Hamed Aleaziz

Killings in Minneapolis Invert Usual Dynamic Over Policing the Police

Killings in Minneapolis Invert Usual Dynamic Over Policing the Police

It is far rarer and more difficult for state authorities to try to investigate federal law enforcement officials than the other way around.

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Iranians had protested en masse, fueled by the country's plunging economy. Security forces began to crack down with deadly force, killing at least 5,200 people. Verified videos show the breadth and ferocity of the regime’s crackdown. nyti.ms/3M4Xjyg

Facing U.S. Pressure, Venezuela Agrees to Take More Deportees

NEW: After Maduro's capture, Venezuela's government will now receive more deportation flights following discussions with Trump officials.

Up to three deportation flights per week are expected, up from two-a-week last year.

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Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, administration officials have defended the use of deadly force, which agency guidelines say should be a last resort.

The Trump administration's response to the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has underscored how it has embraced using lethal force in self-defense, which is supposed to be a last resort under the agency's written standards.

U.S. Moves Some Personnel From Key Air Base as Tensions Mount With Iran Nonessential personnel are being removed from Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the main U.S. air operations hub in the region, as President Trump weighs a military response to Iran’s crackdown on protests.

Breaking News: As President Trump weighs military action in Iran, the U.S. military is evacuating some personnel from an air base in Qatar as a precaution.

The FBI searched a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into classified material, people familiar with the matter said. It is exceedingly rare for federal agents to search a journalist’s home. trib.al/tKsg85n

Amid Protests, ICE Told Agents to Take ‘Decisive Action’ if Threatened

Weeks before the shooting of a driver in Minneapolis by an ICE officer, officials at ICE warned agents on the ground to remain vigilant about protesters and be “prepared to take appropriate and decisive action should you be faced with an imminent threat.”

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Larry Page is officially moving business out of California ahead of a proposed billionaire's tax The Google cofounder has severed ties between California and several of his business entities, including his family office.

Business Insider confirms our earlier reporting that Google cofounder Larry Page is cutting ties with California ahead of a voter initiative to tax the state's billionaires.

Good findings on how he's re-registered his businesses in other states.

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When we first reported our story, some made suggestions that these billionaires were making empty threats or laundering their messages thru our piece.

Folks are free to think whatever. But maybe keep more of an open mind unless you have reporting of your own.

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Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries

Exclusive: The Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to deport people to other nations, filing almost 5,000 motions in November alone seeking to dismiss asylum cases and arguing that applicants can get asylum there. w/ @Allison McCann + @haleaziz.bsky.social
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Trump Administration Pushes Asylum Seekers to Apply in Other Countries

On Friday, D.H.S. lawyers were issued a new directive that motions seeking deportation to Uganda could be filed only for immigrants from most other African nations, according to the doc obtained by The Times.

Lots of new details on this deportation push:

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Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China

NEW: Yuanxin Zheng, the 6-year-old boy from Queens whose separation from his father drew outrage in New York City, has been deported to China with his dad. With @haleaziz.bsky.social

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If the cases are successful, it would represent a massive escalation of denaturalization in the modern era, experts said. By comparison, between 2017 and this year to date, there had been just over 120 cases filed, according to the Justice Department.

The guidance, issued on Tuesday to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices, asks that they “supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” in the 2026 fiscal year.

Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship

SCOOP: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, according to internal guidance obtained by The New York Times.

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NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.

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Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries

Taken together, Mr. Trump’s new policy substantially expands his crackdown on legal forms of immigration, with the administration either fully or partly limiting travel from nearly 20 percent of the countries in the world.

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Gregory Bovino is back in Chicago area, a video from WalMart in Cicero posted to social media shows

He Recorded China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him to Uganda.

He Recorded China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him to Uganda. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...

Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he’d do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’ Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.

“He said, ‘I’m going to die – please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives.'"

--Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.

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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.

His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."

He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.

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In early November, reports circulated that a woman was arrested at an airport in Utah.

Then, later in the month, a 19-year-old college student was arrested at the airport in Boston.

We reveal how these arrests came to be.

To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort

SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.

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At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke

Rubio has four jobs and is chief diplomat at a time of war in Ukraine, a fragile ceasefire in Gaza and growing conflict with Venezuela. But he's made time to wade into the fraught politics of State Department typefaces @michaelcrowley.bsky.social @haleaziz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke

sans serif is beta cucked. serif fonts are chad. this is official policy. @haleaziz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China

When immigration agents arrested Fei Zheng with his 6-year-old son, he reportedly became aggressive and told them that he wanted to die. He has since been separated from his child, Yuanxin, as they await deportation to China. With @haleaziz.bsky.social

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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China

The case appears to be an example of a tactic that the Trump administration has used to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the United States by separating them from their families after they refuse to comply with deportation orders.

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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China The child and his father fled China earlier this year and the boy had just been enrolled in school. Federal officials have tried and failed to send them back.

A 6-year-old boy in Queens is one of the youngest migrants to be taken from a parent by ICE and placed in federal custody in New York City as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. The child and his father fled China earlier this year.

bc it is a killer piece