#ice-detentions

#ice-detentions

Last week, broke the news that the Amtrak Police Department - a federal police force that operates outside New York City's sanctuary city laws - had targeted a Penn Station bathroom in arrests for public lewdness. The bathroom was listed as a "hotspot" on Sniffies, a map-based digital platform for queer hookups. These enforcement efforts have led to over 200 arrests since June 1, an Amtrak representative confirmed to Out.

In the past, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies stipulated that arrested immigrants could be detained in hold rooms for up to 12 hours while awaiting transfer to detention centers or deportation; but with Trump's return to power, the federal agency overturned the old rule, and is now holding foreigners in these rooms for up to seven days, often in overcrowded conditions.

New allegations have been filed against longtime Oakland police detective Phong Tran, who's about to go to trial for allegedly bribing and coercing a witness in a 2011 case. The latest allegations accuse Tran of using racial stereotypes against a Black suspect in order to fabricate a motive, which ultimately got the suspect convicted. [Bay Area News Group] Oakland is abuzz over the big Mexico-Japan soccer match taking place at the Coliseum Saturday. The Oakland Roots are set to play there Sunday. [NBC Bay Area]

"Since it's already being reported - Yes I left the Oversight briefing with Epstein victims early. As a recent survivor (not 2 years in), I had a very difficult time listening to their stories. Full blown panic attack. Sweating. Hyperventilating. Shaking. I can't breathe. I feel the immense pain of how hard all victims are fighting for themselves because we know absolutely no one will fight for us." She concluded: "GOD BLESS ALL SURVIVORS."

A judge's temporary restraining order preventing a large number of immigrants from being held in ICE detention on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan has been extended, but advocates and elected officials fear what will happen when the ruling finally expires. The immigration court at Fedearl Plaza continues to play host to a steady stream of emotional ICE arrests, including family separations that leave children weeping.

A group of protesters first faced off with federal officers on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, outside the nearby immigration courthouse at 100 Montgomery St., after an arrest at immigration court before moving to the downtown ICE field office. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

As of June 29, there were 57,861 people detained by ICE, with 41,495 (71.7%) having no criminal convictions. This includes those with pending charges and others with no known criminal records.

As Phillips stated, “It’s a suppression of freedom of speech about an issue that I think should be shouted from the rooftops - unlawful, unconstitutional abductions of university students.”