Homeland Security Investigations
Judge keeps Venezuelan delivery driver shot by ICE in custody for alleged assault
AUSTIN, Texas | A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas will remain in custody on charges that he assaulted an officer while trying to evade arrest, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Dustin Howell said that the case against Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, should […]
Documents show federal surveillance operation in Minnesota targeted progressive groups, unions
MINNEAPOLIS | Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday. The program, dubbed Operation Puppet Master, was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators helping “violent opportunists and […]