About a decade ago, a federal prosecutor in Texas asked Edmond Demiraj to testify against an Albanian mobster charged with human smuggling. Mr. Demiraj had information: He had worked with the mobster, Bill Bedini, in a construction business. Continue »
Some 30 immigrant families accused Monday the Cook Country sheriff's office and the Chicago Police Department of violating an ordinance that bars them from acting as agents of federal immigration authorities. Continue »
Citing the Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama administration denied immigration benefits to a married gay couple from San Francisco and ordered the expulsion of a man who is the primary caregiver to his AIDS-afflicted spouse. Continue »
On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it was terminating all Memoranda of Agreements (MOA) that it had signed with state and local jurisdictions related to the Secure Communities (S-Comm) Program. Now, Immigrant rights activists are outraged about the announcement -- and rightly so. Continue »
On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security unilaterally cancelled its Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) on Secure Communities (S-COMM), an immigration enforcement program of the Obama administration that was sold to state governments as a way to identify and deport serious criminals. Continue »
On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security unilaterally cancelled its Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) on Secure Communities (S-COMM), an immigration enforcement program of the Obama administration that was sold to state governments as a way to identify and deport serious criminals. Over the past several months, Governor Patrick... Continue »
Department of Homeland Security breaks state and local Secure Communities contracts, forcing participation and admitting that the program has never been optional. Continue »
Federal immigration officials announced Friday that they were terminating the joint agreements with state and local governments that have been at the center of a controversy surrounding a national fingerprint-sharing program, although they said they would continue setting up the program unilaterally. Continue »
Activists are outraged over a Friday announcement from the Department of Homeland Security that it will move ahead with its controversial Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, even if states do not agree to participate. Continue »
The Federal government's rogue agency is at it again. In a late Friday afternoon surprise announcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it would rescind all 39 memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with states to implement "Secure Communities" (S-Comm.) Continue »