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A federal agent throws a tear gas canister during clashes with community members on Chicago’s South Side on October 14.

Appeals court blocks judge’s order restricting use of force during federal immigration crackdown in Chicago

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A US appeals court has temporarily blocked an order curtailing federal immigration enforcement in Chicago, arguing the lower court judge overstepped when she imposed strict and wide-reaching restraints on how agents can interact with protesters and journalists. A three-judge panel for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday

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Former Harvard president Larry Summers steps aside from teaching as university probes Jeffrey Epstein documents

By Hanna Park, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Former Harvard president Larry Summers will not finish out the semester in his instructor role, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed, as the university investigates emails from Jeffrey Epstein released last week. “Mr. Summers has decided it’s in the best interest of the Center for him to go on

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Military-style Humvees are parked along the border wall in Brownsville

Trump administration ‘inadvertently’ deported transgender woman to Mexico despite judge’s concern she may face torture there

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration admitted it “inadvertently” deported a transgender woman to Mexico this month after a judge ordered she not be removed to the country over fears she may be tortured or violently persecuted. The government has said it will allow Britania Uriostegui Rios, a Mexican national, to return

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Protesters yell and hold signs Saturday

New Orleans may be next as immigration enforcement expands in North Carolina. Here’s what we know

CNN, POOL, WCCO, WTVD, WCNC, WRAL, WBTV, SEE PREFONTS By Taylor Romine, Priscilla Alvarez, Rebekah Riess, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood. Suddenly,

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Protesters yell and hold signs Saturday

New Orleans may be next as immigration enforcement expands in North Carolina. Here’s what we know

By Taylor Romine, Priscilla Alvarez, Rebekah Riess, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood. Suddenly, a gray minivan – doors already ajar – made

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Roman Surovstev and his wife

A Dallas dad came to terms with his imminent deportation. Then an 11th-hour court order gave hope to see his family again

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday evening, Samantha Surovtsev squinted at her phone, blinking through tears as she rushed to order a set of Eastern European power adapters. Despite the 80-degree North Texas heat, she then drove to Old Navy and bought two bulky winter coats. When the adapters arrived Sunday, she tucked

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