Ellen M. Gilmer
Homeland Security Reporter at Bloomberg Government
Homeland security reporter for Bloomberg Government @bgov | @guildatBIG member | [email protected]
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5 days ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | David Voreacos |Sri Taylor |Dylan Sloan |Ellen M. Gilmer
Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was released from custody Friday night following his arrest while protesting at a private detention facility that is expected to play a key role in President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations. Three Democratic House members, Rob Menendez, Bonnie Watson Coleman and LaMonica McIver, were also at the protest but were not arrested.
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5 days ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | David Voreacos |Sri Taylor |Dylan Sloan |Ellen M. Gilmer
Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was released from custody Friday night following his arrest while protesting at a private detention facility that is expected to play a key role in President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations. Three Democratic House members, Rob Menendez, Bonnie Watson Coleman and LaMonica McIver, were also at the protest but were not arrested.
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5 days ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Sri Taylor |David Voreacos |Dylan Sloan |Ellen M. Gilmer
Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested Friday as he protested at a controversial private detention facility that is expected to play a key role in President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportation of immigrants. Three Democratic House members, Rob Menendez, Bonnie Watson Coleman and LaMonica McIver, were also at the protest but were not arrested. Baraka, 55, has led New Jersey’s largest city since 2014.
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5 days ago |
bloomberg.com | David Voreacos |Sri Taylor |Dylan Sloan |Ellen M. Gilmer
Ras Baraka speaks to the media near ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey on May 7. (Bloomberg) -- Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was released from custody Friday night following his arrest while protesting at a private detention facility that is expected to play a key role in President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations.
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5 days ago |
news.bgov.com | Ellen M. Gilmer |Jennifer Hijazi
The new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has a clear message to employees: All decisions go through him. David Richardson, who took charge in a surprise shuffle Thursday, told staff in an all-hands meeting he alone will speak for FEMA and interpret President Donald Trump’s vision for the agency, according to three employees who spoke anonymously because the meeting wasn’t public. Anyone who gets in the way of change will be sidelined, Richardson said, according to the employees.
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In one hearing today, Sec. Noem said "had these members requested a tour we certainly would have facilitated a tour" of ICE site, following Newark fracas. One building over, acting ICE chief testified that lawmakers don't need to give advance notice https://t.co/79ZzQWjdp8
RT @BGOV: Acting Director Todd Lyons on Wednesday said he and his team are committed to allowing lawmakers to conduct oversight at immigran…
ICE acting chief Todd Lyons on Wednesday committed to ensuring members of Congress can inspect detention facilities with or without appointments, following last week's fracas involving three Dems at New Jersey site https://t.co/N4F3UGOyI6