2026-01-27: Immigration Roundup

So far today: 2026-01-27 3:37pm GMT

aljazeera (2026-01-27). Trump's approval on immigration falls to record low, new poll finds. aljazeera.com Just 39 percent of Americans approve of Donald Trump's handling of immigration, new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.

Staff (2026-01-27). ICE Is at War with the United States. davidswanson.org The U.S. government has the world's most expensive military waging wars around the world. It also now has a military aimed at the United States itself. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has a budget larger than any military in the world except 12. It has military weaponry and vehicles. It has military training from the …

newarab (2026-01-27). Anger as branch of ICE to help with security at Winter Olympics. newarab.com A branch of the US Reports had been circulating for days that the agency embroiled in an often brutal immigration crackdown in the

Agence France-Presse (2026-01-27). ICE thaw? White House softens tone after Minneapolis killings fury. scmp.com US President Donald Trump sent his top border enforcer to Minneapolis on Monday and struck a conciliatory note in a bid to tamp down nationwide outrage over the second killing of a US citizen protesting militarised immigration raids this month. | The White House was scrambling as video of the latest shooting went viral, prompting street protests, criticism from former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, increasingly, from within Trump's Republican Party.

ecns.cn (2026-01-27). Natalie Portman condemns ICE after fatal Minneapolis shooting. ecns.cn At the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S. actress Natalie Portman condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. immigration policies following a fatal shooting in Minneapolis that has drawn national criticism and protests.

ecns.cn (2026-01-27). Trump's immigration crackdown draws criticism and deepens divide across the U.S. ecns.cn A federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis has triggered widespread criticism of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, drawing rebukes from former U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and intensifying debate over federal enforcement tactics.

Kelsey Norman — Nicholas R. Micinski (2026-01-27). ICE Immigration Tactics are Shocking More Americans as US-Mexico Border Operations Move North. counterpunch.org Over the past year, images of masked, heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting men, women and children — outside of courts, at schools and homes — have become common across the United States. The video of an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good — a U.S. citizen — in Minnesota on

Human Rights Watch (2026-01-27). US: Second Unjustified Killing by Federal Agents in Minneapolis. hrw.org Click to expand Image | People protest against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in downtown Minneapolis, January 25, 2026. | © 2026 AP Photo/Adam Gray | (Washington, DC) — Federal immigration enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, Minnesota this weekend, marking the second killing by immigration enforcement agents in the city this month. Federal officials reportedly blocked state officials from accessing the scene, raising concerns that the federal government is not acting in good faith to ensure an independent and comprehensive investigation, Human Rights Watch said today…

Human Rights Watch (2026-01-27). Italy: Shipwreck Trial Opportunity For Justice. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Relatives of a person who went missing after a migrant boat sank on February 26 on the beach near where the shipwreck took place off the coast of Steccato di Cutro, near Crotone, in Calabria in southern Italy. March 7, 2023. | © 2023 Alfonso Di Vincenzo/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images…

Agence France-Presse (2026-01-27). Hundreds feared missing or dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks, UN says. scmp.com Hundreds of migrants may be missing at sea or feared dead following reports of multiple deadly shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean in recent days, the UN's migration agency warned on Monday. | The International Organisation for Migration said it was "deeply concerned" by the reports, which it was currently verifying.

Ed Newman (2026-01-27). UK authorities arrest 86 protesters demanding the release of Palestine Action prisoners. radiohc.cu In Britain, at least 86 protesters were arrested on the grounds of a London jail as they gathered to demand the release of Palestine Action political prisoners. The protest also focused on Palestine Action political prisoner Muhammad Umer Khalid, who is 22 years old and relaunched his hunger strike about two weeks ago. He had initially been on hunger strike since November, briefly pausing in December due to severe health complications. | Videos of the protest at West London's Wormwood Scrubs jail shows police shoving protesters to the ground and handcuffing them. | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — 2026/01/11: Hung…

The Conversation (2026-01-27). Iran's Biggest Centers of Protest also have Extreme Pollution and Water Shortages. juancole.com By (The Conversation) — Iran's current wave of protests is often interpreted as having been sparked by inflation, currency collapse, corruption and repression. These explanations are not wrong, but they are incomplete. | Beneath the

Muhammad Arshad (2026-01-27). Potential War: Why the US Is Ramping Up in the Middle East Right Now. thinktank.pk The US military buildup in the Middle East has intensified dramatically in January 2026, with President Donald Trump openly signaling a massive naval "armada" heading toward the Gulf amid soaring tensions with Iran. Triggered by Iran's brutal crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests that have claimed thousands of lives since late December 2025, the deployments—including the …

Raging Grannies Join Veterans for Peace (2026-01-27). Protest at Veterans Administration Medical Center. indybay.org Veterans for Peace Chapter 69 holds regular demos in San Francisco. This was their first at the large VA Medical Center in nearby Menlo Park. There will be more soon, especially in light of this morning's news about a VA nurse murdered by ICE.

CAT (2026-01-27). Monday 1/26: No Monday: Weekly Protest at Tesla in San Francisco. indybay.org At the Tesla Dealership, 999 Van Ness (corner of Van Ness and O'Farrell), San Francisco…

Hugo GABBERO (2026-01-27). Iran: Over 30 NGOs raise alarm over dire situation for detained human rights defenders amid rising protest death toll. fidh.org

newarab (2026-01-27). Bodies filled Iran hospital after protest crackdown, film shows. newarab.com New footage following nationwide protests in The

newarab (2026-01-27). Rights group says confirmed Iran protest toll over 6,000. newarab.com

Andrea GIORGETTA (2026-01-27). 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 (…) | – |

Yasmine Louanchi (2026-01-27). 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 (…) | – |

ICE Out for Good (2026-01-27). Bay Area Stands with the People of Minnesota. indybay.org In solidarity with the people of Minnesota, Bay Area residents took to the streets of San Francisco on January 23 to protest ICE terror. The protest march started at the Target store located at 4th and Mission.

Sophia Schmidt (2026-01-27). Hundreds march in Philadelphia to protest ICE: 'We're not going to let this stand'. whyy.org

Jeffrey St. Clair (2026-01-26). Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Lies Begin: On the Execution of Alex Pretti. counterpunch.org Here's what I saw after watching multiple videos of the execution of Alexi Pretti: VA nurse Alex Pretti, whom Gregory Bovino said wanted to do "maximum damage," was trying to protect a woman who was being pepper-sprayed, an act of humanity which enraged the CPB agents who then went after him en masse, pepper-spraying him in the face. He was holding a cellphone in his hand at the time eight agents descended on him and slammed him to the pavement. With six immigration agents on top of him, Alex Pritti could easily have been "Chauvined" to death…if they hadn't decided to shoot him. He had a holstered gun, which he…

Martha Rios (2026-01-26). Cuba repudia impunidad de EE.UU. por violar derechos infantiles. radiohc.cu El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, repudió este domingo la detención del niño Liam Conejo Ramos, de cinco años de edad, por parte del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE). | En su cuenta oficial de X, Rodríguez calificó el hecho como un acto inadmisible que refleja la impunidad con la que se violan los derechos humanos en ese país. | Durante una rueda de prensa, Greg Bovino, recientemente designado como comandante en jefe general de la Patrulla Fronteriza, fue cuestionado sobre si tenía dudas morales respecto a la detención de un menor de cinco años que…

Martha Rios (2026-01-26). Información de la Comisión Nacional de Béisbol de Cuba. radiohc.cu El pasado 21 de enero se generó una situación que involucró a aficionados de Holguín y jugadores del equipo Artemisa, al término del segundo encuentro del play off de cuartos de final de la 64 Serie Nacional de Béisbol, entre esos conjuntos, celebrado en el estadio 'Calixto García'. | Como resultado, el lanzador artemiseño Yunieski García cometió una indisciplina, lo cual reconoció ante las autoridades del Instituto Nacional de Deporte, Educación Física y Recreación (Inder) y de la Comisión Nacional de Béisbol. | Por esta razón, mientras se define la medida disciplinaria a aplicar, no es elegible para alinear.

Antifabot (2026-01-26). Sheffield activists show what a real peaceful protest is. thecanary.co Around 300 people from all walks of life made the streets of Sheffield into a sea of solidarity on Saturday 24 January 2026. The march protested the UK state arming the state of Israel, making us complicit in its genocide. And you know what? It was one of the most beautifully bright and welcoming marches […] | By

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