New York Abandons Role as Sanctuary for Immigrants
Immigrations agents at Rikers regularly deceive people they suspect of not being citizens and rope them into the deportation system by violating their legal and human rights.
Immigrations agents at Rikers regularly deceive people they suspect of not being citizens and rope them into the deportation system by violating their legal and human rights.
Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics
Families are being torn apart by deportation at the treacherous intersection of immigration enforcement and the criminal justice system.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
In earlier cases, the Supreme Court has created the myth that deportation is not a form of criminal punishment but rather a civil remedy aimed at excluding unwanted aliens.
Venkat Srinivasan | Posted 10.02.2009 | New York
While the economy dominates all issues, African immigrants continue to hope that immigration reform does not fade into oblivion either.
Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
Given the financial and other challenges of housing families in detention centers, Obama should consider more 'civil' alternatives available, such as releasing families into the community.
Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
Instead of expending its resources to deport immigrants like Jean Murat Montrevil, ICE should exercise its discretion to grant Deferred Action.
Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York
Dora Schriro, the new commissioner of corrections for New York City, should fight to remove Immigrations and Customs Enforcement from New York City's jails.
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
Muradi, a prominent and vocal member of the UK's Council of Ex-Muslims, renounced Islam as part of his fight against Islamists -- and as part of his effort to combat "the taboo that comes with such a renunciation."
Jacqueline Stevens, Ph.D. | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
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.
Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 09.20.2009 | World
One persistent question regarding individuals who are in detention and subject to deportation is, "What is the nature of their offenses?"
nytimes.com | MATTHEW SALTMARSH and CATHERINE CONTIGUGLIA | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
PARIS - Iraqi refugees who were arrested this week in Denmark, setting off a violent confrontation between their supporters and the police that was ca...
Anis Shivani | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
The Schumer mandate for the undocumented to register within a short period of time, or else be permanently barred from becoming U.S. residents, is a prime example of the law run amok.
The New York Times | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violator...
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
A measure of the society's meritocracy is the extent to which advantage and disadvantage are passed from parents to children.
AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
MIAMI — A hospital that sent a seriously brain injured illegal immigrant back to Guatemala – over the objections of his family and legal g...
Miami Herald | Posted 08.14.2009 | World
As the political crisis in Iran turns toward a slow boil, a North Miami Beach imam is closely watching events unfold there. U.S. authorities could dep...
The New York Times | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
When the 43-year-old man died in a New Jersey immigration jail in 2005, the very fact seemed to fall into a black hole. Although a fellow inmate scraw...
AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
MIAMI — Ronald Soza celebrated his 10th birthday Wednesday with cake and a serenade by more than 100 other children and their parents. His own ...
Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.29.2009 | World
This attempt by a former guard at a death camp to cast himself as the victim is nothing less than a grotesque debasement of the word "torture,"
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics
by Nezua, TMC MediaWire Blogger The dialogue on immigration has, historically, been contentious and cyclical. There are times when hysteria peaks, an...
Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York