Ice officers to be allowed to continue wearing masks despite controversy – US politics live | US news

Hello and welcome to the blog live from American policy. I am Tom Ambrose and I will bring you all the latest information in the coming hours.

We start with news that The American immigration chief and the application of customs (ICE) said on Sunday that he would continue to authorize the controversial practice of his officers carrying masks on their faces during their arrests of arrests.

While Donald Trump intensified his unprecedented efforts to expel immigrants across the country, ice officers have become notorious so that wearing masks approached and held people, often with force. Legal defenders and general prosecutors argued that he asked questions of responsibility and contributes to a climate of fear.

On Sunday, Todd Lyons, acting director of the agency, was questioned about CBS in the face of the nation about impostors operating the practice by passing for immigration agents. “This is one of our greatest concerns. And I said it publicly before, I am not a mask supporter,” said Lyons.

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Meanwhile, we have a report on how migrants in a Miami immigration prison were chained with their hands attached behind their back and kneeling to eat food on polystyrene plates “like dogs”, according to a report published Monday in conditions in three overcrowded installations from southern Florida.

The incident of the Federal Center for the city center is one of a succession of alleged abuse to the Immigration and Customs Agency (ICE) has exploited prisons in the State since January, relating to the Human Rights Watch advocacy groups, Americans for Immigrant Justice and Sanctuary of the South of interviews with detainees.

Dozens of men had been packed in a detention cell for hours, according to the report, and denied lunch until 7 p.m. around 7 p.m. They remained chained with food on chairs in front of them.

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In other developments:

• An 82 -year -old man in Pennsylvania was secretly expelled to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office last month to replace his lost green card, according to his family, who has not heard of him since and was initially informed that he was dead. According to Morning Call, who pointed out the story for the first time, the long -standing resident of Allentown, Luis Leon – who obtained political asylum in the United States in 1987 after being tortured under the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet – lost his portfolio containing the physical card that confirmed his legal residence.

• Donald Trump said he would move to block commanders’ plans to build a new stadium on the old RFK stadium site in Washington DC unless they change their name. It is not clear if Trump could do it. The RFK stadium site was once on federal lands, but Joe Biden signed a bill earlier this year – one of his last power acts – transferring control to the Government of the City of DC for a 99 -year mandate. Trump also displayed that the call to change the name applied to the Cleveland baseball team, which he called “one of the six original baseball teams”.

• Dozens of scientists conducting vital research in a range of areas of infectious diseases, robotics and computer science education and the climate crisis responded to a guardian online call to share their experiences on the impact of the Trump administration reductions in scientific funding. Many said they had already had reduced funding or completed programs, while others feared that the cuts were inevitable and began to seek alternative work, abroad or outside science.

• Since Donald Trump began his second presidency, he used an emergency of national energy “invented” to help justify the expansion of oil, gas and coal while reducing green energy – despite years of scientific evidence that the combustion of fossil fuels has contributed significantly to climate change, say researchers and watchrs. It is a program that, during its first six months, has reduced environmental progress over the decades, they say.

• Trump said he would help Afghans have the United Arab Emirates for years after fled their country When the United States has withdrawn and the Taliban took power.

• Surveys published on Sunday showed a drop in the support of Americans for Trump’s hard measures against illegal immigration, while the republican president celebrated six months in power. CNN and CBS polls show that Trump has lost majority support for his expulsion approach.

• An increasing group of African-Americans abandon And rather purchases in small businesses belonging to minorities and women, they believe they are worth their dollars more.