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Immigration

Rubio Makes Deal With El Salvador to Send Migrants, US Citizens to Prisons There
Critics have denounced the arrangement as “bizarre and unprecedented,” as well as illegal.

Trump Inherited a Booming Anti-Migrant Industry
Climate change is spurring the industry’s rapid growth, which is expected to reach nearly $1 trillion by the 2030s.

After Trump’s Threats, Panama Looks to Expanding Anti-Migrant Collaboration
Collaboration has been underway for a long time, but scholar Miriam Pensack calls this a “troubling” development.

When ICE Comes Calling, Rapid Community Responses Can Make a Difference
Is your community ready to fight deportations? Here’s how people in New York, New Jersey and Arizona are organizing.

Despite Declining Border Crossings, ICE Keeps Moving Migrants Out of San Diego
ICE is transferring immigrants to other parts of the country, disrupting their cases and legal representation.

ICE Official Named Head of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Office, Raising Alarms
This appears to be the first time an ICE official has been hired to lead the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

ICE Is Rapidly Expanding Its Already Vast Surveillance Apparatus
ICE is investing massive sums in facial recognition, data surveillance, e-carceration and other repressive technologies.

Trump Evokes Global Symbol of Torture With Plan to Send Immigrants to Gitmo
Defense attorneys point to a long history of rights abuses at Guantánamo, including mistreatment of Haitian refugees.

Here’s How Faith Leaders Are Standing Between ICE and Their Congregants
As Trump ramps up his deportation agenda and revokes “sensitive location” policy, religious groups are fighting back.

US Citizens Detained by Officials in Milwaukee for Speaking Spanish
The family members were only released after they produced their birth certificates, a news report details.

Quakers Sue Trump Admin Over Policy Allowing ICE Raids on Churches
“Quaker meetings for worship seek to be a sanctuary and a refuge for all,” said one Quaker organization head.

Over 15 Navajo Nation Members Swept Up in Trump Immigration Raids
One Navajo Nation official said that “many fear for the threat of being deported.”

Let’s Defend Sanctuary Policies and Throw a Wrench Into the Deportation Machine
Local officials must not give in to Trump’s bullying and obey in advance, which will only set a dangerous precedent.