Immigration

U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver has been indicted on federal charges alleging she “forcibly impeded" immigration officers.

"We recognize that we’re planning within uncertainty,” said Meg Kane, Philadelphia's host city executive, at a gathering of the 11 U.S. host city leaders.

The protest outside Independence Hall follows the arrest of SEIU president David Huerta during protests in Los Angeles over ICE arrests.

Sheriff Fred Harran said the agreement will improve public safety, but activists and community members disagree.

The indictment also states that Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member. Abrego Garcia has never been charged with being in MS-13 and has denied membership in the gang.

Community members continue to call for commissioners to pass a welcoming act and train county employees on how to interact with ICE agents.

Mayor Ras Baraka says the Trump-appointed attorney had pursued the case out of political spite. Baraka was denied entry to Delaney Hall and arrested on May 9.

This pushes the total number of people who could be newly exposed to deportation to nearly 1 million.

The Justice Department filed the suit Thursday against Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken in New Jersey federal court.

The status allows people already in the U.S. to live and work legally because their native countries are deemed unsafe for return due to natural disaster or civil strife.

El alcalde de Camden, Larry Dougherty, dice que él no estuvo involucrado directamente en el acuerdo y que no lo vio como un problema importante en ese momento.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has threatened to file a lawsuit challenging the agreement.

The prosecutor’s complaint says McIver attempted to stop the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and pushed into and grabbed ICE and Homeland Security Investigations agents.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania plans to file a lawsuit challenging the legal validity of the agreement.

The high court had already called a temporary halt to the deportations from a north Texas detention facility in a middle-of-the-night order issued last month.