A federal judge in Minnesota ruled last Saturday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents violated the Fourth Amendment after they forcibly entered a Minnesota man’s home without a judicial warrant. The conduct of the agents closely mirrors a previously… Read More "US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo"
United States Customs and Border Protection is paying General Dynamics to create a prototype of “quantum sensors” alongside a “database with artificial intelligence” designed “to detect illicit objects and substances (such as fentanyl) in vehicles, containers, and other devices,” according… Read More "CBP Wants AI-Powered ‘Quantum Sensors’ for Finding Fentanyl in Cars"
Last week, a website called ICE List went viral after its creators said that they had received what they described as a leak of personal information about nearly 4,500 Department of Homeland Security employees. However, a WIRED analysis of the… Read More "ICE Agents Are ‘Doxing’ Themselves"
United States immigration authorities are planning to secure long-term detention and transportation capacity for Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations across Minnesota and four neighboring states, according to an internal planning document reviewed by WIRED. The document forecasts ICE’s Enforcement and… Read More "ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States"
Now The New York Times has cited unnamed US officials confirming that the blackout was in fact caused by a cyberattack, the first time the US government has ever been publicly reported to have carried out such a hacking operation.… Read More "US Hackers Reportedly Caused a Blackout in Venezuela"
When Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good last Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, the 37-year-old mother became one of at least 25 people killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shooting since 2015. In the days after Ross… Read More "Why ICE Can Kill With Impunity"
More than two dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles on the ground in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area “currently lack the necessary emergency lights and sirens” required to be “compliant with law enforcement requirements,” according to a contract justification published in… Read More "Dozens of ICE Vehicles in Minnesota Lack ‘Necessary’ Lights and Sirens"
“It’s no longer Officer Friendly out there,” Whitlock says. “This is not to give any excuse, but I can imagine there is a mindset within the field ICE agents and CBP where they really do think they’re under attack and… Read More "What to Do If ICE Invades Your Neighborhood"
In testimony last month in federal court in Minnesota, FBI special agent Bernardo Medellin appeared to directly contradict a claim that ICE agent Jonathan Ross made under oath about whether a man they were trying to detain had asked to… Read More "FBI Agent’s Sworn Testimony Contradicts Claims ICE’s Jonathan Ross Made Under Oath"
The State of Minnesota and the cites of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Monday filed a sweeping federal lawsuit to halt what they call an unprecedented and unlawful surge of US federal agents in the Twin Cities, arguing the deployment… Read More "Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’"
