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Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
ICE agents nab ‘depraved criminal' off NYC streets
NEW YORK (PIX11) — United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man in New York City on Wednesday who they claim is a criminal illegal alien from Honduras. The man, whom the Department of Homeland Security has identified as Jorge Alberto Mejia Herrera, allegedly had been previously convicted for sex acts on a child, officials say. More Local News Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin sent the following statement to PIX11 News: 'On July 22, ICE arrested Jorge Alberto Mejia Herrera, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras. This depraved criminal illegal alien, was previously convicted in New York for forcible sexual conduct and two or more sexual acts on a child. On May 10, the NYPD released Herrera under the city's disastrous sanctuary policies. Thanks to our brave ICE law enforcement, this sicko is off the streets and will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings. Secretary Noem is calling on every politician at every level of government to abandon these reckless, lawless policies and stop playing Russian roulette with American lives. DHS will continue to flood the zone in sanctuary cities and remove these criminals one by one.' Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. He joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
The Guardian
3 hours ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
MLS commissioner defends ban on ‘political' signage at games amid Ice crackdown
MLS commissioner Don Garber defended the league's ban on political signage from fan groups but said that teams are allowed to make political statements in a press conference with reporters before the MLS All-Star game on Wednesday evening. Asked by the Guardian US to comment on protests and statements from MLS supporters' groups against Immigration Customs Enforcement (Ice) and the federal government's broader immigration crackdown, Garber said that the league's primary concern is keeping games safe for fans to attend. The commissioner said that ensuring fan groups do not unveil displays that are political in nature is part of that goal. 'We want to ensure that we're having displays that are not going to incite anyone,' Garber said in part. 'The best way to do that is to have the policy we have, which prohibits having political signage or anything to do with legislative acts on display in our stadiums. 'I understand and sympathize with those that are impacted by this. I grew up in a very diverse environment. We are a very diverse league, but we have to be very thoughtful about how we engage in this situation.' MLS has said in the past that it estimates around 30% of its fans are Hispanic. As Ice raids have taken place in public places across the country, numerous MLS supporters' groups have spoken out about how the current environment contributes to them feeling unsafe at MLS games. In May, Latino supporters of Nashville SC paused gameday activities due to Ice's crackdown, telling SixOneFive Soccer that they feel 'targeted', and the Athletic that they feel 'hunted' given the general environment in the state. In this past weekend's LAFC v LA Galaxy match, LAFC supporters unveiled a tifo reading 'Los Angeles unidos jamás será vencido' ('Los Angeles, united, will never be defeated') after Ice raids in the California metropolis that led to more than 2,700 arrests. As of mid-June, Ice data shows there were more than 11,700 people in immigration detention who had been arrested despite having no track record of being charged with or convicted of a crime. LAFC issued a statement about the Los Angeles raids, saying that 'today, when so many in our city are feeling fear and uncertainty, LAFC stands shoulder to shoulder with all members of our community'. At time of writing, they remain the only MLS team to have made such a statement. The LA Galaxy banned fans responsible for displaying anti-Ice banners at a recent game, with other supporters boycotting the match against LAFC in protest. Anti-Ice banners have also been seen in Austin, the site of Wednesday's All-Star game, Chicago and other markets. Sign up to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson brings expert analysis on the biggest stories from European soccer after newsletter promotion Asked whether he thinks the league has a responsibility to protect fans as Ice raids continue across the country, and how the league is thinking about this topic generally, Garber said: 'I don't think the league has the ability to serve as an entity to protect anyone. That being said, we want our stadiums to stay safe.' However, he said, 'if teams want to make a statement, they can. I don't think any team should be required to. Certainly the league is not, has not, and will not make a statement on this. We just want to continue to do whatever we can to ensure that our games are safe for all of our fans.'
CBS News
3 hours ago
- CBS News
App alerts South Florida immigrants about nearby ICE agents, creator says
A newly launched app called "Coqui" is gaining traction in South Florida for alerting immigrants to the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the area. Its creator, known only as Peter, says the goal is to help undocumented individuals, asylum seekers and those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) feel safer as they go about their daily lives. "I saw a community living in absolute fear and it was heartbreaking," said Peter, who asked not to share his last name for safety reasons. Based in New York, he runs an animal rescue farm and employs many immigrants. "We created CoquiApp alerts immigrants in South Florida about nearby ICE agents, creator says as a digital tool to give people a chance to live their lives and not feel hunted," he told CBS News Miami. A South Florida man with TPS, born in Venezuela, also spoke with CBS News Miami. Fearing deportation to a country he left due to repression, he recently began using the Coqui app. "I use the app every day to go to work; that's how I feel safe," he said. The app functions similarly to other location-based alert systems, allowing users to see where ICE agents have been reported and adjust their routes accordingly. The federal government has criticized the app, warning it could endanger immigration officers. ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan said last week that such tools may escalate situations and pose safety risks. "Our issue becomes then they (people detained) become violent and they're asking people to go cause violence," Sheahan said. Peter disagrees. "There is no evidence that has ever happened," he said. "Connecting people to one another is being considered as subversive—it's more of an indictment against the system itself." When asked whether he fears retaliation for creating Coqui, Peter replied, "There is always a level of fear, but I think that doing nothing is a choice." CBS News Miami reached out to ICE for comment but has not yet received a response.
Sunday World
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Sunday World
Alleged head of the IRA in America Gabriel Megahey once killed a man with a single punch
The late-night attack took place outside a chip shop more than 60 years ago on Belfast's Crumlin Road and Megahey was jailed as a result The alleged head of the IRA in America Gabriel Megahey once killed a man with a single punch, the Sunday World can reveal. The late-night attack took place outside a chip shop more than 60 years ago on Belfast's Crumlin Road and Megahey was jailed as a result. On his release, the Ardoyne man emigrated to the United States to work in the New York building industry. But in the States he found himself in jail once again – for trying to buy surface-to-air missiles (SAM) for the IRA from an FBI agent. But it appears he failed to tell the Yanks he had been jailed for killing a man when he was a teenager. And now the Trump administration want the 82-year-old great grandfather out of America. Originally from Ardoyne in Belfast, Megahey disclosed last week that he has been ordered to quit the United States immediately. Megahey's poster The emigration enforcement agency ICE delivered the devastating news to him at his home in Delaware. A letter served on Megahey made no reference to his status in the States – he's married to an American-born woman and together they have six children, 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The ICE letter warned Megahey not to consider 'going on the run' as Homeland Security would find him. As recounted in this week's RTE documentary, Noraid: Irish America and the IRA, in which he featured, Megahey was jailed for seven years for trying to buy the missiles that would have been used to take down British army helicopters. Since his release from an American prison, Megahey had been living in the States under a 'set aside' arrangement implemented by for President Bill Clinton. And now the Trump administration has moved against Megahey, ordering him out of the country immediately. But the Sunday World has learned that when he first entered America after a short stint in Southampton, Megahey failed to declare he had already served a prison sentence in Northern Ireland for killing a man. As this newspaper court report from the time proves, in 1962, 19-year-old Megahey was caught up in a verbal row with another man in Gleneagle chip shop of Belfast's Crumlin Road – ironically about a fight between Belfast champion boxers Freddy Gilroy and John Caldwell. Veteran Belfast republican Gabe Megahey And without warning, Megahey, who was described in court a seaman from Herbert Street, Ardoyne, headbutted 24-year-old Kevin McLaughlin, of Highbury Gardens, causing him to fall to the floor. The row, which happened just after midnight on October 24/25, continued on outside the chip shop, where Megahey punched McLaughlin on the head, knocking him to the ground for a second time and rendering him unconscious. Mr McLaughlin died in hospital two days later. In America, Megahey set himself up as the leader of the IRA in America. He told the RTE programme this week: 'We didn't need Irish Northern Aid money. There were people here – contractors – if I needed money I'd go to them to get it. 'And on quite a few occasions there was finance from Belfast.' Newspaper story from the time Keen to spring a military propaganda spectacular, the IRA was desperate to bring down a low-flying helicopter in south Armagh. Megahey was ordered to buy SAM missiles from American arms dealers. But he was caught after he tried to buy the missiles from an undercover FBI agent. This week's RTE programme also interviewed an FBI agent who said Magahey was a 'French Connection type of individual'. 'He was so surveillance-conscious and professional in the way he handled himself. 'Times when we surveilled him, he would walk backward, go in an out of subway cars.' This week we consulted a legal source in Belfast inquiring if Megahey had any chance of overturning the US authorities' plans to forced him from the country. He told us: 'Megahey has his work cut out on this one. If Trump wants him out, he's out. And it looks as though it's going to be sooner rather than later.' Trump moves to deport veteran Belfast republican Gabe Megahey News in 90 Seconds - July 23rd
Boston Globe
4 hours ago
- Health
- Boston Globe
Health care workers protest outside Burlington ICE facility
'The health care system is already in a staffing crisis,' said Dr. Anisha Hashmi, a psychiatrist in her final year of residency, whose father immigrated from Pakistan. 'So when ICE raids our workplaces and our homes, it's not just an attack on our immigrant patients, it's an attack on all of us and our public health.' She urged those in the crowd to think of their grandmother not able to get treatment because an immigrant doctor's visa was denied or being unable to find a home nurse to hire because of workforce shortages. Advertisement About one in six hospital workers across the US are immigrants, according to a Boston Indicators and Immigration Research Initiative. Advertisement The workers also spoke about the fear immigrant patients feel since the administration changed the Dr. Anita Mathews, who specializes in primary care, said she's seen an uptick in her immigrant patients missing appointments. 'I have called them when they miss their appointments, and they'll tell me, 'I'm really afraid to leave my house right now',' Mathews, 35, said in an interview. 'The patients who do come in are suffering from worsened anxiety, depression, and social isolation that's making their mental health and their physical health much worse.' The protesters who held colorful signs and American flags stood in stark contrast to their surroundings. The Burlington facility, one of two ICE field offices in Massachusetts, is a black building with tinted windows located at 1000 District Ave. It looks like a typical office building in a suburban office park, with hotels, restaurants and offices a short walk away. The facility is meant only for short-term stays of People have been protesting outside the facility every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the last 14 weeks and have called the gatherings a way to ' Advertisement Mileyda Cruz, 25, a medical assistant, entered the United States from El Salvador when she was a baby under TPS. About half the medical assistants at her hospital arrived the same way, or by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as the 'Dreamers Act,' which protects some undocumented immigrants who arrived as youngsters from deportation. 'For myself and all the other TPS recipients, the only thing we want to do is work and live a safe life,' Cruz said, 'In return, we provide back to the country … we are not here to live off of the government.' But the Trump administration has sought to Wednesday's protest was cosponsored by the SEIU Committee of Interns and Residents, the country's largest doctor union representing over 40,000 resident physicians, the Health and Law Immigrant Solidarity Network , the Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research, and the Massachusetts TPS Committee. The advocacy groups have joined in the weekly 'Bearing Witness' protests organized by Laurie and Jared Berezin, a couple from Maynard. Before the health care workers gave speeches, Jared Berezin, 43, stood facing the ICE facility with a microphone. He read out the fifth and eighth amendments of the Constitution that address due process and cruel and unusual punishment respectively. 'When we first came here 14 weeks ago it was just the two of us. We looked at this building, saw how ordinary it looked, and thought about these [ICE agents] planning hunting trips every day, and imprisoning people in the basement,' Jared Berezin said, 'We realized we need to keep coming back.' Advertisement Dr. Brett Lewis, 34, a family physician and psychiatrist practicing in Boston, said that a year ago, a majority of the patients who came into her clinic didn't speak English. Now, it's the opposite, because immigrants are afraid to come in. Lewis has held telehealth appointments for her psychiatric patients but worries about the others who are missing out on care. 'With prenatal care where you need them to come in and do an ultrasound, you just can't do that over the phone,' Lewis said. Lewis said that her immigrant colleagues are important not just because of the work they do, but the quality of care they provide. 'They bring language experience, they reflect our patient population,' Lewis said, 'They provide better care because of their immigration status and are absolutely vital.' Angela Mathew can be reached at
