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A New Jersey grand jury on Tuesday indicted Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey on three charges of assaulting federal law enforcement officers during a clash last month outside of a Newark ICE detention center, interim New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced on X. In May, Habba announced her office was charging McIver with two counts of “assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement,” after a clash between law enforcement, lawmakers and protesters who claimed conditions at the Delaney Hall detention center were unsafe and illegal. On May 9, McIver and two other members of Congress went to Delaney Hall and…

National Guard troops stand outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, MDC on June 08, in Los Angeles. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith said he fears President Trump wants to use the U.S. military as his “personal police force.” “President Trump wants this confrontation partially because he wants to emphasize the issue of immigration enforcement,” Smith told Morning Edition. “But more, I fear, because he wants to politicize the U.S. military and legitimize using it as a law enforcement tool, which is incredibly dangerous.” In Los Angeles…

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Lower Manhattan early Tuesday evening for a demonstration against President Trump’s escalating immigration crackdown, continuing several days of protests that began more than 2,400 miles away in Los Angeles.The demonstrators rallied at Foley Square, near a large government building that houses federal immigration offices and the city’s main immigration court, which has become a flashpoint as the Trump administration ramps up the arrest of migrants in courthouses.Many carried bright yellow signs that said “ICE out of NYC” in Spanish and English.Andrea Montiel, 31, whose parents are Mexican immigrants, said she showed up at the rally…

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Andrea Arroyo Andrea Arroyo is co–art director of Opp-Art. She is an award-winning artist working in fine art, site-specific installation, public art and illustration. Her work is published widely (including in The New Yorker and The New York Times) and is exhibited internationally. She is the creator of “Unnatural Election: Artists Respond to the US Election.” Her 3-venue exhibition “Art as Solidarity” presented by The Hispanic Society Museum, The Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum and The United Palace in Manhattan is on view through July 31, 2022. Her new book: “ImagiNATIONS: Art As Solidarity” was published by NowWhat Media. Source link

In response to often sharp questioning from House Democrats on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the Pentagon’s deployment of nearly 5,000 active-duty Marines and National Guard members to help the police in Los Angeles quell sporadic unrest — at an estimated cost of $134 million.Mr. Hegseth, a National Guard veteran, also suggested in testimony before the House Appropriations Committee that the use of the Guard, part-time citizen soldiers, for homeland defense would expand under President Trump.“I think we’re entering another phase, especially under President Trump with his focus on the homeland, where the National Guard and Reserves become a…

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Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania warned fellow Democrats that they could face a political backlash if they were seen as failing to sufficiently condemn acts of violence by protesters in Southern California, which local officials have said were limited.On Monday, he posted a photo on social media of a car engulfed in flames and a masked, shirtless person waving a Mexican flag. He suggested that Democrats — many of whom have in fact criticized acts of destruction or violence — should go further in denouncing unruly demonstrations.“This is anarchy and true chaos,” he wrote. “My party loses the moral high…

This is not the image Army officials had wanted.While tanks, armored troop carriers and artillery systems pour into Washington for the Army’s 250th birthday celebration, National Guard troops from the Army’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, supplemented by active-duty Marines, have been deployed to the streets of Los Angeles.It is a juxtaposition that has military officials and experts concerned.Several current and former Army officials said the military parade and other festivities on Saturday — which is also President Trump’s 79th birthday — could make it appear as if the military is celebrating a crackdown on Americans.“The unfortunate coincidence of the…

Delaney says Sanders, Warren “hijacked the good name of Medicare” – CBS News Watch CBS News 2020 Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney joins Margaret Brennan to discuss his campaign, immigration, and health care. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link