The Trump Administration is justifying its sweeping crackdown on immigrants in public safety terms, saying that they are focused on going after so-called bad guys. Yet, through their new reliance on making immigration arrests at courthouses, as well as their overall focus on deporting immigrants who have lived here... Continue »
Tú los puedes ver. Acechan ahora cada vez con más visibilidad, sin la antigua intención de ocultarse. Son más evidentes —y quisieran serlo aún más— conforme pasan los días desde el 20 de enero pasado, cuando el poder cambió de manos en este país. Los puedes ver en las... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice ICE Roaming at Courthouses: Silences Victims, Rewards Criminals, Hurts Public Safety ICYMI: San Antonio Judge: Bexar County Violated Constitutional Rights of Immigrant Detained for Two Months This Week in Texas: Judge in San Antonio Suit Ruled Against ICE Detainers; Dallas Joins Lawsuits Cada acto de odio racial... Continue »
From the Associated Press this week comes an article from Amy Taxin, who writes that ICE is tracking nearly 970,000 immigrants with prior deportation orders. Eighty-two percent have no criminal record, and ICE wouldn’t say what proportion are being deported. The 970,000 number is a subset of the 2.3... Continue »
Ohio immigrant legislation will help cities protect their populations.
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2213, a bill that would allow President Trump to lower the hiring standards for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents by eliminating a polygraph test for certain applicants. Investigative reporter Andrew Becker and others have foundnumerous examples where the polygraph helped weed out... Continue »
“No lo olvidaremos” Ayer, la Cámara de Representantesaprobó el H.R. 2213, un proyecto de ley que permitirá al presidente Trump aligerar el estándar de contrataciones para agentes de la oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP), una agencia ya tristemente célebre por su corrupción. De acuerdo con Frank Sharry,... Continue »
“We won’t forget.” Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed HR 2213, a bill that will allow President Trump to lower the hiring standards for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, an agency already notorious for its corruption. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, We are not... Continue »
AILA is moving its annual immigration conference due to SB 4.
Yesterday, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) announced that it was moving its 2018 annual immigration conference from Texas due to the passage of the SB4. As the Texas Tribune reported: AILA ‘said the bill’s ‘dangerous, destructive and counterproductive proposals’ go against the group’s mission … ‘One of the... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice AILA Praised for Standing Up for its Values and Moving Annual Immigration Conference from Texas Due to SB4 America’s Voice Education Fund Responds to House Passage of HR 2213 Ohio Republican Members of Congress, 2 Democrats Voted for More Corruption – Not More Accountability – At Customs... Continue »
Secretary John Kelly, in his short tenure as chief of the Department of Homeland Security, has said a lot of misinformed things about immigration and deportation. He’s repeatedly claimed that his agents only focus on deporting immigrants who have committed crimes, a statement which unfortunately is proven untrue every... Continue »