Anonymous ID: 83b1cb July 26, 2021, 3:55 p.m. No.14204400   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5111

ICE Has Arrested Hundreds of Illegal Immigrant Sex Offenders Since June: Report

 

The arrests come as part of an ongoing nationwide enforcement effort to arrest and deport illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes, Fox News reported. ICE officers have been carrying out Operation SOAR (Sex Offender Arrest and Removal) since June 4.

 

The agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Fugitive Operations Support Center has worked alongside its Law Enforcement Support Center to find illegal immigrants who are also registered as sex offenders.

 

The effort comes after the agency received new orders in February asking agents to focus on arresting recent border crossers, aggravated felons and those posing a threat to national security.

 

“Our officers have prioritized the arrest of noncitizens who pose the greatest threat to the security and safety of our communities,” acting ICE Director Tae Johnson said in a statement, according to Fox News. “By focusing our resources on those who have committed sex crimes and demonstrated predatory behavior, we reinforce our steadfast commitment to enhancing public safety across the United States.”

 

SAUCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ice-has-arrested-hundreds-of-illegal-immigrant-sex-offenders-since-june-report/ar-AAMAtKY

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Jesse Jackson Among 35 Arrested for Sit-In at Sinema Office

 

Civil rights leaders including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and William Barber were among 35 people arrested Monday for refusing to leave the Phoenix office of Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who has faced unrelenting pressure from liberal activists over her opposition to ending the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.

 

Jackson, one of the nation's most prominent leaders of the civil rights movement, said the nation is in a “civilization crisis” with “battle lines drawn," and urged activists to fight nonviolently for their rights.

 

“The power’s in you, the people,” Jackson said.

 

Passing voting-rights legislation is a top priority for congressional Democrats and the party’s activists, who say it’s essential to push back against state-level efforts by Republicans to impose new restrictions on voting. It's been stymied by the filibuster, which prevents Democrats from passing most legislation without Republican support.

 

SAUCE: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-07-26/jesse-jackson-among-35-arrested-for-sit-in-at-sinema-office

Anonymous ID: 83b1cb July 26, 2021, 4:08 p.m. No.14204460   🗄️.is đź”—kun

2 Arrested Over Allegedly Defacing BLM Mural in California

 

Police in Northern California arrested two men over allegedly vandalizing a Black Lives Matter mural painted on a street in Santa Cruz.

 

The men allegedly took turns performing burnouts with their vehicles along the mural on a downtown Santa Cruz street, defacing it with tire tread marks. The mural had recently been repainted in celebration of Juneteenth, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported Sunday.

 

Santa Cruz police officers on Sunday arrested a 20-year-old and 19-year-old, both of Santa Cruz County, on charges of felony vandalism and conspiracy to commit a felony. Both were released on bail.

 

The 20-year-old did not immediately answer an email from The Associated Press seeking comment Monday.

 

A man who answered a phone listed for the 19-year-old and identified himself as his grandfather but wouldn't give his name said the defacing of the mural was not about race.

 

SAUCE: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2021-07-26/2-arrested-over-allegedly-defacing-blm-mural-in-california

Anonymous ID: 83b1cb July 26, 2021, 4:13 p.m. No.14204491   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4495

Ex-president formally charged in El Salvador corruption case

 

Prosecutors in El Salvador said Sunday they have formally charged former President Salvador Sánchez Cerén and nine other former officials with illicit enrichment and money laundering.

 

The charges are related to crimes allegedly committed when Sánchez Cerén served as vice president in the administration of President Mauricio Funes from 2009 to 2014. Sánchez Cerén left the country in December and has not returned.

 

The nine other former top officials in the Funes' adminsitration were also charged in an alleged illegal scheme to pay exorbitant bonuses. Four of them are also at large.

 

The scheme allegedly involved $351 million in government funds that were used to make illegal payments to government employees and their associates. The case has become known as the “Public Looting” scandal.

 

Sánchez Cerén, who went on to serve as president from 2014 to 2019. allegedly received $530,000 from the scheme.

 

Both Funes and Sánchez Cerén were members of the FMLN party, founded by guerrillas who fought the government in the country’s 1980-1992 civil war.

 

Funes fled to Nicaragua, where he was granted asylum in 2016, allowing him to avoid facing trial back home on corruption charges.

 

SAUCE: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ex-president-formally-charged-in-El-Salvador-16338948.php