Mackinac Bridge reopens after closures due to falling ice
The Mackinac Bridge reopened after being closed for several hours on Sunday, April 3, due to falling ice. There are no significant weather conditions to report to motorists planning to cross, Mackinac Bridge Authority said at the time. The bridge was closed to all traffic for part of the day due to hazardous ice falling from the bridge cables and towers, according to the Mackinac Bridge Authority. The Mackinac Bridge Authority issued an alert after 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 2 warning motorists that the bridge is closed due to hazardous ice falling from the bridge cables and towers. The falling ice warning on the #MackinacBridge has been cleared.
mlive.comMetro Detroit weather: A frigid Monday, but change is on the way
While there are a few lake enhanced snow showers out there today, most of our day is looking dry and pretty bright with sunshine busting through some of these morning clouds and high temperatures later today will only make it into the lower to maybe middle 30s.
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin makes new bid to fight deportation
Anna Sorokin, the convicted swindler who claimed to be a German heiress to finance a posh lifestyle in New York, is making a new bid to fight deportation, a lawyer said Tuesday. ICE on Tuesday said only that she remains in the agency's custody.
news.yahoo.comDrone shows ice covering Muskegon breakwater and lighthouse
MUSKEGON, MI — Ice is continuing to cover the Muskegon South Breakwater Lighthouse. Related: Drone video shows shows flooding after Grand River ice jamIce covers the Muskegon South Breakwater Lighthouse on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (Drone image by Cory Morse | MLive.com)Ice floats near the Muskegon South Pierhead Lighthouse in Muskegon on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)Ice covers the Muskegon South Breakwater Lighthouse on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (Drone image by Cory Morse | MLive.com)Ice covers the Muskegon South Breakwater Lighthouse, left, and North Breakwater on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
mlive.comDetroit man uses 4-wheeler to help seniors keep driveways, sidewalks clear of snow
Throughout the state today, people were digging out, clearing driveways, and working to get things back to normal. We’re also seeing the kindness of neighbors shining through by helping seniors who can’t get out and shovel the snow themselves.
Monroe County is expected to be among hardest-hit areas filled with snow over next 48 hours
All is quiet in the Monroe plow shed, but they will soon start putting the blades on within the next few minutes. Some trucks were salting the streets as they waited for temperatures to drop when rain turns into ice.
Harris’s new communications director apologizes for years-old tweets about ‘undocumented folks’
In a second tweet Friday, Simmons attempted to clear the record by saying he’s “never advocated for, nor believed that Dreamers should be targeted by ICE agents.” “Dreamers” is the term used to describe immigrants living in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was designed to protect them from deportation.
washingtonpost.comImmigrants fight detention at McHenry and Kankakee jails, while prosecutors fight law that would end detentions in Illinois
The practice of holding immigration detainees in county jails in Illinois will end next year under a new law, but McHenry County's prosecutor is opposed to the change.
chicagotribune.comMetro Detroit weather: Wet and slick start for final Saturday of February
Sunrise is at 7:11 a.m.Saturday afternoon would be partly sunny to mostly cloudy. AdSaturday evening will be chilly and partly cloudy. Sunset is at 6:21 p.m.Saturday night will be partly cloudy and chilly. It will be partly sunny and chillier. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy, partly sunny and chillier.
Metro Detroit weather: Icy morning after melt, upper 30s today
Mostly sunny skies this morning will become partly cloudy by mid-to-late afternoon, with highs returning back to near average, generally in the upper 30s (3 to 4 degrees Celsius). Lows near 20 degrees (-7 to -6 degrees Celsius), with light wind becoming calm air. AdFriday forecastEither fog or partly cloudy skies to start our Friday will transition to mostly sunny skies for the rest of the day. Highs in the upper 30s (3 to 4 degrees Celsius). Temperatures initially falling to near freezing Friday evening, but then rising into the mid 30s (2 degrees Celsius) overnight.
Oakland County apartment fire caused by attempts to melt ice from gutters
Authorities said a Feb. 21, 2021 Bloomfield Township apartment fire was caused by someone attempting to melt ice from the building's gutters. BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Fire crews were dispatched to an apartment building located near the intersection of Squirrel and Westview roads Sunday afternoon. According to authorities, crews with the Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills and city of Rochester fire departments responded to an apartment fire just before 2:30 p.m. According to authorities, the fire was caused by an individual who was attempting to melt ice from frozen gutters on the back of the building. RELATED: Why you don’t want to see icicles hanging from your guttersFurther details were not released.
ICE rolls out new guidelines for deportations to focus on certain groups
ICE rolls out new guidelines for deportations to focus on certain groups The Biden administration issued new guidance Thursday instructing deportation agents to focus on apprehending recent border-crossers and immigrants determined to threaten national security and public safety, and requiring them to seek supervisory approval for other arrests. Nick Miroff, an immigration reporter with The Washington Post, discusses how critics are responding to the new guidance and who is no longer a priority for ICE.
cbsnews.comBahamian ICE detainee dies in custody at Calhoun County Jail
BATTLE CREEK, MI — A Bahamian national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement died Friday at the Calhoun County Jail. The death appears to have resulted from natural causes, and not be related to COVID-19, Calhoun County Deputy Health Officer Brigette Reichenbaugh, told MLive in an email. Reichenbaugh said an autopsy will be performed by the Calhoun County Medical Examiner, and the death is being investigated by the Michigan State Police as an outside agency, per protocol for situations like this. ICE has notified the Commonwealth of Bahamas Consulate of Dean’s death and consular officials have notified Dean’s next of kin. Also on MLive:Releases of ICE detainees in Calhoun County a ‘step forward,’ but not enough, attorney saysSheriff runs $6M jail ‘boarding business’ that holds ICE detaineesDrive-by protest planned to urge ICE to release detainees during coronavirus outbreakICE proposes another plan for immigrant detention center at Ionia
mlive.comWinter fun coming to Saginaw’s Hoyt Park as ‘Bringing Back the Ice’ returns for two weekends
SAGINAW, MI - An annual winter tradition in Saginaw is returning this year to provide some outdoor recreation opportunities. “Bringing Back the Ice” will return to Hoyt Park for two weekends in February. Bringing Back the Ice is a skating and sledding event that was created by the Friends of Hoyt Park & Positive Results Downtown to bring winter activities back to Hoyt Park. The Saginaw News previously reported that Hoyt Park used to be manually flooded for skating activities since 1893, but in 2000 the money ran out and the winter activities couldn’t be funded any longer. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it will be required that guests wear masks and adhere to social distancing protocols in accordance with the CDC and Saginaw County Health Department.
mlive.comFeds seize 284 fake sports championship rings from Florida memorabilia store
Federal authorities seized hundreds of fake sports championship rings from a memorabilia store in Florida, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Thursday. The law enforcement agency's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) team found 284 counterfeit "sports championship rings" at "Friendly Confines Collectibles" in Oviedo, Florida, on January 14, ICE said. The rings were replicated as teams from the NFL, NBA and WWE. ICE seized hundreds of counterfeit rings last week. The recent seizure was predicated upon a previous one made in November, when federal agents seized 54 fake NFL and 30 NBA rings that were shipped from China and headed for Friendly Confines Collectibles.
cbsnews.comICE has no clear timeline to vaccinate immigrants in custody
ICE has no clear timeline to vaccinate immigrants in custody Nearly 9,000 immigrants in ICE custody have been infected with the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic. U.S. immigrations officials have agreed to vaccinate more than 15,000 detainees once doses become available. But the agency still has no concrete timeline on when that will be. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
cbsnews.comCouple hid in Philadelphia church for over 2 years to avoid deportation
Couple hid in Philadelphia church for over 2 years to avoid deportation Oneita and Clive Thompson are celebrating freedom after spending 843 days in hiding to avoid deportation. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it will no longer seek removal of the couple, who have five children. The Thompsons join CBSN to share their story.
cbsnews.comIraqi Chaldean refugee wins asylum case
Wisam HamanaDETROIT — On September 22, Wisam Hamana, an Iraqi Chaldean Christian, won his right to stay in the United States in the Immigration Court. The organization BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) and its activists formed a series of protests at the airport to stop Hamana’s deportation as well as the deportation of other Iraqi refugees. “The mass raid against Iraqi refugees in metro Detroit in June 2017 was one of Trump’s first major mass deportation campaigns of his presidency. “Trump’s racist demagogy will not divide us. The model of this victory for Iraqi refugees must be applied broadly to the national fight to stop Trump’s attempt to take dictatorial power and to remove him from office.”
arabamericannews.comICE sued over treatment of 5-year-old with head injury
The mother of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the medical care he has received in detention for a head injury suffered before the family was arrested. About a month later, he and his family were detained by ICE during what they thought was a routine check-in. The boy, his 1-year-old brother and their mother were taken to ICE's family detention center at Dilley, Texas, while their father was taken to a detention center in California. The boy was not seen at the hospital by a pediatric neurologist, according to medical records obtained by his family's attorneys. Cohen said the boy had an appointment to see a neurologist before the family was detained by ICE.
cbsnews.comeBay is more like the NYSE than Amazon, says Intercontinental Exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher
The e-commerce giant eBay more closely resembles the New York Stock Exchange than it does Amazon, at least in the eyes of Intercontinental Exchange CEO Jeffrey Sprecher. He suggested instead that eBay "be viewed as a 25-year-old cash market for collectible goods, which looks a lot more like the New York Stock Exchange than Amazon." The comments came as Sprecher sought to clarify ICE's discussions with eBay. ICE operates exchanges for commodity and financial markets, including the New York Stock Exchange. Sprecher acknowledged that pressure but stopped short of asserting that it prevented talks between ICE and eBay.
cnbc.comeBay has ended its employee shuttle service, a common perk in Silicon Valley, amid cutbacks
eBay in January discontinued its shuttle service, which transported employees from around the San Francisco Bay Area to its offices. The service wasn't being used by enough employees to justify the cost, according to a person close to the company. The majority of eBay's shuttle service operated between San Francisco (the North Bay) and San Jose (the South Bay), where the company already has two offices respectively, this person said. Silicon Valley tech companies including Facebook, Google and Apple contract shuttle services for employees who commute from various areas around San Francisco Bay Area's sprawling region. Tech workers often live far outside of San Francisco and Silicon Valley in search of lower housing prices.
cnbc.comEBay shares pop on report Intercontinental Exchange made takeover offer
Shares of eBay surged 8.7% on Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal reported that Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has made a bid to acquire eBay's marketplace business. The companies aren't in formal talks about a possible takeover and there's no guarantee eBay will choose to pursue any deal, the Journal reported. The deal could value eBay at roughly $30 billion, according to the publication. An eBay spokesperson told CNBC in a statement: "The eBay Board is aligned and open to all value-enhancing alternatives. ICE has approached eBay about owning the company's online marketplace, not its classifieds business, the Journal reported.
cnbc.comICE arrested fewer in 2019 as resources shifted to border
Many of those families were released into the U.S. while their asylum requests wind through the courts a practice President Donald Trump has derided as "catch-and-release." Homeland Security officials have said they would detain families, but ICE has not been funded for that. The emergency funds from Congress did not include additional bed space for immigration detention. At one point, ICE was detaining some 56,000 people.
chicagotribune.comICE ETF Hub a 'highway' for modernizing ETFs: BlackRock
BlackRock and NYSE owner ICE are looking to improve efficiency in the ETF market with their new ETF Hub as the industry continues to boom. The hub's key features, according to the ICE ETF Hub website, include processes to streamline ETF order entries, consolidate issuer data and provide the analytic tools needed while also facilitating fixed income ETF trading. The latter has been a focus of BlackRock's Samara Cohen, co-head of iShares Markets and Investments at Blackrock, given the surge in bond ETF trading. In fact, over half of net ETF inflows have gone to bond ETFs in 2019. This is particularly relevant given that bond ETF trading, unlike for many ETF groups, has yet to be electronified, another goal Cohen has for the Hub.
cnbc.comIntercontinental Exchange overhauls ETF issuing process
That is the central goal behind the Intercontinental Exchange's recently rolled-out "Hub" for exchange-traded funds, a joint effort by the New York Stock Exchange parent and ETF issuers like BlackRock meant to streamline the often complex, decentralized process of bringing ETFs to market, ICE President Ben Jackson tells CNBC's "ETF Edge." The ICE ETF Hub, which launched in October, is an attempt to simplify the ETF issuing process for these industry players by offering what it calls key "efficiencies" such as messaging, order management and analytics. "There's a whole negotiation process between the issuers and the banks around, 'What is going to be an acceptable sample for that bank to trade of securities in lieu for a share of the ETF?' So, what we're doing is really lubricating that process," Jackson said. Given that performance during a holiday week, Jackson anticipated even more engagement in the new year as ICE builds out the hub's capabilities.
cnbc.comDetroit Day of the Dead ofrenda honors those who died in ICE custody
click to enlarge Courtesy of #ChingaLaMIGRAclick to enlarge Courtesy of #ChingaLaMIGRAFor the Mexican holiday of Day of the Dead, or Da de Muertos, it's customary to create an ofrenda an altar in honor of those who have died. A group of Detroit-based activists has created an eye-catching one near the U.S.-Canadian border.The ofrenda is set up blocks from the Ambassador Bridge, so ICE agents drive by it. "It honors those who have died under ICE custody, including Jimmy Al-Daoud, a Hazel park resident who died earlier this year after he was deported to Iraq. "'Free Them All' aims to make the statement that life in CAGES is no life at all," it continues. "The ofrenda is located near Bagley Street and St. Anne Street in Southwest Detroit.Da de Muertos is celebrated Nov. 1 and 2.
metrotimes.comJessie Reyez talks "Far Away," her new single, and the struggles immigrants face
Jessie Reyez's new music video for "Far Away" shines a light on the realities immigrants face at the U.S.-Mexico border. Reyez says "Far Away" will be the first solo song that she's had in a while. CBS News: The visuals for "Far Away" are jarring and methodical. "Far Away" by Jessie Reyez Phillip HarrisCBS News: Why is the message in "Far Away" so important? Jessie Reyez's "Far Away" Phillip HarrisCBS News: There's so much symbolism in "Far Away."
cbsnews.comColombian Narcotics Kingpin Sentenced to Prison for Bribing Former Federal Agent to Dismiss Indictment
At the time of the dismissal, Ciccione was the case agent for Operation Cornerstone, a large-scale Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force case that resulted in indictments of over 100 Colombia-based cocaine traffickers from the Cali Cartel. This defendant was a drug kingpin who paid a Special Agent to bribe his way out of a criminal indictment, said Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Departments Criminal Division. In furtherance of this scheme to obstruct justice, Ciccione misled the U.S. Attorneys Office, HSI management, and altered TECS records to secure the dismissal. Ciccone also falsified the concurrence of several other federal agents and attempted to obtain entry for Piedrahita-Ceballos into the United States. The Criminal Divisions Office of International Affairs, the Office of the Judicial Attach in Colombia and the Drug Enforcement Administration provided valuable assistance to the investigation.
justice.gov'Close the Camps Rally' at Holocaust Memorial Center to protest against detention camps
In response to the massive ICE raids taking place around the U.S., the Close the Camps Coalition is hosting a Close the Camps Rally in protest against the detention camps on our southern border. The rally will also protest for-profit prisons that are housing tens of thousands of refugees and immigrants. Attendees of the rally will stand in front of the Holocaust Memorial Center and protest against the separation of hundreds of children from their parents. '"The Close the Camps Rally will feature faith leaders, Holocaust survivors and children of Holocaust survivors. The rally will take place on Aug. 20 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchark Lake Rd., Farmington Hills.
metrotimes.comICE rounds up hundreds of undocumented workers in immigration sweeps in Mississippi
U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday rounded up hundreds of undocumented workers in food processing plants during a sprawling operation in Mississippi that officials touted as the largest immigration enforcement sweep in a single state in U.S. history. By targeting workplaces across six different cities in southern Mississippi, Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents, with the help of the local district attorney's office, apprehended approximately 680 undocumented immigrants. At a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Mike Hurst said the large-scale raids collectively represented "the largest single state immigration enforcement operation in our nation's history." Peco Foods, a poultry processing and packaging company, confirmed that ICE conducted operations at three of its facilities in southern Mississippi. We know from past immigration enforcement actions of this type, that there are going to be children who go home tonight and their parents will be gone," Solrzano told CBS News.
cbsnews.comICE rounds up hundreds of undocumented workers in immigration sweeps in Mississippi
U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday rounded up hundreds of undocumented workers in food processing plants during a sprawling operation in Mississippi that officials touted as the largest immigration enforcement sweep in a single state in U.S. history. By targeting workplaces across six different cities in southern Mississippi, Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents, with the help of the local district attorney's office, apprehended approximately 680 undocumented immigrants. At a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Mike Hurst said the large-scale raids collectively represented "the largest single state immigration enforcement operation in our nation's history." On Wednesday afternoon, Magdalena Gomez Gregorio tearfully pleaded for the return of her dad, one of hundreds of undocumented immigrants rounded up Wednesday by ICE. Peco Foods, a poultry processing and packaging company, confirmed that ICE conducted operations at three of its facilities in southern Mississippi.
cbsnews.comICE agents visit to Dearborn restaurant has community on edge
DEARBORN The Hamido Restaurant in Dearborn located at 13251 W. Warren Ave. was the site of a visit from two Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents on Monday, a report from the Detroit News said. Two special agents entered the restaurant and requested signatures on paperwork from a manager, Kassem Rizk, the report said. Rizk, who said they also asked for employment records from the restaurant for the past three years, refused. I just told them no.One agent had told Rizk that it was essential he sign the papers so they could conduct their government business. While there is no connection to the Dearborn visit, rumors of the ICE activities has also had many ethnic communities on edge.
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