A top official for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement met Friday with local immigration reform activists and community leaders about complaints agents are "racially profiling" residents. Community activist Angela Reyes said ICE Director John Morton promised to do a case-by-case and systemic review of the agency's enforcement policies.
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Three weeks ago, forty-one-year old Jose Gutierrez lived in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood with his wife and two children, had a solid job as a film engineer, and served as the frontman for popular Spanish rock band FZ10.
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Apr 12, 2011
Immigration lawyers have been aware for some time that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are allowed into the city-run Detention Center at Magistrate Court to sweep for illegal immigrants. But beyond that small group, most in San Antonio are unaware of the practice.
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Apr 8, 2011
It took a budget crisis of unprecedented proportions, but the U.S. Congress is finally starting to ask some tough questions about what it's getting for the billions of dollars that have been spent on securing the borders against illegal entry.
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Apr 7, 2011
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is "taking it to the streets." Or at least that's the motto behind a new pilot program aimed at combatting the negative image that some community groups have about the department.
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Obama administration officials, embattled on all sides on immigration, are pushing back to defend their record on border enforcement and deportations of illegal immigrants. In a speech today at a Democratic think tank in Washington, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano chastised critics, mostly Republicans, who have said that illegal...
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Congressional Republicans are drafting legislation that would require the federal government to develop a plan to add more fencing, sensors, agents and even drones to stop every illegal entry into the United States.
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The U.S. government should create an interagency task force to coordinate Southwest border-security operations and resolve conflicts between agencies, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said on Thursday. Speaking at the U.S.-Mexico Congressional Border Issues Conference, Cornyn said he does not believe that the Obama administration has an adequate strategy...
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Last month, a U.S. government official was shot and killed while on duty in Mexico. We've learned that the gun used to kill him came from the United States.
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When D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier heard about a new federal immigration enforcement program last year, she said it could have prevented eight killings in the city in the previous two years.
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