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Report: Toddler Died after Contracting Infection at ICE Family Detention Facility
Posted on · The toddler from Guatemala died six weeks after leaving an ICE family detention center in Dilley. She had not yet turned two years old.
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Activists Arrested At Statue Of Liberty After Protesting Trump’s Immigration Policies
Posted on · A woman climbed to the base of the Statue of Liberty, remaining there for three hours before police brought her down. Activists earlier unfurled a banner to "Abolish I.C.E."
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Judge Bars Trump Administration From Detaining Asylum Seekers Without Cause
Posted on · Under Judge James E. Boasberg’s injunction, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must grant parole to asylum seekers once they have passed a “credible fear interview,” as per a 2009 ICE directive
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ICE Temporarily Closes Portland Office Amid Tumult Of Protests Across U.S.
Posted on · "Security concerns" persuaded Immigration and Customs Enforcement to shutter its office there for at least two days. But the Oregon city isn't the only place feeling unrest over immigration policy.
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ICE Carries Out Its Largest Immigration Raid In Recent History, Arresting 146
Posted on · More than 100 federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a major meat supplier in Salem, Ohio, on Tuesday. It was ICE's second massive operation in Ohio in as many weeks.
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ICE To Send 1,600 Detainees To Federal Prisons
Posted on · The immigration enforcement agency said it needed the additional space because of a "current surge in illegal border crossings" and the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policies.
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Two Men In Texas Immigration Detention Are Undergoing Treatment After Being Bitten By A Bat
Posted on · Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say the detention center where the bites occurred is being inspected
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Motel 6 Gave Guest Information To Immigration Agents, Lawsuit Says
Posted on · Motel 6 trained new employees to provide guest lists to agents when they asked, without requiring the agents to show a search warrant, Washington state's attorney general alleges in a lawsuit
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Border Arrests Plunge, Deportation Arrests Soar Under Trump
Posted on · ICE, whose officers pick up people for deportation, made 143,470 arrests, an increase of 25 percent from 114,434 a year earlier
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Big Money As Private Immigrant Jails Boom
Posted on · The Trump administration called for five new detention facilities to be built and operated by private prison corporations. Just one facility in Texas will cost taxpayers $44 million per year
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How Might SB4 Affect The Texas Economy?
Posted on · An organization estimates the so-called "sanctuary cities" bill will cost the Texas economy billions of dollars.
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UPDATE: 9 Dead, 20 In Critical Or Serious Condition Found In Tractor-Trailer In San Antonio
Posted on · San Antonio's fire chief said they found 38 people, including eight dead, in the back of a truck in a Walmart parking lot. "We're looking at a human trafficking crime here," the police chief said.
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How Do ICE Agents Decide Whom to Arrest — and Why?
Posted on · During the week of April 17, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents made 95 arrests during a five-day sweep in Houston. Most of those arrested had prior criminal convictions. Some did not. The focus of such occasional raids seems to primarily focus on dangerous criminals, but who draws that line? Today, we learn how such […]
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ICE Raids, and Targeting Fake News: Tuesday’s Show (May 9, 2017)
Posted on · During the week of April 17, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents made 95 arrests during a five-day sweep in Houston. Most of those arrested had prior criminal convictions. Some did not. The focus of such occasional raids seems to primarily focus on dangerous criminals, but who draws that line? On this edition of Houston […]
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Congresswoman Says Deportation Of Houston Father Of Two Was An “Injustice”
Posted on · Jackson Lee spoke alongside the man’s wife, Rose Escobar, in downtown Houston today.