ICE raids begin across the USA US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is due
today to
arrest thousands of migrant families with court orders to be removed from the country. President Donald Trump had postponed the operation so Congress could hash out immigration policy, but he repeatedly tweeted about the raids as part of his illegal immigration crackdown.
Remembering Eric Garner Loved ones, ministers, community leaders and others
plan to gather today to honor Eric Garner, the father whose 2014 chokehold death at the hands of a police officer came to symbolize the
Black Lives Matter movement. Moms who've lost sons in cases of alleged police brutality will participate.
Jeffrey Epstein could go home The millionaire is behind bars leading up to a bail hearing
Monday. His lawyers are expected to ask a federal judge to
let him prepare for trial under home detention at his $77 million New York mansion. Epstein
faces two sex-trafficking charges and has pleaded not guilty.
El Chapo gets sentenced After delays, convicted drug lord
Joaquín Guzman is again due to learn his fate
Wednesday. A federal judge this month
denied his bid for a new trial. Prosecutors want him to
forfeit more than $12 billion to the US government; his lawyers call that "insane." Among Guzman's convictions is engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, which carries a mandatory term of life in prison.
Scamming SAT guru gets sentenced He was
a key player in the scheme to help wealthy parents buy their kids into choice universities. Mark Riddell learns his punishment
Thursday for his part in
the college admissions scandal that's snagged dozens of defendants. He pleaded guilty, and the feds want him locked up for about three years.
Child separations go under the lens Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan is
due to testify Thursday about the separation of immigrant families. The hearing follows revelations of
overcrowding and
children held in filthy conditions at US border facilities.
Mike Pompeo heads to South America The US Secretary of State is
set to attend an anti-terrorism summit in Buenos Aires on
Friday, a day after
he marks 25 years since the bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association building that
left 85 people dead and more than 300 wounded. He's due to stop in El Salvador on his way home.
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