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Immigration

Migrants Tricked Into DeSantis Flight Scheme Qualify for Residency Visas
The migrants “are now able to legally work in the United States” and are protected from deportation, their lawyer said.

Biden Hints He’ll Soon Issue Order to Restrict Asylum Seekers From Entering US
Critics have noted that such an order would echo the xenophobic policies of Donald Trump and would likely be illegal.

UK Conservatives Are Channeling Trump in a Desperate Bid to Retain Power
Conservatives in the UK are attacking asylum seekers, fearmongering about “Islamists” and rallying against trans rights.

New Electronic Monitoring Tech Piloted Both Inside and Outside of Prisons, Jails
Some devices have the potential to reveal not just the wearer’s location, but also capture personal data.

GOP Is Using Imagery of White Women Victims to Stoke Anti-Immigrant Fear
The death of Laken Riley, who Trump called “an American daughter,” is at the center of right-wing immigration rhetoric.

ICE Under Fire for Solitary Confinement of Immigrants Amid Suicide Attempts
Internal records reveal the man recently found dead at a privately run ICE prison spent nearly four years in solitary.

Indigenous Farmworkers Forge New Fronts for Labor Struggle in Washington State
A farmworkers union is building local and global solidarity as it fights back against big growers in Washington state.

Suicide Attempts and a Death in Solitary Fuel Latest Push to Shut Down ICE Jail
The Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma has seen multiple hunger strikes to protest inhumane conditions over the years.

WA Activists and Researchers Use Live Video Feed to Document Deportation Flights
Privately run deportation flights have generated troubling reports of passenger mistreatment and in-flight emergencies.

Biden’s Use of the Slur “Illegal” Underscores His Rightward Lurch on Immigration
Trump’s border plan is fascist. Why is the Democratic Party ceding rhetorical ground rather than confronting the right?