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DHS advised immigrant children to self-deport until a judge stepped in

WASHINGTON — Last September, the Department of Homeland Security started advising unaccompanied immigrant children that they could either self-deport or expect to face long-term detention. But a federal judge in Los Angeles on Mondayordered the government to stop using such “blatantly coercive” language, ruling that the new advisals, as they are known, violated a 40-year-old court order…

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DHS attorney said agents in Los Angeles should have ‘started hitting’ protesters, emails show

WASHINGTON — A lead attorney for the Department of Homeland Security suggested that federal agents should have “just started hitting the rioters and arresting everyone that couldn’t get away” during an anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles last June, internal emails show. The note was in an email chain obtained by the nonprofit watchdog group American Oversight through…

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