Maanvi Singh

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Maanvi Singh

Gabriel says he has not been able to speak to his brother Jacob, since Jacob was arrested in a raid by armed immigration officials and federal agents on the Ambiance Apparel warehouse in the Los Angeles fashion district on Friday. Yurien Contreras doesn’t know how her father, Mario Romero, is doing either. “I witnessed how they put my father in handcuffs, chained him from the waist and from his ankles,” Contreras said at a press conference in LA on Monday morning.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Maanvi Singh

Donald Trump’s administration promised to crush opposition in Los Angeles. Late on Saturday night, the US president deployed national guard soldiers in LA following protests against immigration raids in the city – a stunning escalation in the administration’s promise of “mass deportations”. His administration has promised to quell protests, and warned local leaders to brace for at least 30 days of ramped-up immigration enforcement. But the overwhelming show of force may have awoken something else.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Maanvi Singh

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3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Maanvi Singh

Donald Trump’s first travel ban in 2017 had an immediate, explosive impact – spawning chaos at airports nationwide. This time around, the panic and chaos was already widespread by the time the president signed his proclamation Wednesday to fully or partially restrict foreign nationals from 19 countries from entering the United States. Since being sworn in for his second term, Trump has unleashed a barrage of draconian immigration restrictions.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Maanvi Singh

‘They’re going to deport us’: Donald Trump’s immigration policies prompt some children to skip school. Illustration: Guardian DesignA 10-year-old girl showed up for a routine check-in about her immigration case – and agents cuffed and detained her mother on the spot. A 14-year-old boy was shaken out of bed at 6am when plainclothes officers showed up, unannounced, at his door for what the agents claimed was a “wellness check”.