The federal agency that oversees immigration detention will solicit bids next month for a new 2,200-bed detention center in the Los Angeles area.
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Obama administration preparing for immigration reform … or shuffling the deck?
In another sign that the Obama administration is preparing for — or at least thinking about — sweeping reforms of the nation’s broken immigration system, the agency that polices the nation’s immigration laws has created a new position to work on issues related to possible new legislation.
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Mexican human rights activist released by U.S. immigration
The Mexican human rights activist detained for a week by U.S. immigration officials was released last Wednesday.
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Second immigration official leaves new federal office
A second high-ranking official in a two-month-old federal office that oversees immigration detention policy and planning has left the government, sources say.
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Mexican human rights activist detained by U.S. immigration officials
A Mexican human rights investigator who has said his life has been threatened because of his efforts to document alleged abuses by the Mexican military is being detained by U.S. immigration officials after he tried to enter the country through an El Paso border crossing, his attorney said Friday.
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Drug informant sent to federal immigration lock-up
A drug informant facing deportation who recently won a reprieve was secretly transported to immigration detention center
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Dissenting views on fixing the immigration system
A Council on Foreign Relations report on recommended fixes to the nation’s broken immigration system, released yesterday, didn’t just outline the numerous ways to address the mess. It also offered some dissenting voices, among them ending the practice of giving citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrant parents.
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How to fix the nation’s broken immigration system?
The Council on Foreign Relations drafts a report with possible solutions.
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Immigration Courts Make Do With Limited Resources Despite Mounting Caseloads
Many removal proceedings must go before an immigration judge. This chart shows trends in the number of people that were removed from the U.S. from 2003 to 2008, broken down by ICE Field Office. Click on image to view chart. Produced by Hugo Cabrera While the nation’s understaffed immigration courts strain under a backlog that […]
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Army Extends Immigrant Recruiting
The lanky 19-year-old from South Korea has lived in the Southland since he was 9 years old. He is as comfortable speaking English as his native Korean. And he desperately wants to join the Army. Late last week, the teenager walked into a recruiting office in an Eagle Rock mall wearing a pendant shaped like […]