Aug 23, 2009
For undocumented residents, a call demanding ransom for a kidnapped loved one can lead to an equally fear-inducing call to federal immigration authorities.
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Many of the 130 immigration reform advocates and leaders who attended a White House meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano last Thursday thought it was productive. Or so they said.
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Aug 22, 2009
The millions of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. include young people who are studying hard and achieving academic success — only to find the doors of opportunity closed to them when they reach college. Education professor William Perez records their plight in a series of portraits in his...
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Aug 21, 2009
Immigrants detained for more than six months without a bond hearing can sue the federal government in a class action aimed at getting a court to recognize their right to a swifter appearance before a judge, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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Given all the ways federal immigration officials could spend their time, it makes no sense to detain undocumented youngsters brought to the United States by their families, unless the juveniles are in some other trouble.
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In the fall of 2006, a man's death brought a team of government investigators to the large, privately run immigration jail in Eloy, Ariz., in the desert between Phoenix and Tucson. Medical care was so poor, the team later warned federal immigration officials, that "detainee welfare is in jeopardy."
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For the 130 immigrant advocates, business and labor leaders, and law enforcement representatives, who met with Janet Napoitano yesterday, the urgency for real reform is clear.Here are four video responses from attendees at yesterday's White House meeting on immigration reform. I took these videos directly after the meeting,...
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This country's immigration detention system has been a stain on the American fabric. The good news: The stain may soon begin to fade...Of course ICE could — and should — do more.
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Aug 20, 2009
President Barack Obama on Thursday managed to undo some of the damage he did recently with immigrants' rights advocates — who were angered when Obama said in Mexico that immigration reform would have to wait until after health care and energy bills passed Congress.
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While President Obama has put off sweeping changes in immigration policy until probably next year -- after health care and energy -- he also pledged to start laying the groundwork.
And part of that was a private meeting today with Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and with immigrant...
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