Immigration Customs Enforcement

Paying Damages to Falsely Arrested Citizens

Peter Schuck | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: False Arrest, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Undocumented Immigrants, Ice, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News
Peter Schuck

A recent report in the New York Times details how many Americans have been arrested and detained simply because immigration authorities mistakenly took them for deportable immigrants.

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Obama's Revised Deportation Laws May Have Arrived Too Late For Some

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Immigration Customs Enforcement, Video, Undocumented Immigrants, Boyle Heights Beat, DREAM Act, Isaac Barrera, Immigration, Undocumented Students, Deportation, Latino Voices News

This article is part of a weekly series published in partnership with the Boyle Heights Beat. It appears every Wednesday. By Jessica Perez When ...

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What Do 396,906 Deportations Mean? 654,895 Children Lose A Parent

Joshua Hoyt | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Secure Communities, Immigration, Barack Obama, Chicago News
Joshua Hoyt

At ICIRR we mourn the destruction of hundreds of thousands of immigrant families due to the cowardice of politicians who refuse to solve the problem of our broken immigration laws.

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Dave Jamieson

Opponents Of Alabama Law Rally Around Deli Owner, Latino Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Latinos, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Video, Alabama, Illegal Immigrants, Delis, Immigration, Hispanics, Alabama Immigration Law, Latino Voices News

Last week HuffPost told the story of Steve Dubrinsky, a Birmingham deli owner who was pilloried by strangers for defending his Latino workforce in an ...

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Dave Jamieson

In Alabama, Defending Even Legal Workers Invites Fury

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Birmingham, Latinos, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Alabama, Video, Illegal Immigrants, Delis, Immigration, Hispanics, Alabama Immigration Law, Politics News

When Alabama's sweeping new immigration law went into effect last month, Birmingham business owner Steve Dubrinsky realized he had a serious problem. ...

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Illinois Rejects Federal Immigration Mandate, Again

Posted 11.10.2011

Read More: Immigration Customs Enforcement, Pat Quinn, Illinois Deportation, Illegal Immigrants, Toni Preckwinkle Immigration, Toni Preckwinkle, Secure Communities, Cook County Board Immigration, Immigration, Ice, Deportation, Tom Dart, Cook County Jail, Chicago News

When it comes to federal immigration compliance, Illinois lawmakers have been bold in their rejection of some Obama administration policies in recent ...

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WATCH: Anti-Deportation Protesters Arrested

Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Video, Pat Quinn, Obama Deportation, Immigration Protests, Obama Immigration, Immigration, Obama, Deportation, Barack Obama, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Secure Communities Program, Governor Quinn, Secure Communities, Deportation Protest, Chicago News

What began as the latest public hearing organized by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security task force to address deportation policy concerns ended in...

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Alabama's Immigration Law: The New Jim Crow

Maureen Costello | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Immigration Customs Enforcement, Public Schools, Jim Crow, Plyler v. Doe, Alabama Immigration Law, Education News
Maureen Costello

H.B. 56, which goes into effect on Sept. 1, justifies the requirement in order to keep track of just how much money the state is spending to educate the children of undocumented immigrants.

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Hundreds Arrested In 'Project Southern Tempest' Drug Bust

Wendell Marsh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Drug Bust, Drug Gangs, Project Southern Tempest, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Ice, Home News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Law enforcement agencies arrested nearly 700 gang members and associates from December through February during an anti-drug ...

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Oh, the Hypocrisy: Congress Is Fine With a 'Government Takeover of the Internet'

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, Verizon, Disney, Comcast, Patrick Leahy, AT&T, Federal Communications Commission, Media News
Art Brodsky

Next week, people will be able to see what it means when the government goes after vital parts of the Internet with a vengeance. The sad part is the U.S. Congress is largely OK with it.

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Obama Administration Touts Its Get-Tough Approach To Illegal Immigration

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Obama Administration Illegal Immigration, Arizona Immigration, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Obama Immigration, Illegal Immigration, Obama Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Arizona, Ice, Arizona Immigration Law, Border Security, Border Security Bill, Politics News

PHOENIX — The federal government has deported more illegal immigrants from the U.S. than ever before, the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs E...

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McInnis Would Open Grand Jury Investigation of Ritter, Morrissey

Colorado Independent | Scot Kersgaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Customs Enforcement, Scott McInnis, Mitch Morrissey, Bob Beauprez, Bill Ritter, Dan Maes, Cory Voorhis, Ice, Denver News

Late last week, a federal judge ruled that Immigration and Customs officials were within their rights to fire former ICE agent Cory Voorhis, and do no...

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A Losing Proposition -- How Immigration Enforcement Hurts Women and Communities

Irasema Garza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Immigrant Women, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Politics News
Irasema Garza

A teenage immigrant girl wants to report a sexual assault by her employer but fears that local law enforcement will detain her, rather than prosecute the perpetrator.

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Deporting American Citizens: ICE's Mexican-izing of Mark Lyttle

Jacqueline Stevens, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jacqueline Stevens, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Mark Lyttle, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Immigration, Deportation, Ice, Mexican Immigrants, Politics News
Jacqueline Stevens, Ph.D.

ICE has been deporting over a million people each year. Most are Mexican citizens residing here without legal status. But thousands of those being detained and even deported are US citizens.

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No More Secret Prisons

Julie Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Immigration, Gitmo, Ice, Michael Mukasey, Undocumented Immigrants, Hiu Lui Ng, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Julie Greene

Across the U.S., tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in detention facilities that violate basic standards of humanity. It is well past time for reform.

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