Seventeen days ago, Trump, in a rare display of bending to public outrage over his policies, seemed poised to fix the family separation crisis with a stroke of his pen. It didn't turn out that way. ...
Daily Archives: July 9, 2018
Dem governor slams Trump family separations as ‘diabolical scheme’ to look tough
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) on Monday slammed President Trump's “zero tolerance” immigration policy that separated families at the southern border, calling it a “diabolical scheme” that was put in place in an effort t ...
Government says it may need more time to reunite some separated families
A court order gives officials until Tuesday to reunite children under 5 years old with their parents. ...
They Tried to Visit Their Son-in-Law at Fort Drum Before His Army Unit Shipped Out. Now They’re in ICE Detention.
Concepcion and Margarita Silva, both Mexican-born Brooklyn residents, drove up to the Army base at Fort Drum, near the Canadian border, to spend the Fourth of July with their son-in-law before he was deployed to Afghanis ...
Illinois governor profits off ICE detention center contracts
In his most recent statement of economic interests, the multi-millionaire Republican governor disclosed earnings from a private equity fund that owns Correct Care Solutions, a for-profit health care provider that has mil ...
Hunger, Fear, Desperation: What Came of an Ordinary ICE Raid
An immigration officer looking for someone else spotted him and asked an innocuous question: "Cómo estás?" How are you? Then he asked whether Tomas had papers. In a flash, the 33-year-old Guatemalan was in handcuffs, in ...
Journalist Held by ICE Speaks: ‘Without a Doubt’ I Was Targeted for My Work
‘I was doing my work and nothing more, like any other journalist does,’ Manuel Duran told The Daily Beast of his April arrest by local police and then ICE officials. ...
Deporting the American Dream
In fact, none of that is true. We know, because the two of us talked to hundreds of them. ...
AP Explains: Immigration protests before ‘Abolish ICE’
It’s not the first time a federal immigration agency has faced demands to disband and undergo a massive transformation. Throughout U.S. history, critics of federal immigration authorities, especially Latinos, have sought ...
A Judge Just Rejected the Trump Administration’s Request to Keep Some Families Separated
The government will have to reunite children with parents who have been deported. ...