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New York
Arrests nearly halt at immigration court. One reason: Fewer people are showing up:
Asylum-seekers are avoiding formerly routine hearings for fear of being detained, as a court order takes hold discouraging mass detention inside a lower Manhattan office building. –THE CITY
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‘A tombstone’: Abandoned bicycles outside federal courthouse are a symbol of U.S. war on immigrants:
At least four bicycles and one moped are chained up and seemingly abandoned outside the federal courthouse. They are symbols of America’s war on immigrants. –Streetsblog NYC
NYC Council preps to override 3 Eric Adams vetoes:
The mayor vetoed legislation upping pay for delivery workers and legalizing street vending. The council is expected to respond Sept. 10. –City & State New York
ICE ships 7-year-old Queens student and mom to Texas detention, prompting school principal’s plea for their release:
An older brother is detained in Newark while two other siblings remain in New York, “unprotected and traumatized” after arrests at an immigration check-in. –THE CITY
‘No dangerous substances’ in white powder found in 5 letters at 26 Federal Plaza, Adams says:
The five letters were found last week in the mailroom of the ICE Enforcement and Removal Office on the ninth floor and the building was evacuated. –Eyewitness News
Around the U.S.
Florida GOP removes new merchandise that read ‘The Deport Depot’ from its website after Home Depot protests:
The Republican Party of Florida on Saturday removed a line of deportation-themed shirts, hats and other tchotchkes for sale on its website that mimicked The Home Depot’s logo. –The Miami Herald
Miami’s scooter boom fizzles amid Trump’s immigration crusade: ‘If you’re on a moped, they assume you don’t have papers’:
A few years ago, mopeds were the preferred transportation mode for Miami’s recently arrived immigrants. Today, they have all but disappeared from the city. –EL PAÍS
New Zealand mother and her 6-year-old son released from US immigration custody:
They spent more than three weeks in detention due to a brief trip to Canada and a small paperwork mistake, their attorney said. –CNN
Man fleeing an immigration raid dies after running onto an L.A. freeway:
The man was hit by a vehicle. It happened about a month after an immigrant fell from a greenhouse and later died following a raid in Ventura County. –The New York Times
Immigrant victims of domestic violence scared to seek help amid ICE deportation threat:
Experts and activists say many immigrant victims aren’t reporting domestic abuse and that in some cases, abusers use immigration status as a weapon of control and fear. –NBC News
‘A fear pandemic’: Immigration raids push patients to telehealth:
In his 40 years as a pediatrician in Southern California serving those too poor to afford care, including many immigrant families, one doctor said he’s never seen a drop-off in patient visits like this. –LAist
Federal immigration agents shoot San Bernardino man’s car, authorities say:
The family said masked agents refused to explain the situation, hit the driver in the head after shattering a window and then started shooting. –CBS News Los Angeles
Washington D.C.
Judge rejects Trump’s attempt to end standards of care for detained migrant children:
Court-mandated oversight will remain in place for migrant children in custody. Lawyers have reported poor medical care and lack of sunlight and showers. –The New York Times
Bondi’s edict to end D.C. ‘sanctuary policies’ raises immigrants’ alarm:
As Trump sought to commandeer the District’s police officers to enforce immigration law, videos, photos and fear creeped even into neighborhoods that had rarely been on edge this year. –The Washington Post
The IRS is sharing taxpayer data with ICE as Trump accelerates deportations:
The U.S. government acknowledged in federal court for the first time that the IRS is sharing taxpayer data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. –Quartz