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Yahoo
2 hours ago
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- Yahoo
‘I'm not comfortable': ICE arrests causing fear for Cornelius residents
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Fear exists for many around the state after at least five local asylum seekers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Portland Immigration Courthouse. In Washington County, leaders address the effects on their community outside the Centro Cultural Community Center in Cornelius. 'ICE has no place in our neighborhoods,' said Cornelius City Councilor Angeles Godinez. More than half of the city of Cornelius's population is Hispanic or Latino according to the city's The city says the fear of ICE raids has a ripple effect in the community. 'As public officials, we are legally and morally obligated to protect the rights of all residents, regardless of their immigration status,' Godinez said. Local leaders say people in their community tell them they're afraid to attend public events, go to work or even call 911 during emergencies. 'When people are afraid of their own government, they stop calling the police. They stop going to the doctor. They disappear from public life,' said Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai. Metro Councilor Juan Carlos Gonzalez says his family knows all too well the stress ICE can cause. 'When my dad immigrated to the United States, he came here without papers,' Gonzalez said. He said a few years ago his father became a US citizen. But they fear for the rest of the community. 'For many folks that have an experience like me, we know that our existence and our families, their right to belong, is being questioned and that's something I'm not comfortable with,' Gonzalez said. City, county and community leaders said they are working with the local police to ensure the community's safety. 'The police have been briefed. And also we have many committees and including some people here at Centro that have been working with police and on various different commissions,' Godinez said. Oregon is classified as a sanctuary state, meaning its law enforcement will not work with ICE. That's something President Donald Trump has openly criticized, claiming their policies of not enforcing immigration law put the safety of American citizens in jeopardy. 'And let me be clear, city officials in Cornelius will not be agents of ICE. We are not here to divide families. We are here to serve them,' Gonzalez said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
20 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Who is newest Boston Celtics wing Hugo Gonzalez?
Who is newest Boston Celtics wing Hugo Gonzalez? A 19-year-old Spaniard playing for Real Madrid in the EuroLeague and the Spanish Liga ACB, Gonzalez weighs in at 207 lbs. and stands at 6-foot-6. The Madrid native did not get a lot of floor time with his EuroLeague ball club last season, but did manage to eke out over 10 minutes per game on a roster full of veterans and former NBA players. In that season, he put up 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game while shooting a poor 28.4% from beyond the arc, 40.8% from the floor overall, and 75.8% from the free throw line. What else do we need to know about the Spanish forward coming to the Celtics via the No. 28 overall pick of the 2025 NBA draft? The folks behind the "NESN" YouTube channel put together a clip from their "Hold My Banner" podcast taking a closer look at the new Boston wing. Check it out below!
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
What does the game of Boston Celtics first round draft pick Hugo Gonzalez look like?
What does the game of Boston Celtics first round draft pick Hugo Gonzalez look like? The Celtics' No. 28 overall pick of the 2025 NBA draft, Gonzalez last played in the EuroLeague for cornerstone ball club Real Madrid. Just 19 years old, he stands at 6-foot-6 and weighs 207 lbs. while playing the small forward position. The Madrid, Spain native has not seen much floor time in his last season with Real Madrid, averaging just 10.7 minutes per game on a stacked roster full of European and NBA vets. But in that limited run, he did manage to log 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. His shot was less than ideal at 28.4% from beyond the arc and just 40.8% from the floor overall, but his 75.8% success rate from the free throw line hints he has the tools to improve his shot with some coaching. If you have yet to see much of how he plays on the court for yourself, the man behind the "Tomasz Kordylewski (Timi)" YouTube channel put together a clip of the best of his play from last season. Check it out below!
United News of India
a day ago
- Climate
- United News of India
Death toll rises to 14 from Colombia landslide
Bogota, June 27 (UNI) The death toll from a landslide that struck northwest Colombia on June 24 has risen to 14, with 12 people still missing, several injured, and nearly 1,000 left homeless, local authorities confirmed yesterday. Search and rescue teams are working around the clock in the affected El Pinar neighborhood in the city of Bello, hoping to find survivors, Mayor Lorena Gonzalez said at a press conference. "The operation continues. We remain hopeful of finding people alive," Gonzalez said, urging residents to evacuate houses in high-risk areas. Carlos Rios, head of the disaster and risk management agency for the department of Antioquia, warned that ongoing heavy rains and unstable terrain continue to pose a threat of additional landslides. "It is important to stress that the rain is not going to stop," he said, adding that special alarms and cameras have been installed in the area to provide advance warning of potential landslides to crews recovering bodies and searching for the missing. The Colombian Defence Ministry said personnel with sniffer dogs are assisting in search and rescue efforts, while the army is helping evacuate families from high-risk areas. UNI XINHUA ARN
Politico
2 days ago
- Politics
- Politico
Dems punch back on ICE raids
Presented by California Resources Corporation SUITING UP: California lawmakers are moving to expedite protections for immigrants as ICE raids target Los Angeles and Southern California. Latino Caucus Chair Lena Gonzalez and AAPI Caucus Chair Mike Fong wrote a letter to Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas asking for a slate of eight bills to be 'fast tracked for rapid approval.' The letter, which Playbook exclusively obtained, highlights legislation that would make it harder for ICE agents to access schools and health care facilities, allow deported community college students to continue paying in-state tuition for online classes, prohibit employers from discriminating against workers facing deportation and bar federal law enforcement from wearing masks and otherwise shielding their identities. 'While we deeply respect the normal rules and timelines applicable to the passage of legislation, we believe that the federal government's brazen, if not illegal, actions create exigent circumstances that warrant special action,' the letter says. Before an explosive showdown in Los Angeles this month pulled Democrats back into the immigration debate, they had largely avoided the subject, spooked by how Republicans were able to wield border issues to their advantage in 2024. The Legislature this year devoted an additional $25 million in state funds to defend undocumented immigrants from deportation, detention and wage theft, but has been reticent to take the kinds of big swings in defense of immigrants as they did during President Donald Trump's first term. But the ICE raids in the Los Angeles area — and the accompanying protests that spurred Trump to deploy the National Guard — have activated lawmakers who feel the federal government is terrorizing the region's large immigrant population. Rivas and McGuire signaled support for Gonzalez and Fong's approach, calling the ICE raids 'egregious' and 'reckless' in statements to Playbook. 'All options are on the table and we'll be working with our Assembly partners on potential approaches,' McGuire said in a statement. Gonzalez and Fong want the bills to take effect immediately after they are signed into law, rather than on Jan. 1, which would require approval from two-thirds of the lawmakers in each house. A large swath of lawmakers is likely to support legislation pertaining to schools and health care institutions. But other measures — such as the law enforcement masking rules — are likely to face heavy opposition. San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener and Los Angeles state Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez authored complementary bills that would require law enforcement to uncover their faces and wear identification after masked, anonymous federal agents detained immigrants during raids. The senators are arguing the state has the authority to demand federal law enforcement abide by these standards. Pérez in her bill says the state 'must be able to distinguish between individuals who are lawfully exercising federal authority and those who are not.' 'California has a duty to insist that federal immigration enforcement officials follow the Constitution,' Gonzalez said in a statement. 'These bills would put real guardrails in place to protect residents' due process rights.' IT'S THURSDAY AFTERNOON. This is California Playbook PM, a POLITICO newsletter that serves as an afternoon temperature check on California politics and a look at what our policy reporters are watching. Got tips or suggestions? Shoot an email to lholden@ WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY WAGE-ING A WAR: Lawmakers are abandoning a last-minute budget provision on construction worker minimum wages after a major backlash from labor unions and environmental groups, this newsletter writer, Rachel Bluth and Eric He scooped this morning for POLITICO Pro subscribers. Two people close to negotiations told POLITICO the Legislature is dumping the proposal, which would have created a minimum wage for construction workers on certain types of residential projects. Newsom and legislative leaders argued the change would help spur housing construction. As we reported yesterday, the idea was angrily rebuffed by the State Building and Construction Trades Council and their allies, who argued the wage rules would undercut higher pay standards they've won through bargaining and past legislation. Environmental groups, meanwhile, attacked provisions that would loosen regulations around construction. The governor's office declined to comment on the decision by legislators to leave the proposed minimum wage out of the ongoing push to approve a series of budget-related bills before a Monday deadline. IN OTHER NEWS MEGABILL WOES: Senate Republicans are facing major new issues with their domestic policy megabill after the chamber's parliamentarian advised senators that several provisions they are counting on to reap hundreds of billions of dollars in budget savings won't be able to pass along party lines, our Meredith Lee Hill, Robert King and Jordain Carney report. Those include major pieces of Medicaid policy, including a politically explosive plan to hold down Medicaid costs by cracking down on a state provider tax — a provision that is expected to have a nine-figure impact on the bill. Republicans now will have to try to rewrite major sections of their Finance bill or potentially leave out key policies. The decisions were detailed in a Thursday morning memo from Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee. Other provisions now at risk include several GOP proposals to exclude undocumented residents from Medicaid, including by withholding federal funds from states that make them eligible for benefits. Meanwhile, Trump still wants the bill on his desk by July 4. PROP 36 LETDOWN: The organizations that lobbied for state money to implement tough-on-crime ballot measure Proposition 36 aren't exactly thrilled about what they're getting for it. 'This budget deal forces counties to implement Prop 36 for pennies on the dollar,' said Graham Knaus, California State Association of Counties CEO, in a statement. 'Californians deserve better.' As we reported yesterday for Pro subscribers, the spending plan developed by Newsom and legislative leaders includes $50 million for county behavioral health departments, $20 million for court costs and $15 million for pre-trial services, according to a legislative floor report, as well as $15 million for public defenders' general use. District attorney, law enforcement and probation groups have also shared their displeasure about the allocation, calling it 'a slap in the face to California voters and a blueprint for the failure of Proposition 36.' WHAT WE'RE READING TODAY — California has reported more measles cases this year than in 2024 as the U.S. grapples with its largest outbreak of the disease in decades. (Los Angeles Times) — Advocacy groups and some members of a California desert community expressed concern over a plan between ICE and a private prison contractor to turn a prison into the state's largest immigrant detention center. (The Guardian) — DHS said that immigration enforcement teams in Los Angeles and surrounding areas in Southern California arrested more than 1,600 immigrants between June 6-22. (Los Angeles Times) AROUND THE STATE — San Francisco supervisors reached a deal with Mayor Daniel Lurie that restores funding for roughly 100 threatened jobs and programs. (San Francisco Chronicle) — A newly released report by the Alameda County Civil Grand Jury pointed to flaws in how the area handles road maintenance. (East Bay Times) — Fresno County's top administrator was told to develop a new policy for what Pride Month observances and celebrations employees can recognize on the clock. (Fresno Bee) — compiled by Juliann Ventura
