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 »
En lo que se ha llamado un “repugnante acto de intimidación”, agentes federales migratorios aparecieron en una escuela pública de Queens la semana pasada en busca de información sobre un estudiante de cuarto grado, pero fueron rechazados por un agente de seguridad de la escuela y un administrador. Agentes... Continue »
En la actualidad, aproximadamente dos terceras partes de los solicitantes no pasan la prueba del polígrafo Mañana, la Cámara de Representates vota el proyecto HR 2213, que permitiría a la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP) renunciar a la prueba del polígrafo para algunas nuevas contrataciones, mientras que... Continue »
Already, approximately two-thirds of CBP applicants fail polygraph exam Tomorrow, the House of Representatives votes on HR 2213, which would allow Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to waive the polygraph test for certain new hires, while a Senate committee holds a hearing on their version of the bill –... 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 »
Tomorrow, the House will vote on HR 2213, which would allow Customs and Border Protection to waive the polygraph test requirement for certain new hires, while a Senate committee holds a hearing for an equivalent bill — the Boots on the Border Act authored by Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ). Both reflect Donald Trump’s plan... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English Reuters New York City Takes Stance After Immigration Agents Show Up at School By Jonathan Allen May 15, 2017 Wall Street Journal New York City Schools Chancellor Seeks to Reassure After Immigration Visit By Leslie Brody May 15, 2017 AOL Elementary school turns away immigration agent looking for... Continue »
Over the weekend, immigrants and advocates in Miami demonstrated outside a USCIS office in support of a renewal of temporary protective status for Haitians, waving signs, dancing, chanting, and playing music. Protesters held signs reading “save TPS”, “Haitian lives matter”, “unity makes strength”, and “TPS is liberty”. The Trump... Continue »
The Trump Administration’s hastily written, ill-advised executive orders on immigration have had many unintended consequences, including on the tourism industry and across farming communities and the agricultural sector. Over half of all United States farm workers are undocumented, according to the U.S. Department of Labor; over 8 million undocumented... Continue »
Recent Washington Post stories capture two devastating consequences of the Trump Administration’s mass deportation vision and implementation: undocumented parents of millions of U.S. citizen children are trying to plan for their potential separation due to deportation; and police departments across America are reporting a disturbing drop in crime reporting... Continue »