San Diego-based US District Court Judge Dana Sabraw addressed the issue at the top of a status hearing in a continuing family separations case filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. ...
Daily Archives: July 16, 2018
‘I’m here. I’m here.’ Father reunited with son amid tears, relief and fear of what’s next
Hermelindo Che Coc learned his son was coming home and immediately began to prepare for his arrival. ...
Immigration, hunger and freedom: Media is missing the larger historical context
On the immigration issue, many news outlets have been doing a great job covering the rallies and marches, the “baby jails” and rulings and (few) family reunifications. ...
ICE Detainee Dies in For-Profit Georgia Immigrant Detention Center
Immigration detention isn’t just costly—it’s deadly. Efrain De La Rosa, a 40-year-old Mexican national, was found unresponsive in his cell at Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center on July 10 and was pronounced dead soon aft ...
HHS submits updated plan for reuniting migrant children with parents
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw scolded the Health and Human Services Department Friday, saying it was using safety concerns as "cover" to avoid meeting his July 26 deadline to reunite with their parents all 2551 childre ...
‘Credible Fear’ for US Asylum Harder to Prove Under Trump
"The U.S. has always been characterized as a humanitarian country," Aragon said through tears at Port Isabel, a remote immigration detention center tucked among livestock and grapefruit groves near Los Fresnos, a town ab ...
Judge to Hear How U.S. Plans to Reunite Immigrant Families
Lawyers for the U.S. government will return to a San Diego courtroom on Monday to update a judge about Trump administration plans for meeting a July 26 deadline to reunite as many as 2,500 immigrant children with their p ...
California Today: Stepping Up to Help ‘Vulnerable’ L.G.B.T. Migrants
But the migrants, who can encounter additional abuse and exploitation in Mexico and in U.S. immigration detention, often arrive with no resources and nowhere to stay. ...
AP Explains: Immigrants in US military throughout history
A few said the Army informed them they had been labeled as security risks because they have relatives abroad or because the Defense Department had not completed background checks on them. ...
Border measures part of Trump’s bigger immigration crackdown
In reality, the government is working to harden the system on multiple fronts to curb immigration, carving a path around various court rulings to do so. The administration is seeking to lock up families indefinitely, exp ...
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