In four days, 800,000 young people's futures will once again be in limbo. The federal government also faces a shutdown if Congress doesn’t pass a new funding bill by Friday night. President Donald Trump has repeatedly sa ...
Daily Archives: December 5, 2017
US Officials Say Trump Has Cast Wider Net for Deportations
Administration officials say the decline in Border Patrol arrests to the lowest level since 1971 doesn't undercut justification for Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico. ...
Putting Children at Risk When a Parent Is Detained
In the past, ICE used discretion and developed policies — such as the 2013 parental interests directive — to ensure that immigration enforcement did not endanger children and permanently separate children from their pare ...
Arrests along Mexico border drop sharply under Trump, new statistics show
The number people caught trying to sneak over the border from Mexico has fallen to the lowest level in 46 years, according to Homeland Security statistics released Tuesday that offer the first comprehensive look at how i ...
This immigration advocate believes Trump wants to make everybody happy on DACA
Ali Noorani, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, believes the president who rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy wants to do right by the children brought to this country b ...
“No aprobar el Dream Act significaría una sentencia de muerte”, jóvenes LGBT y DACA
Afectaría seriamente sus vidas, y tendría consecuencias para todo el país ...
How the Trump Administration Is Using Local Cops to Widen Its Immigration Dragnet
A controversial program that allows state and local law enforcement to partner with federal immigration officials is rapidly expanding under the Trump administration. According to a recent Reuters story, the number of de ...
Man Detained by ICE After Speaking With News Reporters
Baltazar "Rosas" Aburto Gutierrez spoke with the local Chinook Observer as well as The Seattle Times after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained his girlfriend in June. He was identified by only his nickname ...
‘This is the moment’: Dreamers face make-or-break push on immigration fight with Trump
This month, the dreamers face the biggest test yet of their political clout — a make-or-break moment in their long path to the precipice of becoming fully legalized residents. A loss would mean a devastating return to li ...