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An ICE Officer Fired Seven Shots Into a Car in Manhattan with a 5-Year-Old Inside, and DHS Blames the Boy’s Father

An ICE officer fired seven rounds into Oscar Belgal's car in Marble Hill with his son, 5, inside. DHS's own rule bars shooting at drivers. Release the video.

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Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Navi Pillay, a Founding Judge of the Court Trump Sanctioned

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Nicolás Maduro Charged with Conspiracy to Torture, a New Count Covering Americans Held in Venezuelan Prisons

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