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Attorney Kathleen Martinez

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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: "Federal Court Strikes Down ICE’s Courthouse Arrest Policy Nationwide. The ruling follows ICE admitting earlier this year that it has no justification for conducting mass arrests at courthouses."
aclu.org
Federal Court Strikes Down ICE’s Courthouse Arrest Policy Nationwide | American Civil Liberties Union
The ruling follows ICE admitting earlier this year that it has no justification for conducting mass arrests at courthouses
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: "A federal court in Texas on Friday issued a ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state’s Big Bend region."
apnews.com
Federal court temporarily blocks Trump administration border wall in Texas' Big Bend region
A federal court in Texas has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall in the Big Bend region.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: "A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to continue processing thousands of diversity visa cases for 10 days beyond a deadline that would typically end applicants' chances of immigrating to the United States."
usatoday.com
Judge extends diversity visa processing, blames State Dept.'s 'glacial pace'
The State Department must keep processing visas for 10 days after a judge found its slow response left thousands racing against a hard deadline.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: "The Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot and wounded by a federal immigration agent in Texas last month had surgery on Thursday to remove the bullet that had been lodged in his back for nearly two weeks."
theguardian.com
Man shot by ICE in Texas has surgery to remove bullet lodged in his back
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez remains in custody after surgery to remove bullet supporters say was stuck close to his spine
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: "Renee Good’s family sued the U.S. government and the architects of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown Thursday, saying “the time is absolutely now for accountability” for her killing in January by a federal agent in Minneapolis."
apnews.com
Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration office...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: “The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review President Donald Trump’s policy of imposing mandatory detention without bond hearings for people who entered the country illegally”
edition.cnn.com
Supreme Court to review key part of Trump’s immigration policy | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review President Donald Trump’s policy of imposing mandatory detention without bond hearings for people who entered the country illegally, taking up one of the adm...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been ordered not to engage in high-speed car chases and to make vehicle stops only if they have completed specific training, under new internal guidance issued after several drivers were shot in encounters with ICE.“
apnews.com
New ICE guidance bans high-speed car chases and sets tighter rules for traffic stops, a memo shows
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been ordered not to engage in high-speed car chases and to make vehicle stops only if they have completed specific training.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: "Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a package of immigration bills that Democrats aim to disrupt the deportation program in California, limit the tactics of immigration enforcement agencies and open up federal agents to civil liability."
calmatters.org
Newsom signs new laws to rein in immigration agents as Trump's deportation campaign escalates
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of laws that aim to check immigration agents during the Trump administration’s deportation program.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to restart its program of removing migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human rights concerns”
edition.cnn.com
Supreme Court allows Trump to restart controversial deportations to countries that migrants have no connection to | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to restart its program of removing migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human right...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: “ Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an assault charge against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas”
apnews.com
Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer
Federal prosecutors in Texas announced assault charges against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents Sept. 20.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ramping up its presence in “sanctuary cities,” which are known to limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal officers, according to the Department of Homeland Security. "
newsnationnow.com
DHS announces nationwide surge in 'sanctuary' cities
DHS said ICE has initiated a “surge in sanctuary cities,” as part of the Trump administration’s continuous crackdown on immigration.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: "The Venezuelan man shot by federal immigration officers after a traffic stop in Texas needs surgery to avoid losing feeling on the left side of his body, according to his supporters."
theguardian.com
Venezuelan shot by ICE in Austin needs surgery to avoid losing feeling in body, supporters say
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez has bullet lodged in back as accounts differ over events leading to traffic-stop shooting
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: "A federal judge on Friday found the Trump administration in contempt for deporting an asylum-seeker to El Salvador in violation of three court orders."
abcnews.com
Judge finds Trump administration in contempt for twice deporting asylum-seeker
A federal judge has found the Trump administration in contempt for deporting an asylum-seeker to El Salvador in violation of three court orders.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: "US senators have introduced legislation aimed at cutting down warrantless or specious ICE arrests, and curbing the agency’s ability to indefinitely detain immigrants who do not pose any danger to their communities."
theguardian.com
US senators propose legislation to limit ICE arrests and indefinite detention
Exclusive: Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California seek to prevent unlawful arrests
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: "The Supreme Court on Friday permitted the Trump administration to use an expanded federal database containing citizenship information, as the president encourages states to purge people from voter rolls."
nbcnews.com
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter purges
Critics have said the data could lead to U.S. citizens being kicked off the voter rolls, but the justices noted the law prohibits broad voter purges in the weeks leading up to an election.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: "Judge Says NYC ICE Facility Was a ‘Black Site’ for Detainees."
newsweek.com
Judge says NYC ICE facility was a 'black site' for Detainees
Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, including severe overcrowding, forced some immigrants to self-deport, the judge found.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacity – and the total will likely rise due to continuing mismanagement, congressional investigators warned on Thursday."
theguardian.com
ICE has wasted tens of millions to carry out Trump’s mass detention agenda – report
GAO documents array of costly problems as ICE pursues controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacity
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: “The Trump administration will ask the US supreme court to allow it to deport immigrants to countries other than their own, the latest effort to seek approval for a controversial policy that fulfills Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.“
theguardian.com
Trump administration to ask supreme court to allow third-country deportation policy
US attorney general Todd Blanche says justice department will ask high court for help after lower court rejected policy
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: "A federal judge in Rhode Island has struck down a Trump administration directive that would have barred some immigrants from accessing certain federal programs, including Head Start preschools, community health clinics and adult education initiatives."
usnews.com
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: "Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents mistakenly detained a US citizen in a Chicago suburb Sunday morning, leaving him on the ground with various injuries, according to local authorities."
cnn.com
ICE mistakenly targets US citizen who was left injured on the ground in Chicago suburb, officials say | CNN
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents mistakenly detained a US citizen in a Chicago suburb Sunday morning, leaving him on the ground with various injuries, according to local authorities.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: "A man is dead after crashing his car while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Michigan over the weekend, reported the Detroit Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network."
usatoday.com
Man dead in crash after fleeing from ICE in Michigan, police say
Authorities said a man crashed his car into a tree while fleeing a stop by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: "Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees in 2027."
apnews.com
Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees in 2027
The Trump administration plans to limit refugee admissions in 2027 to 17,500 mostly white South Africans.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: "Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to create "mobile detention facilities" for immigrant detainees in Pennsylvania, according to publicly available government documents."
npr.org
ICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'
Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: “The ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin on Sunday, leaving a bullet lodged in his back, was issued a body camera but was not wearing it during the shooting, two officials with the Department of Homeland Security.”
nbcnews.com
ICE officer who shot man in Austin was issued a body cam but wasn’t wearing it
Officials said it was not clear why he was not wearing the body cam. Meanwhile, another officer’s body cam only captured partial footage of the shooting.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: “A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of a man who was shot and wounded by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in North Austin, according to the man's attorney.”
cbsaustin.com
Judge temporarily blocks deportation of man shot by ICE agent in Austin, attorney says
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of a man who was shot and wounded by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in North Austin, a
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: "The mother of a Texas teenager involved in a viral video confrontation with ICE officers has been deported."
news4sanantonio.com
Mother of Texas teen in viral ICE confrontation deported to Mexico
The mother of a Texas teenager involved in a viral video confrontation with ICE officers has been deported.The Department of Homeland Security says Teresa Ochoa was detained Monday at her workplace an...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: “Man shot by ICE in Austin being held in detention center with bullet in his back."
cbsnews.com
Man shot by ICE in Austin being held in detention center with bullet in his back, lawyer says
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the 28-year-old Venezuelan national shot by an ICE officer on Sunday, said in a phone call on Monday that he's "not doing well."
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: "ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders."
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: "Major TV networks decline White House pool duties. The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO."
politico.com
Major TV networks decline White House pool duties
The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: "A US ​federal appeals court rejected on Friday a policy adopted by the Trump administration that allows authorities to rapidly deport migrants to countries ‌other than their own without giving them a chance to raise safety concerns."
reuters.com
US appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing swift deportations to third countries
A US ​federal appeals court rejected on Friday a policy adopted by the Trump administration that allows authorities to rapidly deport migrants to countries ‌other than their own without giving them a ...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: "Authorities in Illinois are investigating a case on Sunday in which a US citizen was detained by federal immigration agents before ending up at a hospital with injuries."
theguardian.com
Illinois authorities investigate possible ICE wounding of US citizen
Police responded to altercation and found injured man and another person who identified himself as a federal agent
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: "An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and wounded a man from Venezuela who was working as a DoorDash driver Sunday in Texas’ capital, city officials confirmed, with protests erupting at the scene against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown."
cnn.com
Venezuelan DoorDash driver shot and wounded by ICE agent in Austin, Texas, officials say | CNN
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and wounded a man from Venezuela who was working as a DoorDash driver Sunday in Texas’ capital, city officials confirmed, with protests erupting at th...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
BREAKING: "The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration’s plans have met with heavy opposition."
nbcnews.com
Trump administration starts building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region
It marks the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration’s plans have met with heavy opposition.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
BREAKING: "An Appeals Court panel ruled Thursday that officers working on the United States border at airports and land crossings can search travelers' phones without a warrant, probable cause, or reasonable suspicion."
newsweek.com
Biden-Appointed Judges Join Trump Nominee to Back CBP Phone Searches
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
BREAKING: "A federal judge has issued an order blocking immigration officers from making warrantless arrests in Southern California unless they determine the person is likely to escape."
abcnews.com
Federal judge restricts warrantless immigration arrests in Southern California
A federal judge has blocked immigration officers from making warrantless arrests in Southern California unless they determine the person is likely to escape
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: "A federal immigration officer charged with shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in January and lying about the circumstances to investigators was to appear Thursday before a Minnesota judge after state authorities arrested him ahead of a separate hearing in federal court."
apnews.com
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: "A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would ⁠limit how long foreign students and ⁠journalists can remain ​in the US without applying for extensions."
theguardian.com
Judge blocks Trump limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in US
Ruling comes a day before homeland security department’s substantial restrictions were set to take effect
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: "A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would ⁠limit how long foreign students and ⁠journalists can remain ​in the US without applying for extensions."
theguardian.com
Judge blocks Trump limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in US
Ruling comes a day before homeland security department’s substantial restrictions were set to take effect
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: "States sue to stop Trump rule that would make it harder for some immigrants to get green cards."
cnn.com
States sue to stop Trump rule that would make it harder for some immigrants to get green cards | CNN
New York and 21 other states are suing the Trump administration to block a new Department of Homeland Security rule that would give immigration officials wider discretion to deny green cards, visas or...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
BREAKING: “Justice Department secures deportation order in first-of-its-kind case brought in secretive court.”
edition.cnn.com
Justice Department secures first-of-its-kind deportation through secretive court | CNN Politics
In a victory for President Donald Trump, the Justice Department announced Friday that it secured a first-of-its-kind deportation through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a secretive tribunal that ha...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: "The Trump administration has not said whether it will let deportation protections lapse for Salvadoran nationals in the U.S. — a different track after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 13 other countries."
thehill.com
Trump administration keeps TPS in place for El Salvador for now
The Trump administration has not said whether it will let deportation protections lapse for Salvadoran nationals in the U.S. — a different track after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ende…
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: "Advocacy groups and Denver sue to prevent armed ICE agents from being deployed at polling sites during the November midterm elections, citing concerns over voter intimidation."
cbsnews.com
Lawsuit seeks to block deployment of ICE, federal agents to polling sites
A coalition of advocacy groups and a Democratic-led city filed a preemptive lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying armed ICE agents to polling sites ahead of the midterm elec...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: "Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador was in limbo Wednesday as a deadline neared for the Trump administration to decide if they should end, as it has done for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries."
apnews.com
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: "Operation 'Midway Blitz' cost Cook County $1.26 billion in restaurant, retail activity, report finds."
abc7chicago.com
Operation 'Midway Blitz' cost Cook County $1.26 billion in restaurant, retail activity, report finds
Researchers said operation "Midway Blitz" effects continued after it ended, contributing to declines in spending and mobility among people who believe they may be at risk of immigration enforcement.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: “A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday blocked an executive order from President Trump that again seeks to restrict birthright citizenship.”
thehill.com
Federal judge blocks Trump’s new birthright citizenship order
A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday blocked an executive order from President Trump that again seeks to restrict birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman granted a prelimin…
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: "Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year"
apnews.com
AP Source: ICE officer charged with lying to investigators in the shooting of Venezuelan man
Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis i...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
BREAKING: "The Justice Department moved Wednesday to require states to provide information on undocumented immigrants or lose federal funding for two key public assistance programs, issuing a sweeping revision of a long-standing legal opinion."
cnn.com
States must provide info on undocumented immigrants or lose federal safety-net funds, Trump admin says | CNN Politics
The Justice Department moved Wednesday to require states to provide information on undocumented immigrants or lose federal funding for two key public assistance programs, issuing a sweeping revision o...
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
BREAKING: “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has purchased body-worn cameras, a notable step for an agency long associated with processing immigration benefits as the Trump administration expands its investigative and enforcement powers.”
newsweek.com
USCIS orders bodycams ahead of new agents' green card crackdown
The purchase is "very unusual," an expert, who has more than three decades with immigration services and USCIS, told Newsweek.
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
BREAKING: “The US state department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of Donald Trump’s ⁠latest effort to limit birthright citizenship.”
theguardian.com
US could ask parents to prove citizenship or immigration status to obtain passports for children
Proposal offers look at how state department could enforce Trump order targeting what it calls ‘birth tourism’
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Attorney Kathleen Martinez @attorneymartinez.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
BREAKING: "A 76-year-old man holding permanent US residency and grappling with stage four prostate cancer is reportedly being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in Tacoma, Washington."
theguardian.com
ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency
ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visa
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