Few years on the Earth
The death of Nenko Gantchev, a 56-year-old Bulgarian-born Chicago business owner, while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has drawn national attention and renewed scrutiny of conditions inside federal immigration detention centers. Gantchev, a longtime resident of Chicago who operated a trucking business and was pursuing permanent legal status, was found unresponsive … Read more
The recent arrest of Cremilsa Caetano, co-owner of Alliance Supermarket in Kenner, Louisiana, has raised questions and concerns across the local community, particularly among the city’s Hispanic population. Caetano, a 47-year-old mother of three and a cancer survivor currently in remission, was taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents as part of Operation Catahoula … Read more
Mark Fitzpatrick, proprietor of the Old State Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, has drawn national attention after launching a promotion offering free beer to customers who assist federal immigration authorities. The online campaign, which encouraged patrons to help identify undocumented migrants for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), quickly went viral, pulling Fitzpatrick into an intense national … Read more
In a newly filed lawsuit that brings into focus long-standing questions about political influence, law enforcement discretion, and employee rights, twelve former FBI agents have accused the agency and its current director, Kash Patel, of unlawfully terminating them for kneeling during a 2020 Washington, DC, protest following the murder of George Floyd. The plaintiffs contend … Read more
The arrest of Carlos Portugal Gouvea, a Brazilian scholar who taught at Harvard Law School during the fall semester, has drawn widespread attention due to its intersection of immigration enforcement, campus politics, and concerns about antisemitism. The sequence of events began with an incident outside Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, Massachusetts, on the eve of … Read more
The abrupt detention and deportation of 19-year-old Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza has raised profound questions about immigration enforcement, due process and the treatment of young undocumented residents in the United States. Lopez Belloza, who arrived in the country as a child and has lived in Massachusetts for over a decade, was stopped … Read more
The arrest of a suburban Chicago police officer accused of being in the United States illegally has sparked a heated debate over immigration enforcement, local hiring practices, and the vetting processes of law enforcement agencies. The case of Radule Bojovic, a Montenegrin native employed by the Hanover Park Police Department, has drawn national attention after … Read more
For more than two months, a 48-year-old Sikh man named Paramjit Singh, a long-term US green card holder and resident of Indiana, has been held in the custody of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). His detention, which began upon his return from India in late July, has raised serious questions about the treatment … Read more
Federal immigration agents detained WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman on Friday morning, October 10, 2025, during an early-morning enforcement operation in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. The incident, captured on bystander video and shared widely on social media, showed Brockman, a U.S. citizen and veteran employee of the station, being forcibly pinned to the ground and handcuffed … Read more
In a case highlighting potential flaws in law enforcement protocols and cultural misunderstandings, 28-year-old Indian national Kapil Raghu was detained for 30 days by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following a mistaken identification during a routine traffic stop in Little Rock, Arkansas. The incident, which unfolded on September 15, 2025, began when local police … Read more