Adding to the seemingly endless list of Trump era immigration policies that have been reversed by the Biden administration, a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) directive will prevent agents from detaining, arresting, and deporting pregnant,…
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Beleaguered by an “unprecedented challenge” from the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained and deported far fewer illegal aliens in 2020. With Congress now applying budget cuts, don’t expect the numbers to improve. …
On December 23, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) heralded the efforts of its agents during Fiscal Year 2020 with its annual report. Despite the struggles of the pandemic, forcing many Americans to shift their work from office to home, the…
An investigator is calling for the release of “high-risk” detainees at Farmville Detention Center in Virginia after more than 80 percent of the center’s 300 inmates contracted the coronavirus earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema order…
The Washington Post’s Editorial Board is demanding the immediate release of migrants from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s detention centers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Its argument for the mass release could not be more distorted. Using …
After four arrests – the latest involving a highway collision that killed three people – a Mexican national living illegally in Texas finally has the attention of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Ivan Robles Navejas, 28, was charged with…
The Adelanto Processing Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in southern California, has recently come under fire for its treatment of migrants amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 21, the Inland Coalition for Immigrant…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a lower-court judge’s decision requiring a California Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detention facility to release at least 250 detainees due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The facility in ques…
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rattle American society. One particular area of concern is our federal, state, and local jails. These are confined spaces where individuals live in close proximity with others – the perfect place for a virus to …
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced their joint introduction of the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act. The FIRST Act calls for a total cessation of all immigration enforcement i…