2026-02-05: Immigration Roundup

So far today: 2026-02-05 3:33pm GMT

Editor (2026-02-05). The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building. scheerpost.com , via Wikimedia Commons | " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/scheerpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2048px-ICE_protest_in_Chicago_-_20250930_1864.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1″ data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/scheerpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2048px-ICE_protest_in_Chicago_-_20250930_1864.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1″ src="https://i0.wp.com/scheerpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2048px-ICE_protest_in_Chicago_-_20250930_1864.jpg?resize=640%2C427&ssl=1″wp-image-184530″/>ICE protest in Chicago. paul goyette, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

| Reuters | (2005-02-26). US Justice Department takes action after lawyer criticises immigration enforcement. tribune.com.pk The US Justice Department has removed a government lawyer from an assignment in Minnesota after she told a federal judge, "This job sucks" and said immigration authorities had failed to comply with court orders, according to a source familiar with the move. | Julie Le, an attorney with the US Department of Homeland Security, had been detailed to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota as hundreds of lawsuits flooded the court there from people challenging their detention during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge. | US District Judge Jerry Blackwell had ordered her and anoth…

alessandro Piazza, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Rice University (2026-02-05). Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors. | Alessandro Piazza

Universidad de Navarra (2026-02-05). Spain already regularised over half a million undocumented migrants in 2005. Here's what happened to its economy. | Joan Monras

Phil Pasquini (2026-02-05). TPS Hearing Temporarily Stalls Deportations of Haitians. indybay.org With the expiration of Temporary Protection Status (TPS) granted to 350,000 Haitians set to expire on February 3rd, a hearing was held on February 2, in US District Court in Washington, DC to halt an action by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to end the program.

Yasmine Louanchi (2026-02-05). Iran must be held accountable for mass killings of protesters and restoration of Internet services. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), together with undersigned organisations, expresses grave concern over the Iranian authorities' nationwide repression of peaceful protests and their systematic use of lethal and excessive force against civilians. As Iran faces a deepening economic crisis, thousands of protesters have reportedly been killed, arbitrarily detained, or subjected to torture, while authorities have imposed an internet shutdown to conceal serious human rights (…) | – |

Abby Zimet (2026-02-05). We Are Here: Courts Join the Furious Chorus. commondreams.org Predictably, the exit of mini-Nazi Bovino did little to staunch ICE abuses – kids gassed, women dragged, skulls fractured, observers held at gunpoint – which go on apace. But so do growing protests, testimony and court rulings against them. This week, a spectacularly scathing one ripped ICE Barbie for trying to strip protections from 350,000 Haitians peaceably living and working here – en route, calling them "killers" and "leeches." The result: "Judge reaches down Noem's throat, rips out her heart, and eats it raw."Amidst a half-assed government shutdown that's funded vast venal parts of the regime but tempor…

Leon Kunstenaar (2026-02-05). Protest at 100 Montgomery St. Demands TPS Protection for Haitians. indybay.org Judge reinstates Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protection. Trump and Noem get to eat cats and dogs, and crow…

Mark Brody (2026-02-05). The Criminalizing of Protest and Dissent Has a Long History in America. portside.org The Criminalizing of Protest and Dissent Has a Long History in America |

Eurasia Review (2026-02-05). Iran: Human Rights Situation Spirals Deeper Into Crisis, HRW Says. eurasiareview.com The deadly crackdown on the protests that erupted in late December escalated sharply in early 2026, as security forces carried out mass killings of protesters and…

aljazeera (2026-02-05). Australia charges teen over online threat as Israeli president due to visit. aljazeera.com 'Mass, peaceful' demonstration are planned across Australia to protest the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog.

A Guest Author (2026-02-05). Hamas calls for new global actions against ongoing genocide. workers.org The following press release was posted Feb. 3, 2026, on Hamas Online English Mirror. A Global Call for Protests and Pressure Campaigns Against the Continued Aggression and Genocide Targeting Our Palestinian People in the Gaza Strip In light of the fascist occupation government's continued brutal aggression against our Palestinian people . . . |

Andrea GIORGETTA (2026-02-05). Iran: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 23 January 2026, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement during the 39th Special Session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. The statement highlighted the Iranian government's "extraordinarily harsh crackdown" on protesters, which included thousands of summary killings and arbitrary detentions, and called for the release of all those detained in connection with the protests. Read the (…) | – |

noise against genocide (2026-02-05). Friday 2/6: Protest the israeli consulate. indybay.org 456 Montgomery St SF…

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