The Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation sent shockwaves through the city and changed how students perceive the agency’s role.
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CT’s most vulnerable immigrant children face new hurdles to legal status
Special legal status is available to immigrants under 21 who were abused or neglected by a parent. Applications had been rising, until 2025.
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Advocates rally, seek records on ICE access at Tweed Airport
Immigrant rights advocates filed a public records request for proof that ICE agents at Tweed Airport have been properly vetted and trained.
Posted inImmigration
ICE deported her from CT. Now, she parents from Mexico.
Nancy Martinez has filed a lawsuit following her deportation, but even a victory would not allow her to return to her children in the U.S.
Posted inJustice
Activists demand CT officials enforce the Trust Act
Dozens gathered in Meriden on Thursday with a list of demands for CT officials, including strengthening the Trust Act and its enforcement.
Posted inImmigration, Politics
Recent ICE arrests at CT airports draw officials’ ire
Elected officials pointed to how public spaces like courthouses, city streets and bus stops that have been targeted by ICE in recent weeks.
Posted inImmigration
Two people hurt as activists, ICE clash at Meriden courthouse
One woman was pepper-sprayed and another pushed to the ground as ICE agents worked to detain at least one man at a Meriden courthouse.
Posted inImmigration
Murphy seeks answers from DHS on ICE operations, arrests in CT
Murphy wrote to DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin for details on the total number of arrests and an update on a promised investigation.
Posted inGovernment
Murphy seeks to bar ICE enforcement at playgrounds, bus stops
Murphy’s trio of bills comes in response to a four-day ICE operation in Danbury that resulted in 118 arrests. The bills face long odds.
Posted inImmigration
ACLU lawsuit seeks release of Hartford immigration court data
The ACLU-CT is arguing Americans should have the right to request and quickly receive certain immigration court data.
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ICE arrests SCSU athlete at Tweed airport
Federal immigration agents arrested a Southern Connecticut State University SCSU basketball player at Tweed New Haven Airport on Friday.
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In Danbury, Sen. Blumenthal hears ‘emotional’ accounts of ICE operation
Richard Blumenthal hosted a town hall with local officials, attorneys and organizers about last week’s ICE raid—among largest in CT history.
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Major protest held in Danbury to denounce ICE arrests
Last week, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has made more than 100 arrests across CT, more than half of them in Danbury.