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Boston Globe
6 days ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
To staff Trump's immigration crackdown, ICE entices its retirees
Advertisement This leaves the Trump administration turning to a pool of professionals who, leaders believe, could hit the ground running. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'This is a pivotal moment in our country's history, and your experience and expertise are vitally needed,' read an announcement on the ICE website seeking deportation officers and criminal investigators. 'On behalf of a grateful nation, we proudly call upon you to serve your country.' Trump administration officials have been posting links to the website and the federal job application portal on LinkedIn. They have also been emailing former officers directly, appealing to those who left the job within the last five years and departed in good standing to reapply. 'We are issuing an urgent call to former I.C.E. law enforcement officers to join OPERATION RETURN TO MISSION,' read an email to former officers reviewed by The New York Times, which promised that qualified candidates would be able to draw a salary and their pension simultaneously and collect up to $50,000 in bonuses. Advertisement It was also clear from the announcements that administration officials wanted to recruit retirees back quickly, as the full bonus would only be available to those who applied in the next two weeks. 'Ready to rejoin the mission and get up to a $50k signing bonus ON TOP OF rehired annuitant pay (pension + paycheck)?' Robert J. Hammer, a Homeland Security Department official, posted on LinkedIn. 'Submit your application by Aug 1 to be eligible for the full recruitment incentives package.' It was not immediately clear how much interest there would be in the offer, but Hammer's post — and copies of it that were reposted to other LinkedIn pages — drew a handful of positive responses from former ICE officials. Representatives from the agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment. This article originally appeared in .
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bad Bunny Takes Shots at Trump's Immigration Policies in Music Video for 'Nuevayol'
Bad Bunny released the video for his latest single, "NUEVAYoL", on Friday, July 4 It features a voice that has an uncanny similarity to President Donald Trump In the video — which comes days after Trump toured the newly opened I.C.E. detention facility "Alligator Alcatraz," — the voice apologizes to Americans, stating that the country "is nothing without immigrants"Bad Bunny dropped the video for his single "NUEVAYoL" on Friday, July 4, featuring a cameo from a voice that sounds suspiciously like President Donald Trump. The retro-styled video, directed by Renell Medrano, begins with scenes of the Puerto Rican artist attending a classic-looking quinceañera, complete with a nervous 15-year-old honoree, dancing chambelanes and a host of raucous family members. The song, from Bad Bunny's latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, samples "Un Verano en Nueva York" by Andy Montañez and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, adding to the retro feel. However, in keeping with the 31-year-old artist's recent releases, there are also a few pointed political messages. One shot of the video shows Bad Bunny saluting from the crown of the Statue of Liberty, which has been draped in a Puerto Rican flag. Immediately following that shot, the video cuts to a group of men standing around a 1970s-style boombox. The voice emanating from the speaker is a soundalike of President Trump, only the words are nothing like his usual rhetoric.' 'I made a mistake," the voice says. "I want to apologize to the immigrants in America. I mean the United States. I know America is the whole continent." "I want to say that this country is nothing without the immigrants. This country is nothing without Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans," it continues, before the men shut it off and walk away. The video ends with images of the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York, some in black and white, but all keeping with the retro feel. It ends with a simple message in text: "juntos somos mas fuertes," or "together we are stronger." The "NUEVAYoL" video follows a week of the administration's continued escalation of anti-immigration policies. On Tuesday, July 1, Trump toured the newly opened "Alligator Alcatraz," an I.C.E. detention facility built in the Florida Everglades in just eight days. The massive warehouse, full of chain link dividers and hundreds of bunk beds, will be a holding area for up to 5,000 ICE detainees. The administration has touted the area's surrounding wildlife — which includes alligators, panthers and pythons — as an added measure of security. "You don't always have land so beautiful and so secure [with] a lot of bodyguards and a lot of cops in the form of alligators that you don't have to pay them so much," Trump told reporters. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Recent years have seen Bad Bunny using his platform to send more and more powerful political messages, in his music — particularly Debí Tirar Más Fotos — and beyond. After comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a 'floating island of garbage' during a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden last October, Bad Bunny released an eight-minute video celebrating his homeland. Captioned simply "garbage," the clip — which was originally shown before 2021 Bad Bunny concerts in Puerto Rico, but never released publicly — highlighted the island's sporting legends and musical innovations, praising the nation as "the definition of heart and resistance." In a January 2025 interview with Rolling Stone, Bad Bunny opened up about his decision to be more outspoken about his political beliefs and the criticism that might come from it. 'People are used to artists getting big and mainstream and not expressing themselves about these things, or if they do, talking about it in a super careful way,' he said. 'But I'm going to talk, and whoever doesn't like it doesn't have to listen to me.' Read the original article on People
Fox News
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
LA Mayor hits back at Trump Marine deployments saying 'we don't want them here'
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass hit back at President Donald Trump's Marine and National Guard deployments in her city, telling CNN's Dana Bash "we don't want them here." "I do want to dispel the notion that the military is here. We don't want them here, they don't need to be here. Our local law enforcement has complete control of the situation," Bass said on "State of the Union" Sunday. Trump deployed an initial round of 2,000 federalized National Guard troops to the City of Angels after chaotic anti-I.C.E. protests – in which demonstrators threw rocks at federal vehicles, brandished Mexican flags, and set Waymo cars on fire – on Saturday, June 7 and subsequently deployed an additional round of 2,000 National Guard troops and 700 U.S. Marines. The Marines detained a former Army veteran, Marcos Leao, 27, who became a U.S. citizen after serving in the military, after he wandered into a restricted area on his way to the Veterans Administration office. Leao told Reuters that the Marines treated him "very fairly." "They treated me very fairly, understand, this is a whole stressful situation for everybody, and we all have a job," Leao said. Protests continued in Los Angeles over the following week, culminating in a large demonstration as part of the nationwide "No Kings" protest on Saturday. Bass downplayed the unrest in her city, saying that recent protests took place in a "small sliver of our town" and put the blame for any unrest squarely on Trump's deportation raids. Bass called Saturday's protests "overwhelmingly peaceful" and said that there were sectors of Los Angeles' economy that couldn't survive without illegal immigrant labor. "There were a lot of people out, about 30,000. Out of that big crowd five people were arrested, about 30 were given citations and there were injuries on both sides. Officers were injured and so were people that were there," Bass said. "If the raids hadn't happened, then that protest would have been a 'No Kings' protest, we know that was planned months in advance. But the disruption and the fear that has been caused by the outrage by the raids has really had a devastating effect and has been a body blow to our economy." I.C.E has made several high-profile raids in Los Angeles and across the country as part of the president's campaign promise to deliver mass-deportations. Trump promised to prioritize criminal illegal aliens, but critics allege the administration is separating families and targeting non-criminal workers. "I don't think the president understands that we have entire sectors of our economy that cannot function without immigrant labor," Bass said. The Trump administration called for a halt on deportation raids on agricultural sites, hotels and restaurants, and not to arrest "noncriminal collaterals" the New York Times reported. The move came out of fears that the sweeping raids were hurting key industries in the U.S. "Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long-time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace," Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Yahoo
Neighbors react to condemning of Washington City residence
WASHINGTON CITY, Utah (ABC4) — Neighbors in Washington City are still a little stirred up after the city condemned a home with 27 people in it due to unsafe living conditions. Around 4:30 a.m. yesterday, Washington City Police along with the U.S. Marshalls Office, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations, cleared a home in the area of 100 West 200 South. In addition to unsafe conditions, investigators also found fraudulent documents and illegal narcotics. Police arrested four people for the possession of drugs and fake ID's, while others in the house were arrested by I.C.E. due to their immigrations. One neighbor says the operation to clear the property could have been handled better. Tooele man arrested after shooting, killing his two dogs while on LSD 'They could've easily handled this more discreetly without I.C.E. agents and police agents busting down the house at four in the morning,' neighbor Jordan Christensen said. 'They also could've waited for the kids to go to school.' Police say they did find three children under age 12 living in the home as well. The city is still deciding what to do with the house. Other Top Stories: Red Butte Garden announces Jon Batiste will join summer concert series 1 dead, 1 in custody after stabbing at Riverdale apartment complex How strength training can help people avoid injuries Disneyland Resort invites you to celebrate 70 years of Disneyland magic Neighbors react to condemning of Washington City residence Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Not an extremist bone in my body,' Exclusive interview with Interim U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Sigal Chattah, Interim U.S Attorney for the District of Nevada, satdown with the 8 News Now Investigators for her first interview with a Nevada news outlet. Chattah, the former Republican National Committee woman who made an unsuccessful run for Nevada Attorney General, discussed her priorities as she leads the U.S. Attorney's Office in Las Vegas, which includes mirroring the Trump administration's priorities. Chattah also addressed past controversies, immigration, and the recent presidential pardon of Michele Fiore. Chattah: We truly, truly have every type of crime. Whether it comes to public corruption, whether it comes to human trafficking, whether it comes to narco trafficking. We do have gangs here. We do have MS13 and TDA and immigration issues. 8NN: As far as immigration, there are different interpretations about how the Trump administration is or isn't violating court orders. What is your interpretation? Chattah: I view the immigration laws, first of all, the immigrationcode is fundamentally a legislation. It is law, and the minute youinfuse politics with the law, that's when things become tricky. So youknow, coupled with the fact that the president of the United Stateshas plenary power, okay, under Article Two. So one of the issues thatwe've got is you're infusing politics. You're taking out Article Twopowers and you're destroying the law that's on the books. You know, there's no discretion in these types of laws. It's not like, you know, discretion in sentencing, okay? When you have alaw that is clear, that law needs to be applied, and I think whatyou've seen through the prior administration is that you've had thelaw eroded based on politics, and that's how I look at it. 8NN: Are you talking, so are you referring to perhaps, the judges'politics who are making the decisions? Is that…am I understandingthat correctly? Chattah: Yeah, absolutely. 8NN: How closely are you working with I.C.E.? Chattah: Oh, I mean I don't have coffee with them every day. Howclosely are we working with I.C.E.? They are no different than anyother agency we work with, whether it's H.S.I., the F.B.I., they'reall part of law enforcement. 8NN: What has surprised you about how this office runs, and are youmaking any significant staffing changes? Chattah: I haven't fired one person, not at all. 8NN: Should President Trump have pardoned Michele Fiore? Chattah: You know, again, President Trump has plenary Article Twopowers. I don't have an opinion on that. I have not talked to Michelefor months. I wish her all the best of luck, and you know, may Godprotect her. 8NN: Is she a friend? Chattah: She used to be my friend, yes. 8NN: Not anymore… Chattah: We haven't talked. 8NN: Do you believe she misused that money? Chattah: Well, the jury thought so. My belief in that doesn't matter. There was a beyond a reasonable doubt decision. 8NN: You could be considered a controversial figure in Nevada. Chattah: Absolutely yes. 8NN: You came under fire for a text message about Aaron Ford,saying something like he should be hanged from a crane. It was apersonal conversation. You had also tweeted last year, you referred toJamaal Bowman. You referred to him as an anti-Semitic ghetto rat. Whatwould you say to individuals who hear this rhetoric and may thinkyou're racist? Chattah: Okay, well, the comment from the personal conversation that I hadabout Aaron Ford, that's a quote from the movie Red Sea Diving Resort. I just don't know why everybody has taken it to the level they did. You know, saying that I'm racist, is, you know, look, my mother is Yemenite. I mean, I don't know what to say about that. I'm just, there's nothing to say. I mean, I'm not. I'm not racist. 8NN: You've used the word trannies, which some people findoffensive. Do you feel like in this position, you might use morepolitically correct language and tone language like that down? Chattah: In the context of this office, you know, there's decorum thatexists in federal government that does not exist in myprivate life, okay. In my personal life, if you and I are out fordrinks, I'm going to have a little bit of a different tone than if youand I are here in the office. 8NN: What is your status as Republican National Committeewoman? Chattah: I am on leave as Republican National Committeewoman, completely. 8NN: Senators Cortez Masto and Rosen said they'll fight yourpermanent appointment. They referred to you as an extremist. Are youan extremist? Chattah: I don't think I'm an extremist. There's no, you know, there'snot an extremist bone in my body. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
