Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice “Silent Raids” Across America: ICE Turning Routine Check-ins Into Deportations ¿Quiénes serán los verdaderos “bad hombres”? “Redadas silenciosas” en todo el país; ICE convierte las citas de rutina en deportaciones English Homeland Security Today Out Of 40,000 Illegals Arrested By ICE Since January, 75 Percent Are Convicted... Continue »
Here’s a roundup of what happened in this week in Texas and the resistance to SB 4: Gov. Greg Abbott’s claims that Hispanics have nothing to fear from SB 4 are rebuked This week in Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott tried to argue that people who haven’t done anything wrong... Continue »
From Massachusetts this week comes the story of Jose Flores, a 37-year-old construction worker who is now in immigrant detention after he dared to ask his employer for workers’ compensation. His case may be the latest example of how the Trump Administration practices immigration retaliation. Jose Flores, detained after asking... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice As ICE Brags About Arrests and Congress Works to Turbocharge Trump’s Deportation Agenda, A Reminder of the Futures Shattered and Families Separated Famously Vengeful Trump Presides Over Policy of Immigration Retaliation This Week in Texas: Lawsuits Filed, “Summer of Resistance” Announced While Abbott Fails At Spin English... Continue »
If there’s any doubt that the Trump Administration wants to deport as many immigrants as possible, check out what’s happening in Seattle, where the Justice Department has ordered an immigrant rights organization to stop some of its legal work providing help for immigrants facing deportation. For now, a federal... Continue »
…but what else would you expect from Goodlatte? As if House Republicans haven’t done enough damage to America yet. Today, the House Judiciary Committee lead by Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) will take up a series of anti-immigrant bills intended to “turbocharge Trump’s mass deportation agenda”, and the Goodlatte bills... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English CNN House committee set to mark up aggressive immigration bills By Tal Kopan May 18, 2017 USA Today Immigration arrests up 38% nationwide under Trump By Alan Gomez May 17, 2017 Los Angeles Times Arrests on civil immigration charges are up 38% in 100 days since Trump’s executive... Continue »
Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, has announced that he’ll be joining the Trump Administration as the newest DHS Assistant Secretary. He would be reporting to Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and working as a liaison with state and local law enforcement and governments. The position does not... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English Huffington Post New Republican Bills Would Ramp Up A Trump Deportation Force By Elise Foley May 16, 2017 Daily Kos Texas Republicans ignore security threat in Oval Office, propose to criminalize immigrants instead By Gabe Ortiz May 16, 2017 East Valley Tribune Family members hail opening of office... Continue »
In what’s been called a “disgusting act of intimidation“, federal agents from the Customs and Immigration Service showed up at a public school in Queens last week looking for information on a fourth grader, before being turned away by a school safety agent and an administrator. Immigration agents come to... Continue »