Immigration
ICE deporting more immigrants than ever… or are they?
ICE officials have repeatedly said this summer that the agency is on track to meet its stated goal to remove 400,000 immigrants this year.
Inequality
Immigration
Tension over Obama Policies within Immigration and Customs Enforcement
As it poises for further immigration initiatives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is struggling with festering internal divisions between political appointees and career officials over how to enforce laws and handle detainees facing deportation. Read full article here View original memo from ICE
Immigration
Backlog of immigration cases reaches new height under Obama
Average time each case takes also greater than any year since 1998
Immigration
Obama End-Run Amnesty Claim Is ‘Nuts,’ Immigration Official Says
Immigration official responds to criticisms of leaked memo
Immigration
Illegal immigration isn’t the only thing infuriating Arizona residents
Guess what AZ did on another homeland security issue – surveillance
Immigration
U.S. government sued over detention of mentally disabled immigrants
Advocates seek new system to determine mental competence, appoint attorney
Immigration
Record number of immigration cases referred by ICE
Two-month total greater than any such period in the agency’s history
Immigration
ICE Officials Set Quotas to Deport More Illegal Immigrants
A steep drop in deportations has caused U.S. immigration officials to implement controversial new quotas to meet an annual goal. Officials have also backed away from an Obama administration pledge to focus enforcement efforts primarily on illegal immigrants who are dangerous or have violent pasts, CIR and the Washington Post report. >> Read the full
Immigration
Mexican drug informant released from immigration detention
Former drug informant who avoided deportation to Mexico has been released after years in immigration lock-up.
Immigration
Immigrant advocates want ICE chief out following CIR/Washington Post report
Immigrant advocates pushing for reform of the nation’s immigration laws call on the White House to replace top immigration official.
