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Some Yale professors threaten legal action if university settles admissions complaint with DOJ Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
Yale University campus in New Haven. Hearst Connecticut Media NEW HAVEN — An organization representing some 200 Yale professors is considering legal action against the university if it enters into a reported settlement with the Trump administration.
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Some Yale professors threaten legal action if university settles admissions complaint with DOJ

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| Danbury News-Times Verified
Yale University campus in New Haven. Hearst Connecticut Media NEW HAVEN — An organization representing some 200 Yale professors is considering legal action against the university if it enters into a reported settlement with the Trump administration.
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Some Yale professors threaten legal action if university settles admissions complaint with DOJ

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| Connecticut Post Verified
Yale University campus in New Haven. Hearst Connecticut Media NEW HAVEN — An organization representing some 200 Yale professors is considering legal action against the university if it enters into a reported settlement with the Trump administration.
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La administración de Trump amplía los esfuerzos para revocar la ciudadanía Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| Meriden Record Journal Verified
Nearly 70 people from 38 countries converged at the Middletown Elks Lodge Friday afternoon to take the oath of U.S. citizenship during the annual naturalization ceremony sponsored by local veterans. Each was offered an American flag.
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ICE detention of West Hartford restaurateur prompts release request from Connecticut lawmakers Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
Four members of Connecticut's congressional delegation sent a letter to federal immigration officials this week asking them to release a West Hartford restaurateur they arrested last month. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stopped Sead Cecunjanin and his two sons on June 20 in the parking lot of a Dunkin' donut shop in West Hartford, where the family had gone for coffee and bagels, according to a court filing and a video U.S. Rep.
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ICE makes first Connecticut courthouse arrest under new state restrictions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Federal immigration officials say they don't have to follow new procedures for making arrests in state court. State officials say they just did. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it arrested Edvin Obdulio Barnica-Esquivel at Danbury Superior Court on Tuesday. Video shared with CT Insider shows at least six agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement walking him away from the courthouse in handcuffs.
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ICE makes first Connecticut courthouse arrest under new state restrictions Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
An ICE deportation officer's badge is seen in a file photo. In Connecticut this week, agents arrested a man at a Danbury courthouse. The Dallas Morning News/Hearst N/The Dallas Morning News via Gett Federal immigration officials say they don't have to follow new procedures for making arrests in state court. State officials say they just did. Article continues below this ad U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it arrested Edvin Obdulio Barnica-Esquivel at Danbury Superior Court on Tuesday.
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Trump administration expands effort to revoke citizenship, including 2 cases in Connecticut

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| MSN Verified
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Trump administration expands effort to revoke citizenship, including 2 cases in Connecticut

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
The Trump administration has filed over two dozen cases across the country over the past two months that seek to strip U.S. citizenship from Americans it says lied about serious crimes they committed before they were naturalized — including two in Connecticut. Those cases are just the tip of the iceberg, with the U.S. Department of Justice set to file some 250 denaturalization cases by October, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CT Insider.
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Trump administration expands effort to revoke citizenship, including 2 cases in Connecticut

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
The Trump administration has filed over two dozen cases across the country over the past two months that seek to strip U.S. citizenship from Americans it says lied about serious crimes they committed before they were naturalized — including two in Connecticut. Those cases are just the tip of the iceberg, with the U.S. Department of Justice set to file some 250 denaturalization cases by October, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CT Insider.
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Trump administration expands effort to revoke citizenship, including 2 cases in Connecticut

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
The Trump administration has filed over two dozen cases across the country over the past two months that seek to strip U.S. citizenship from Americans it says lied about serious crimes they committed before they were naturalized — including two in Connecticut. Those cases are just the tip of the iceberg, with the U.S. Department of Justice set to file some 250 denaturalization cases by October, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CT Insider.
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Trump administration expands effort to revoke citizenship, including 2 cases in Connecticut

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
The Trump administration has filed over two dozen cases across the country over the past two months that seek to strip U.S. citizenship from Americans it says lied about serious crimes they committed before they were naturalized — including two in Connecticut. Those cases are just the tip of the iceberg, with the U.S. Department of Justice set to file some 250 denaturalization cases by October, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CT Insider.
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Trump administration expands effort to revoke citizenship, including 2 cases in Connecticut

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
The Trump administration has filed over two dozen cases across the country over the past two months that seek to strip U.S. citizenship from Americans it says lied about serious crimes they committed before they were naturalized — including two in Connecticut. Those cases are just the tip of the iceberg, with the U.S. Department of Justice set to file some 250 denaturalization cases by October, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CT Insider.
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Trump administration expands effort to revoke citizenship, including 2 cases in Connecticut

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
The Trump administration has filed over two dozen cases across the country over the past two months that seek to strip U.S. citizenship from Americans it says lied about serious crimes they committed before they were naturalized — including two in Connecticut. Those cases are just the tip of the iceberg, with the U.S. Department of Justice set to file some 250 denaturalization cases by October, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CT Insider.
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Trump administration expands effort to revoke citizenship, including 2 cases in Connecticut

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
The Trump administration has filed over two dozen cases across the country over the past two months that seek to strip U.S. citizenship from Americans it says lied about serious crimes they committed before they were naturalized — including two in Connecticut. Those cases are just the tip of the iceberg, with the U.S. Department of Justice set to file some 250 denaturalization cases by October, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CT Insider.
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Trump administration expands effort to revoke citizenship, including 2 cases in Connecticut Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
Nearly 70 people from 38 countries converged at the Middletown Elks Lodge Friday afternoon to take the oath of U.S. citizenship during the annual naturalization ceremony sponsored by local veterans. Each was offered an American flag.
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'Your mom should be here': Woman arrested by ICE in New Haven and deported files federal lawsuit

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Joshua Eaton Mon, June 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM UTC 5 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A surveillance video shared with CT Insider captured the arrest of Nancy Martinez on June 9, 2025, by ICE agents, which prompted a rally in downtown New Haven three days later. Martinez, who was later deported to Mexico, has filed a federal lawsuit over the arrest.
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Daily Immigration News Clips - June 16, 2026

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By Jesús Mesa Verified, Joshua Eaton Verified, Andrew Dyer Verified
| aila.org
Contact Us Phone: 202-507-7600 Fax: 202-783-7853 American Immigration Lawyers Association Copyright © 1993 - American Immigration Lawyers Association Privacy Policy  |  Accessibility Statement | Site Map
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'Your mom should be here': Woman arrested by ICE in New Haven and deported files federal lawsuit Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
A surveillance video shared with CT Insider captured the arrest of Nancy Martinez on June 9, 2025, by ICE agents, which prompted a rally in downtown New Haven three days later. Martinez, who was later deported to Mexico, has filed a federal lawsuit over the arrest. Contributed photo U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., addresses 14-year-old M.M. at a press conference to announce a lawsuit challenging the arrest of her mother by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025.
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‘Who’s going to arrest me?’ ICE agents defy Connecticut law on mask ban Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
An ICE agent is seen in a screen grab of a video in Danbury after arrests were made in June 2026. The agent is wearing a mask despite a recently-signed state law banning them. Contributed image Two recent videos that show agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement not following a new state law that bars them from wearing masks has raised further questions about whether officials in Connecticut can, or will, enforce the ban.
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ICE makes arrests in Danbury near courthouse in 'targeted immigration enforcement operation' Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Kendra Baker Verified
| CT Insider Verified
DANBURY — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested multiple people in Danbury on Thursday in what the agency called a "targeted immigration enforcement operation." In a statement to CT Insider, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — which oversees ICE — said the agency "conducted a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Danbury, Connecticut, to arrest multiple criminal illegal aliens, many of whom were recently released from jail by sanctuary politicians who refused to...
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ICE makes arrests in Danbury near courthouse in 'targeted immigration enforcement operation'

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Kendra Baker Verified
| Danbury News-Times Verified
An ICE deportation officer's badge in Dallas, Monday, June 1, 2026. The Dallas Morning News/Hearst N/The Dallas Morning News via Gett ICE made multiple arrests near Danbury Superior Court Thursday, June 4.
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Trump's Coast Guard Academy speech mixes political rhetoric, praise for graduates Original

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By Liese Klein Verified, Joshua Eaton Verified, Jesse Leavenworth Verified
| CT Insider Verified
President Donald Trump offered life lessons and promises of new military funding to graduates of the US Coast Guard Academy in New London on Wednesday in his first visit to Connecticut since 2017. Trump, speaking behind a clear protective partition after a series of assassination attempts over the last couple of years, led off his 53-minute speech with assertions of his administration's success. He mixed political rhetoric with congratulatory sentiments focused on the graduates.
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ICE releases Southern CT State student after more than a month in custody Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
Federal immigration officials have released a Southern Connecticut State University nursing student from custody after a month in a Louisiana detention facility. The advocacy group Connecticut Students for a Dream said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released Keyla Vasquez-Zuniga from the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, in Basile, Louisiana, Saturday on a $15,000 bond.
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Marriage reform bill passed by lawmakers after CT Insider investigation about sham marriage questions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Brianna Gurciullo
| Yahoo Verified
The official seal on a copy of a marriage license Wednesday, September 17, 2025 inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media) State lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to slow down the process of getting married in Connecticut after an investigation by CT Insider revealed concerns among local officials and federal law enforcement about potential sham marriages.
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Marriage reform bill passed by lawmakers after CT Insider investigation about sham marriage questions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Brianna Gurciullo
| CT Insider Verified
A federal indictment of an alleged marriage fraud ring based in Florida, brought in January, includes allegations related to a marriage performed in Connecticut. That case is ongoing. The defendants have pleaded not guilty. In April 2025, a federal jury in Vermont convicted an Indian immigration living in Florida of marrying a Hamden woman in an unsuccessful attempt to get immigration benefits.
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Marriage reform bill passed by lawmakers after CT Insider investigation about sham marriage questions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Brianna Gurciullo
| Danbury News-Times Verified
The official seal on a copy of a marriage license Wednesday, September 17, 2025 inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media Marriage licenses in their storage area inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
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Marriage reform bill passed by lawmakers after CT Insider investigation about sham marriage questions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Brianna Gurciullo
| Ridgefield Press Verified
A federal indictment of an alleged marriage fraud ring based in Florida, brought in January, includes allegations related to a marriage performed in Connecticut. That case is ongoing. The defendants have pleaded not guilty. In April 2025, a federal jury in Vermont convicted an Indian immigration living in Florida of marrying a Hamden woman in an unsuccessful attempt to get immigration benefits.
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Marriage reform bill passed by lawmakers after CT Insider investigation about sham marriage questions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Brianna Gurciullo
| New Haven Register Verified
The official seal on a copy of a marriage license Wednesday, September 17, 2025 inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media Marriage licenses in their storage area inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
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Marriage reform bill passed by lawmakers after CT Insider investigation about sham marriage questions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Brianna Gurciullo
| The Norwalk Hour Verified
The official seal on a copy of a marriage license Wednesday, September 17, 2025 inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media Marriage licenses in their storage area inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
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Marriage reform bill passed by lawmakers after CT Insider investigation about sham marriage questions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Brianna Gurciullo
| Milford Mirror Verified
The official seal on a copy of a marriage license Wednesday, September 17, 2025 inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media Marriage licenses in their storage area inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
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Marriage reform bill passed by lawmakers after CT Insider investigation about sham marriage questions

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By Joshua Eaton Verified, Brianna Gurciullo
| New Canaan Advertiser Verified
The official seal on a copy of a marriage license Wednesday, September 17, 2025 inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media Marriage licenses in their storage area inside the Vital Records office at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Conn. Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
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Cheshire High student released after two weeks in ICE custody Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
A Cheshire High School student has been released after just over two weeks in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, online agency records show. ICE agents arrested Rihan on April 6 while he was riding in a car with his uncle and younger brother, according to court records filed by his attorneys. They took him to the Plymouth County Correctional Facility, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, shortly after his arrest, where ICE's online detainee locator showed him until Tuesday.
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Daily Immigration News Clips – April 21, 2026

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By Paul Krawzak Verified, Joshua Eaton Verified
| aila.org
Contact Us Phone: 202-507-7600 Fax: 202-783-7853 American Immigration Lawyers Association Copyright © 1993 - American Immigration Lawyers Association Privacy Policy  |  Accessibility Statement | Site Map
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Immigration judge grants bond to Cheshire High student held by ICE Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
CHELMSFORD, MASS. — An immigration judge has granted bond to a Cheshire High School student arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month. Immigration Judge Huy Le, sitting in an empty courtroom, set bond for the student, Rihan, at $1,500 during a brief hearing Monday morning. Rihan appeared in the Chelmsford, Massachusetts, courtroom via a video link from the Plymouth County Correctional Facility, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he's been held since April 6.
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How a father and son living in Connecticut wound up arrested by ICE Original

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By Joshua Eaton Verified
| CT Insider Verified
Several unmarked cars surrounded Rihan, his uncle Tariq and his younger brother as the family drove not far from their home in Cheshire early on the morning of April 6, boxing them in with sirens blaring. At first, the masked agents in those cars didn’t ask for Rihan, according to a court filing by his attorneys. They were with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, they said, looking for Rihan’s father, Zia. Article continues below this ad It was déjà vu for the family of seven.
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