French Widow Detained by ICE in Alabama Is Released After 16 Days

This country’s government has no heart left at all

French Widow Detained by ICE in Alabama Is Released After 16 Days www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

one fired judge quoted an official remarking on the standard for asylum: “Maybe if you were Jewish and escaping Nazi Germany in 1943, you should get it.”
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The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy The Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV’s ambassador on American military supremacy.

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America.

Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

Opinion | How Much Humiliation Can Vance Take?

How much can WE take as Americans?

How Much Humiliation Can Vance Take? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/o...

P.S. Weekly Season 3 Trailer is here: NYC students speak out on education From fighting for school integration to navigating mergers, NYC students are shaping their own narratives. Tune into Season 3 of P.S. Weekly starting April 9.

We're excited to hear this latest podcast by our fellow teen journalists in NYC!

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Drive-by Detention: 800 Swept Up in 'Collateral' ICE arrests One in four ICE arrests were of people who weren’t targeted, and three quarters of targeted arrests involved people with no criminal convictions or pending charges.

In NYC: Just 24% of the 3,191 people ICE arrested had criminal convictions or pending charges, while 76% had no criminal history. (Since August 2025)

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Red light road rage Crossing the street to go to school and work shouldn’t be dangerous for pedestrians but the experiences of students and staff prove otherwise. Everyday, a battle between hasty drivers and cautious ped...

"Not only do you have adults and staff members crossing the street, but you also have students and kids that are walking to cross the street and get to the bus stop."

These teen journalists in the Bronx are looking beyond the walls of their school.

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Library Director in Tennessee Fired for Refusing to Move Gender-Themed Books

The librarian was fired for refusing to move books that included: “Welcome To Your Period,” a book that discusses gender identity and refers to transgender children, and a book about the Harlem Hellfighters, an all-Black World War I infantry regiment.

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A NYC Social Worker Referred a Shelter Resident to ICE The shelter resident, who had already been arrested once by ICE this year, was approaching the federal immigration court building when the social worker called to say that a mistake had been made.

Accountability:

The Department of Homeless Services told Hell Gate that the agency took immediate action, upon learning of the referral, to make sure that the man had legal representation and that he didn't appear for any appointment without getting legal advice.

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Dylan Lopez Contreras returns to his Bronx classroom after 10 months in ICE detention The jubilation of Dylan’s return has been mixed with frequent reminders of the looming threat of immigration enforcement facing him and other ELLIS students.

“It’s a big contrast, to go through so much mistreatment, and then come back to people who love and support you,” he said in Spanish.

Dylan is back at his Bronx high school after 10 months in ICE detention.

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Trump Administration Live Updates: House and Senate Republicans Reach Deal to End Homeland Security Shutdown

“If we have an emergency all of a sudden, God help us.”

This should be an April Fool's joke but it's not. They have decimated our public healthy system.

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In Trump’s home borough, Queens residents say ‘No Kings’ On March 28, a march organized by “Queens Says No Kings,” was one of several marches across the five boroughs in which New Yorkers joined an estimated 8 million Americans for the nationwide “No Kings”...

The Classic at Townsend Harris HS in Queens reports on the No Kings march in that borough.

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“I couldn’t compare financial aid offers and make informed decisions about which schools to attend. This uncertainty made it feel like my options were on hold."

The impact of FAFSA delays on high school seniors from The Academy Gazette

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Dylan Lopez Contreras returns to his Bronx classroom after 10 months in ICE detention The jubilation of Dylan’s return has been mixed with frequent reminders of the looming threat of immigration enforcement facing him and other ELLIS students.

Last week, Dylan Lopez Contreras returned to his Bronx high school after 10 months in ICE detention. It was a day full of joy, and also inescapable reminders of the threat of immigration enforcement still facing Dylan and his classmates: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...

Trump’s Executive Order on NPR and PBS Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

Trump’s Executive Order on NPR and PBS Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules — it won’t make a difference now, but it will when there is a different president. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/b...

Iran and Immigration Frustrations Fuel New Wave of ‘No Kings’ Rallies

A law student said this:

“He is, you know, a duly elected president who won the popular vote and the electoral college in a landslide,” Mr. Rutledge said. “And so I’m a little bit confused on how he’s acting differently than any other president.”

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Is this tracking technology at the Academy for Young Writers in Brooklyn too Big Brother-like or useful for teachers and teens?

Trump showed classified map to passengers on his plane in 2022, memo says The document offers a snapshot of an early moment in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation and adds new shading to the public understanding of Smith’s probes.

Breaking WaPo:

Trump showed a classified map he retained from his first term in office to passengers on a 2022 private plane flight and retained another record so sensitive that only six high-ranking government officials had access to it, according to a prosecution memo released to Congress.

Sadly, this could have been said today, too:

“We have become His (God’s) finite instruments with which, we earnestly pray, He will choose to save Christian Civilization.”

University of Alabama students sue Board of Trustees over magazine closures Eight students filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees on Monday challenging the suspensions of Nineteen-Fifty Six and Alice magazines.  In December, the…

STUDENT MEDIA LAWSUIT: Eight students have sued the University of Alabama, arguing that the closures of the women- and Black-focused student magazines violated the First Amendment. thecrimsonwhite.com/127869/news/...

Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Undocumented Children

It’s for the public good to educate ALL kids regardless of immigration status - just as it is to make sure they can all see doctors. Imagine the alternatives, and how they can negatively impact society. Dont be shortsighted. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

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Kudos to the new HBCU Early College High School in Queens on the launch of Behind the Hive! and for including journalism and student voice among their founding principles.

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Top US Fema official claims to have teleported to a Waffle House before ‘Teleporting is no fun,’ Gregg Phillips, picked to lead Fema’s office of response and recovery, has said on a podcast

The FEMA response and recovery lead has claimed that he was once teleported to a Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.

In other words it’s a regular Friday in the Trump administration.

This cruelty is being done in our name. Shame on this administration. Shame.

13,000 third country deportees so far. Many were ordered deported decades or even generations earlier, but no admin previously would have considered something as inhumane as this as a means of carrying out a removal.

Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might

This article would have benefited from also including a Muslim and Jewish POV, not just interviews with other Christians.

Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

Judge rules that Rafael Rubio, council staffer detained by ICE, should be sent to Venezuela The outcome was unwelcome news for Rubio’s many powerful allies and advocates. It came as others were released from federal immigration custody.

Judge rules that Rafael Rubio, NYC council staffer detained by ICE, should be sent to Venezuela

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Trump’s Handpicked Arts Commission Approves Gold Coin With His Face on It

The Treasury Department is hurtling forward with minting what will now be three different coins with Trump's picture on them -- a $1 that will circulate and two commemorative 24k gold ones www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...

Dylan Lopez-Contreras, Bronx student detained by ICE, speaks for first time since release Dylan Lopez Contreras was welcomed back to New York City by family, immigration advocates and elected officials, including Gov. Hochul and Mayor Mamdani.

Dylan Lopez-Contreras, Bronx student detained by ICE, speaks for first time since release
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Students DO notice

Judge ends asylum claims for Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, orders family's removal The family’s lawyers plan to appeal the judge’s decision to deport the family to Ecuador.

“An immigration judge has ended the asylum claims of Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, according to their Minneapolis lawyer.”

"Molliver said if the family loses the appeal, they are expected to be deported to Ecuador, their country of origin.”

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