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Newsweek
12-06-2025
- Newsweek
ICE Arrests Teenager Eating Lunch Weeks After Graduation
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Federal immigration agents allegedly arrested a Guatemalan immigrant and legal permanent resident without a warrant as he ate lunch at his home in Kentucky just weeks after he graduated from high school. Ernesto Manuel Andres, 18, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on June 4 in Bowling Green, according to immigrant advocates. "This is terrifying, if someone with legal protections like Ernesto can be taken this way, no one is safe." Luma Mufleh, founder of Fugees Family, told Newsweek. Newsweek has contacted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for comment. A federal agent stands watch outside an apartment complex during a raid Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in east Denver. A federal agent stands watch outside an apartment complex during a raid Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in east Denver. David Zalubowski/AP ICE agents were initially targeting someone else but apprehended Ernesto's father. While in custody, agents reportedly asked the father to bring them to their apartment complex—where Ernesto was inside eating lunch. "They initially detained Ernesto's father because he resembled someone they were targeting," Mufleh claimed. "ICE entered his apartment without a warrant while he was having lunch and took him, even after he informed them of his legal status," Mufleh said. "If this can happen to a young man who just graduated and followed every legal step, it raises serious questions about the safety and rights of others in our community," she added. Upon entering the apartment, ICE agents detained Ernesto on the spot, despite his efforts to explain that he held Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) status and was protected under deferred action. His SIJ status—a legal protection granted to undocumented children in the U.S. who have been abused, abandoned, or neglected by one or both parents—should have shielded him from removal. Designed to offer vulnerable minors a pathway to lawful permanent residency, SIJ status is meant to protect them from deportation and ensure they can remain safely in the country as they rebuild their lives. Ernesto arrived in the U.S. from Guatemala in December 2022 and has lived in Kentucky for about two and a half years. Instead, he has been transferred between three detention facilities, with his current location listed as Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana. Family members say the arrest has left them devastated and fearful. "They're devastated and afraid. They thought Ernesto was protected. Now they fear for him, and for themselves," Mufleh said. Despite decent conditions inside the detention center—where Ernesto has access to a bed and meals—the repeated transfers have left him frightened and destabilized, according to Mufleh. No warrant was presented during the arrest. Advocates say the case raises serious questions about due process and the treatment of immigrants with legal status protections.
Zawya
22-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Jordan: JDF allocates 5% of profits over 3 years to social responsibility
AMMAN — Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jordan Duty Free (JDF) Ayman Mufleh on Saturday said that the company's board of directors decided to allocate 5 per cent of the company's profits over a period of three years to enhance the development scope and institutionalise social responsibility. Mufleh stressed that this initiative will be allocated to support the education and health sectors as a contribution from the company in the construction and/or maintenance of schools, facilities and health centres. It also aims to keep pace with the increasing demand for these sectors in cooperation with the concerned public sector institutions and within the same mechanism that has been approved by companies and banks that have allocated funds for this purpose, he added. The chairman pointed out that a special bank account will be opened at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) for this purpose, according to accounting principles, to spend on these projects and within the actual completion and time plans to ensure compliance with implementation, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. He called on private sector companies and institutions to join efforts to institutionalise social responsibility, given its developmental impact and improving the services provided to citizens. The social responsibility project to support vital sectors, mainly the education and health sectors, began with the announcement of several initiatives in the presence of Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan. The project was initiated by the Association of Banks in Jordanian by allocating JD90 million, the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company allocated JD40 million, and the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company allocated 5 per cent of its annual profits for this purpose. These initiatives, which come in addition to what is committed in the State Budget for the education and health sectors, will contribute to supporting the government's efforts to upgrade these two "vital" sectors and improve the services provided to citizens.
Jordan Times
19-04-2025
- Business
- Jordan Times
JDF allocates 5% of profits over 3 years to social responsibility
Jordan Duty Free decides to allocate 5 per cent of the company's profits over a period of 3 years to institutionalise social responsibility (Photo Courtesy of Jordan Duty Free) AMMAN — Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jordan Duty Free (JDF) Ayman Mufleh on Saturday said that the company's board of directors decided to allocate 5 per cent of the company's profits over a period of three years to enhance the development scope and institutionalise social responsibility. Mufleh stressed that this initiative will be allocated to support the education and health sectors as a contribution from the company in the construction and/or maintenance of schools, facilities and health centres. It also aims to keep pace with the increasing demand for these sectors in cooperation with the concerned public sector institutions and within the same mechanism that has been approved by companies and banks that have allocated funds for this purpose, he added. The chairman pointed out that a special bank account will be opened at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) for this purpose, according to accounting principles, to spend on these projects and within the actual completion and time plans to ensure compliance with implementation, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. He called on private sector companies and institutions to join efforts to institutionalise social responsibility, given its developmental impact and improving the services provided to citizens. The social responsibility project to support vital sectors, mainly the education and health sectors, began with the announcement of several initiatives in the presence of Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan. The project was initiated by the Association of Banks in Jordanian by allocating JD90 million, the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company allocated JD40 million, and the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company allocated 5 per cent of its annual profits for this purpose. These initiatives, which come in addition to what is committed in the State Budget for the education and health sectors, will contribute to supporting the government's efforts to upgrade these two "vital" sectors and improve the services provided to citizens.
Jordan News
09-04-2025
- Jordan News
Settlers Steal Gas Cylinders from Palestinian Home in Tulkarm - Jordan News
Settlers Steal Gas Cylinders from Palestinian Home in Tulkarm Settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the town of Ramin, east of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, early on Wednesday, and stole gas cylinders from the property. اضافة اعلان The son of the homeowner said that they were awakened by the sounds of a group of settlers breaking into the backyard of the house, stealing four gas cylinders, and attempting to steal their vehicle. However, the family and local residents confronted them, causing the settlers to flee in their vehicles, preventing further thefts. He added that this was not the first such attack on their home, which is located on the main street of the town, making it vulnerable to settler assaults. The town is almost daily subjected to incursions by armed settlers who patrol its streets, neighborhoods, and surrounding areas, coming from the colonial outpost built on the land of local residents in the Ramin plain. Mufleh indicated that settlers often intimidate Palestinians and chase farmers, preventing them from accessing or working on their agricultural lands, as part of a systematic policy of Judaization and land appropriation, with full protection from the occupation forces, who ignore these repeated attacks. WAFA News Agency
