Families hide as US launches small scale immigration raids
5 years, 5 months ago

Families hide as US launches small scale immigration raids

Hindustan Times  

U.S. authorities launched small-scale operations to arrest undocumented families over the weekend in a start to President Donald Trump’s plan to deport thousands of immigrants. “Immigrants and immigrant communities all over the country are in hiding and people are living in these terrified, terrorized ways, because that is the point of this whole action, whether enforcement actions take place or not,” said Bauer, the SPLC’s deputy legal director. “LIGHTS OFF, BLINDS DOWN” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said there were three ICE operations in his city on Saturday, with no reported arrests. Albence told Fox News that enforcement operations would target families who entered the country illegally then mostly failed to attend court hearings to pursue an asylum claim.

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Trump wants mass deportations. A ride-along with immigration officers shows the challenges
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump wants mass deportations. A ride-along with immigration officers shows the challenges

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The immigration officers sat in their vehicles before dawn near a two-story building. But Homan also has signaled that enforcement could be wider: “If you’re in the country illegally you got a problem,” he said recently on Dr. Phil’s Merit TV. “You’re not going to be able to do both of those with the resources you have, …

‘Brutal’: Attorney blasts Trump's plan to allow ICE arrests at schools and hospitals
4 weeks ago

‘Brutal’: Attorney blasts Trump's plan to allow ICE arrests at schools and hospitals

Raw Story  

Despite public opinion polls that find the majority of Americans support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the incoming Trump administration is forging ahead with President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to begin his mass deportations of millions of people “on day one.” That will now include the green lighting of arrests of undocumented immigrants who happen to be sick in …

Trump may revoke policy shielding migrants from deportation arrests in churches and schools
4 weeks ago

Trump may revoke policy shielding migrants from deportation arrests in churches and schools

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As soon as its first day in office, the incoming …

Biden administration issues new rules to curb ICE arrests
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden administration issues new rules to curb ICE arrests

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Federal immigration enforcement officers are prohibited from performing large-scale arrests …

Biden directs ICE to focus arrests and removals on security threats
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden directs ICE to focus arrests and removals on security threats

LA Times  

Administration officials issued interim guidance Thursday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to focus on “significant threats,” as President Biden’s order for a 100-day pause on most deportations remains hampered by court rulings out of Texas. “We urge you to immediately halt these cruel, unnecessary removals and secure safety, due process, and justice for all.” Biden also faces resistance within the …

Long-detained immigrant families in US could soon face deportation
3 years, 11 months ago

Long-detained immigrant families in US could soon face deportation

Hindustan Times  

Lawyers working with immigrant families detained by the US government for more than a year say they’re worried the families could be deported as soon as this week. The families facing deportation have been held at the family detention center at Dilley, Texas, created by the former administration of President Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as vice president. In …

ICE deports hundreds of immigrants including El Paso massacre survivor after judge blocks Biden freeze
3 years, 11 months ago

ICE deports hundreds of immigrants including El Paso massacre survivor after judge blocks Biden freeze

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On 26 January, Texas attorney general and Trump ally Ken Paxton successfully sued to …

US judge orders ICE to free children in family detention
4 years, 6 months ago

US judge orders ICE to free children in family detention

Al Jazeera  

The judge says centres, where 124 children are being held with family, are ‘on fire’ amid the coronavirus pandemic. A federal judge has ordered the release of children held with their parents in US immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic. The order by US District Judge Dolly Gee applies to children …

Federal judge orders release of immigrants in detention due to Covid-19, blasts ICE
4 years, 9 months ago

Federal judge orders release of immigrants in detention due to Covid-19, blasts ICE

CNN  

CNN — A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of four immigrants in ICE detention who are at high risk of serious illness in the event of a coronavirus outbreak and charged that the government had shown “deliberate indifference” to their medical needs. In ruling for the immigrants, Judge Alison J. Nathan of the US District Court for the …

With masks at the ready, ICE agents make arrests on first day of California coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

With masks at the ready, ICE agents make arrests on first day of California coronavirus lockdown

LA Times  

In the darkness of the early hours Monday, about a dozen immigration agents gathered outside a Starbucks in Bell Gardens. But that morning, they greeted one another with elbows instead of handshakes; the Starbucks where they rendezvoused was only grab and go; and they passed freeway signs that read: “Wash your hands stay healthy avoid COVID-19.” The ICE agents were …

ICE Releases 300 People Detained in Major Mississippi Immigration Raid
55 years ago

ICE Releases 300 People Detained in Major Mississippi Immigration Raid

Slate  

A spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that it had released nearly half of the 680 people detained in Wednesday’s massive raid of seven food processing plants in Mississippi. ICE said that 300 people captured in what it called the largest ever raid in a single state had been released that same day, according to a press release issued …

ICE Arrests 680 in Mississippi in Largest Workplace Raid in Years
55 years ago

ICE Arrests 680 in Mississippi in Largest Workplace Raid in Years

Slate  

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday arrested 680 workers at seven food processing plants in Mississippi, marking what may be the largest workplace raid in more than a decade, according to the Associated Press. USA Today described scenes in which long lines of immigrant workers were led onto buses, as crowds of family members protested nearby or waved tearful …

Trump administration pushes to speed up migrant family cases
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump administration pushes to speed up migrant family cases

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Rosita Lopez said armed gang members demanded money from her and her partner at their small grocery store on the Guatemalan coast and threatened to kill them when they couldn’t pay. “The families that are all ready to go and desperate, ready with counsel, have survived multiple atrocities can’t seem to get before the judge, and others …

Immigration roundup that targeted 2,100 nets 35 arrests
5 years, 5 months ago

Immigration roundup that targeted 2,100 nets 35 arrests

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An immigration enforcement operation that President Donald Trump said was part of an effort to deport “millions” of people from the United States resulted in 35 arrests, officials said Tuesday. Of those arrested, 18 were members of families and 17 were collateral apprehensions of people in the country illegally who were encountered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

Making an immigration arrest requires hours of surveillance
5 years, 5 months ago

Making an immigration arrest requires hours of surveillance

Associated Press  

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Two immigration officers had been parked outside a home well before dawn when their target — a Mexican man convicted of driving under the influence in 2015 — appeared to emerge as the sun illuminated a gray sky. The arrest last week near San Diego illustrates how President Donald Trump’s pledge to deport millions of immigrants in …

Despite weeks of threats, ICE raids begin with a whimper yet still stoke fears
5 years, 5 months ago

Despite weeks of threats, ICE raids begin with a whimper yet still stoke fears

LA Times  

Protesters march to offices of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Saturday in Chicago. “They’re going to attempt to go to work, because they need the money,” said Rodriguez, 43, a U.S. citizen and a community organizer on Houston’s north side. “This is horrible.” On Saturday, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said his office was “receiving reports of attempted …

ICE has begun raids to round up undocumented immigrants, official says
5 years, 5 months ago

ICE has begun raids to round up undocumented immigrants, official says

CNN  

Washington CNN — Immigration authorities have begun conducting raids, a senior administration official said Sunday, in an operation expected to target about 2,000 undocumented immigrants ordered by courts to be removed from the country. The American Civil Liberties Union of New York said earlier on Twitter that it had received “some reports of ICE at subway stations, but none have …

Activists stage demonstrations across US as Trump’s immigration raids spread fear among families
5 years, 5 months ago

Activists stage demonstrations across US as Trump’s immigration raids spread fear among families

The Independent  

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Crackdown on immigrant families to start Sunday, Trump says
5 years, 5 months ago

Crackdown on immigrant families to start Sunday, Trump says

India Today  

A nationwide wave of arrests of immigrants facing deportation will commence over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday, confirming that the plan, intended to discourage a surge of Central American migrants, was on track after a delay. People are coming into this country illegally, we are taking them out legally, Trump told reporters on Friday, calling it …

Houston Police Chief Torches Donald Trump Over ICE Raids: Chase Crooks, Not Cooks
5 years, 5 months ago

Houston Police Chief Torches Donald Trump Over ICE Raids: Chase Crooks, Not Cooks

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Acevedo told CNN’s Don Lemon that the U.S.-born children of immigrants had approached him at forums saying, “I’m afraid to go to school, I’m afraid to leave the house, I’m afraid to come home and find my parents are gone.” “Those fears are real,” the chief said. Acevedo said pronouncements like “we’re gonna go round up a …

Trump called Oakland mayor a ‘disgrace’ for revealing ICE raids. Then he did the same thing
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump called Oakland mayor a ‘disgrace’ for revealing ICE raids. Then he did the same thing

LA Times  

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement fugitive operations team member outside the Montebello home of a 47-year-old Mexican national in Montebello, Calif., on April 18, 2017. When Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tipped residents off last year that immigration agents would be conducting enforcement operations, President Trump called her actions a “disgrace.” A Republican congressman from Iowa proposed criminal penalties for officials …

Thousands are targeted as US prepares to raid undocumented migrant families
5 years, 5 months ago

Thousands are targeted as US prepares to raid undocumented migrant families

Business Standard  

Thousands are targeted as US prepares to raid undocumented migrant families The operation, backed by President Trump, had been postponed, partly because of resistance among officials at his own immigration agency Premium The officials said ICE agents were targeting at least 2,000 immigrants who have been ordered deported — some as a result of their failure to appear in court …

Trump temporarily delays deportation plan amid fears among migrants in the U.S. illegally
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump temporarily delays deportation plan amid fears among migrants in the U.S. illegally

LA Times  

President Trump’s warning Monday night that he would start deporting “millions” of migrants was suddenly put on hold Saturday, according to a tweet he sent this afternoon. Trump tweeted Monday night that ICE agents “will begin deporting the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States … as fast as they come in.” He …

Trump delays ICE raids but threatens deportations unless Congress revamps asylum
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump delays ICE raids but threatens deportations unless Congress revamps asylum

CBS News  

Washington — President Trump on Saturday delayed a wave of roundups of undocumented families which immigration authorities were expected to start carrying out Sunday. Earlier Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, made a last-ditch attempt to convince the president to halt the roundups — which she said would result in "collateral damage" to children, who could be …

Immigration raids in 10 US cities start on Sunday
5 years, 6 months ago

Immigration raids in 10 US cities start on Sunday

CNN  

CNN — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pressing forward to arrest and deport families with court-ordered removals in 10 cities beginning Sunday, according to a senior immigration official, after President Donald Trump’s tweet revealing an operation was imminent. “Certainly, the President’s tweet helped prioritize things for people,” the official said, adding that there had been internal debate about timing amid …

'We Have No Choice': Acting ICE Director Defends Planned Immigration Raids
5 years, 6 months ago

'We Have No Choice': Acting ICE Director Defends Planned Immigration Raids

NPR  

'We Have No Choice': Acting ICE Director Defends Planned Immigration Raids Enlarge this image toggle caption Shuran Huang/NPR Shuran Huang/NPR Updated at 3:45 p.m. Sponsor Message Acting ICE Director Mark Morgan defended ICE raids aimed at migrant families in an interview with NPR on Friday, saying his agency is only enforcing the law. New York Attorney General Letitia James said …

Acting ICE Director Mark Morgan says migrant family deportations are an option
5 years, 7 months ago

Acting ICE Director Mark Morgan says migrant family deportations are an option

CNN  

Washington CNN — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is exploring options to arrest and deport families who have gone through their legal proceedings and have been ordered to depart the US, new acting ICE Director Mark Morgan said on Tuesday. The operation under consideration would target migrants with a “final order of removal,” Morgan said. CNN first reported last month that …

White House Pushed Secret Plan To Arrest Thousands Of Migrant Families: Reports
5 years, 7 months ago

White House Pushed Secret Plan To Arrest Thousands Of Migrant Families: Reports

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Department of Homeland Security officials considered a secret White House plan to arrest thousands of undocumented migrant parents and children in coordinated raids across the U.S., but the idea was tabled due to a lack of resources, reported The Washington Post and The Associated Press. The massive operation was intended to deter people from crossing the border …

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