US agents round up people slated for deportation

US agents round up people slated for deportation

SAN ANTONIO

Immigration agents over the weekend conducted the first raids targeting the deportation of families who flocked across the United States’ southern border over the past two years, a senior government official said Monday.

Jeh Johnson, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement that the 121 people rounded up during raids in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina were primarily members of Central American families that crossed into the U.S. via Mexico since May 2014. Most were placed in family detention centers in Texas to await deportation.

Prime minister dismisses latest Islamic State video

LONDON

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday dismissed a new video in which five purported British spies were shot dead by masked Islamic State extremists as propaganda from a group that is losing control of territory in Syria and Iraq.

“It’s desperate stuff from an organization that really does do the most utterly despicable and ghastly acts, and people can see that again today,” he said.

“But this is an organization that’s losing territory. It’s losing ground. It’s, I think, increasingly losing anybody’s sympathy.”

Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in New Hampshire

NASHUA, N.H.

Former President Bill Clinton made his debut solo appearance on behalf of his wife’s 2016 presidential campaign in New Hampshire Monday – a lot grayer, a bit trimmer and far more subdued than nearly a quarter-century ago, when he rescued his flagging 1992 campaign in this key early voting state.

While Bill Clinton was keen to keep the focus on Hillary Clinton’s key campaign platforms, the passing time hasn’t shielded him from the ghosts that haunted his own presidency. Republican front-runner Donald Trump has gone on the offensive in recent days with attacks over his impeachment and decades-old sex scandal.

Border checks tightened in Sweden, Denmark

COPENHAGEN, Denmark

Denmark and Sweden tightened border checks Monday to stem the flow of migrants coming in from Germany, dealing fresh blows to the vision of a Europe without national boundaries.

As of midnight Sunday, Sweden demanded that all passengers traveling by train from Denmark show ID, something that hasn’t been required since the 1950s.

Within hours, the Danish government announced it was stepping up controls of its border with Germany, to make sure that migrants headed for Sweden don’t get stuck in Denmark.

At least 1 gunman still remains at Indian air force base

PATHANKOT, India

A fifth gunman was killed Monday on the third day of a siege at a heavily fortified Indian air base near the border with Pakistan, and at least one attacker remained as troops worked to secure the sprawling compound, a military official said. Seven troops have been killed.

The search operations at Pathankot air force base will continue until all areas have been completely secured, Maj. Gen. Dushyant Singh, from India’s elite National Security Guard, told reporters.

Associated Press