a spokesperson for Republican state Attorney General James Uthmeier told The Associated Press. 'People are there,' Press Secretary Jae Williams said, though he didn't immediately provide further details on the number of detainees or when they arrived. 'Next stop: back to where they came from,' Uthmeier said on the X social media platform Wednesday. He's been credited as the architect behind the Everglades proposal. 'Stood up in record time under @GovRonDeSantis ' leadership & in coordination with @DHSgov & @ICEgov, Florida is proud to help facilitate @realDonaldTrump 's mission to enforce immigration law,' the account for the Florida Division of Emergency Management posted to the social media site X on Thursday. Requests for additional information from the office of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and FDEM, which is building the site, were not returned early Thursday afternoon. The facility, at an airport used for training, will have an initial capacity of about 3,000 detainees, DeSantis said. The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security cameras, 28,000-plus feet (8,500 meters) of barbed wire and 400 security personnel. Immigrants who are arrested by Florida law enforcement officers under the federal government's 287(g) program will be taken to the facility, according to an official in President Donald Trump's administration. The program is led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and allows police officers to interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for potential deportation. The facility is expected to be expanded in 500 bed increments until it has an estimated 5,000 beds by early July. A group of Florida Democratic state lawmakers headed to the facility Thursday to conduct 'an official legislative site visit,' citing concerns about conditions for detainees and the awarding of millions of dollars in state contracts for the construction. 'As lawmakers, we have both the legal right and moral responsibility to inspect this site, demand answers, and expose this abuse before it becomes the national blueprint,' the legislators said in a joint statement ahead of the visit. Federal agencies signaled their opposition Thursday to a lawsuit brought by environmental groups seeking to halt operations at the detention center. Though Trump applauded the center during an official tour earlier this week, the filing on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security seemed to try to distance his administration from the facility, and said no federal money to date has been spent on it. 'DHS has not implemented, authorized, directed, or funded Florida's temporary detention center. Florida is constructing and operating the facility using state funds on state lands under state emergency authority and a preexisting general delegation of federal authority to implement immigration functions,' the U.S. filing says. Human rights advocates and Native American tribes have also protested against the center, contending it is a threat to the fragile Everglades system, would be cruel to detainees because of heat and mosquitoes, and is on land the tribes consider sacred. It's also located at a place prone to frequent heavy rains, which caused some flooding in the tents Tuesday during a visit by President Donald Trump to mark its opening. State officials say the complex can withstand a Category 2 hurricane, which packs winds of between 96 and 110 mph (154 and 177 kph), and that contractors worked overnight to shore up areas where flooding occurred. According to images shared with the AP, overnight Wednesday, workers put up new signs labeled 'Alligator Alcatraz' along the sole highway leading to the site and outside the entrance of the airfield that has been known as the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. State officials seized the county-owned land where the facility is located using emergency powers authorized by an executive order issued by the governor. DeSantis and other state officials say locating the facility in the rugged and remote Florida Everglades is meant as a deterrent — and naming it after the notorious federal prison of Alcatraz, an island fortress known for its brutal conditions, is meant to send a message. It's another sign of how the Trump administration and its allies are relying on scare tactics to try to persuade people in the country illegally to leave voluntarily. State and federal officials have touted the plans on social media and conservative airwaves, sharing a meme of a compound ringed with barbed wire and 'guarded' by alligators wearing hats labeled 'ICE' for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Republican Party of Florida has taken to fundraising off the detention center, selling branded T-shirts and beer koozies emblazoned with the facility's name.
Time of India
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
'Yet another example': US govt reacts to Mahmoud Khalil's release, says district judge has no authority
Trump administration said the district judge was not authorized to release Mahmoud Khalil. The Department of Homeland Security condemned the decision of district judge to release Columbia University graduate and activist Mahmoud Khalil and said only an immigration judge has the authority to decide if Khalil should be released or detained. "It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study in the United States of America. The Trump Administration acted well within its statutory and constitutional authority to detain Khalil, as it does with any alien who advocates for violence, glorifies and supports terrorists, harasses Jews, and damages property. An immigration judge has already vindicated this position. We expect a higher court to do the same," the DHS said in a statement. — DHSgov (@DHSgov) "On the same day an immigration judge denied Khalil bond and ordered him removed, one rogue district judge ordered him released. This is yet another example of how out of control members of the judicial branch are undermining national security. Their conduct not only denies the result of the 2024 election, it also does great harm to our constitutional system by undermining public confidence in the courts," the statement added. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo Mahmoud Khalil released on bail after more than three months in detention Michael Farbiarz of New Jersey, in his verdict, said Khalil is a lawful permanent resident and was neither a flight risk nor dangerous. His prolonged detention since March was potentially punitive. Speaking to journalists before heading to New York from Louisiana, where he was held, he said he was most eager to see his wife and his son, who was born during his 104 days in detention. "The only time I spent [with] my son was a specified one-hour limit that the government had imposed on us," he said. "So that means that now I can actually hug him and Noor, my wife, without looking at the clock." He also criticised the Trump administration for targeting him for protesting against Israel's military actions in Gaza: "There's no right person that should be detained for actually protesting a genocide." White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson accused Mr Khalil of engaging in "fraud and misrepresentation" and "conduct detrimental to American foreign policy interests". "We expect to be vindicated on appeal, and look forward to removing Khalil from the United States," Jackson said.
American Military News
04-06-2025
- Politics
- American Military News
Video: Feds detain terror attack suspect's wife, kids
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials took the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman into custody on Tuesday after the Egyptian national carried out a 'targeted terror attack' that left 12 individuals injured at a pro-Israel event in Boulder, Colorado. According to The Independent, the 45-year-old illegal immigrant injured 12 individuals on Sunday who were holding a demonstration to raise awareness for the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. The outlet noted that Soliman used a 'makeshift flamethrower' and threw Molotov cocktails at the pro-Israel activists while shouting 'Free Palestine!' and End Zionist!' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel announced that Sunday's incident in Colorado was being investigated as a 'targeted terror attack.' In a video message shared on X, formerly Twitter, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Tuesday that ICE was taking the terror attack suspect's family into custody. 'Today, @DHSgov and @ICEGov are taking the family of suspected Boulder, Colorado terrorist, and illegal alien, Mohamed Soliman, into ICE custody,' Noem tweeted. READ MORE: Video: 'Terror attack' leaves 8 injured in Colorado; suspect identified as foreign national In the video, Noem said, 'Mohamed's despicable actions will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but we're also investigating to what extent his family knew about this horrific attack, if they had any knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it. I am continuing to pray for the victims of this attack and for all of their families. Our thoughts and our prayers go out to all of them, and I want them to know that justice will be served.' Today, @DHSgov and @ICEGov are taking the family of suspected Boulder, Colorado terrorist, and illegal alien, Mohamed Soliman, into ICE custody. This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this… — Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) June 3, 2025 The New York Post cited sources on Tuesday who claimed that Soliman's family's visa status was revoked and that the family was in custody at a Dilley detention facility located in southern Texas. The sources claimed that federal law enforcement officials plan to use expedited removal to deport the terror attack's family. Tuesday's ICE arrests come just one day after Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a warning to terrorists, terrorist families, and terrorist sympathizers in the United States. The secretary of state warned, 'In light of yesterday's horrific attack, all terrorists, their family members, and terrorist sympathizers here on a visa should know that under the Trump Administration we will find you, revoke your visa, and deport you.'
