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Trump’s Pick to Head CBP Accused of Participating in Alleged Cover-Up of Killing
Anastasio Hernández Rojas died in a hospital in 2010, days after border officials beat him and shocked him with a Taser.
Trump’s First 100 Days Show Immigrant Jails Are Authoritarian Testing Grounds
Trump has a plan to triple ICE’s incarceration capacity, enabling it to detain an additional 84,000 people at any time.
Deportations of US Citizen Children Raise Fears for Mixed-Status Families
“These children were taken without any choice,” the lawyer of a 2-year-old deported citizen said.
ICE Deports 3 US Citizen Children — Including a Cancer Patient
Authorities reportedly expelled the child without medication in a move a judge said was carried out without due process.
Private Prison Companies Are Raking in Profits From Increased Deportations
“This is, to us, an unprecedented opportunity,” the executive chairman of GEO Group said shortly after the election.
ICE Admits They Didn’t Have a Warrant When They Abducted Mahmoud Khalil
“ICE has admitted it detained Mahmoud illegally ... to justify it, they are now flat out lying,” said a legal advocate.
Facing 100 Lawsuits, Trump Admin Walks Back Student Visa Record Terminations
The administration says that it is restoring student visa records while it drafts a new policy to allow terminations.
FBI Arrests Judge Who Blocked ICE From Detaining Immigrant in Her Courtroom
The arrest signals that Trump is “ramping up a campaign of intimidation against the judicial branch,” one critic noted.
The Kafkaesque Case of Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Is a Warning to Us All
In a clear case of racial profiling, immigration police in Florida unlawfully arrested and held a US-born citizen.
Connecticut AG Warns Airline: Deportation Flights Jeopardize Its Tax Breaks
Democratic lawmakers are also working to expand the state’s sanctuary law to penalize companies for working with ICE.