30 Search results for "immigration customs and enforcement"

The Department of Homeland security utilized a fake university to lure in students who were overstaying their visa deadlines.

According to Gizmodo, federal procurement documents show the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed an “‘undisclosed number of covert surveillance cameras inside streetlights” all over America. At current it is not yet clear how many cameras have been purchased, or exactly where the cameras have been placed, but the procurement […]

According to NPR, hotel chain Motel 6 has agreed to pay $7.6 million following an investigation revealing that multiple locations in its chain shared their guest lists with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. It is not yet known exactly how many people have been arrested and/or deported as a result of the actions of […]

As the Trump administration continues to detain and deport citizens in the name of national security, two Southeast Asian countries are refusing to accept deportees from the U.S. As a result, the U.S. is suspending visa issuance to citizens of Myanmar-formerly known as Burma-and Lao.

On June 28th, nine people were arrested for protesting the separation of migrant children at the Southwest Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters.

In the most shocking political upset this week, 28 year old Latina and self-described democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat the 4th highest ranking Democrat in Congress, Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th congressional district.

The Trump administration’s immigration policies has inspired resistance not just from laypeople making small donations to organizations like RAICES, but also from those with more political power and sway. In a recent press conference, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner encouraged state and local governments to stall or deny permits to operate a detention center slated to […]

by Nathaniel Phillips This essay contains spoilers for Shonda Rhimes’ For The People. A whistleblower is hunted by the US government for stealing highly sensitive information about the deportation of undocumented immigrants—medical records that should’ve been confidential and beyond the purview of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Her lawyer flips the script on the government […]

In a “broken windows” fashion, the Chicago Police Department sustains a gang database of its residents. They say this is in efforts to stay ahead on crime. They also seek to punish those on the list to the fullest extent of the law when the opportunity presents itself. As of last week, CPD and it’s […]

On the fourth of July, Therese Patricia Okoumou, a 44 yearold Black, Congolese immigrant woman who has been fighting for immigrant rights in New York for a decade, climbed the statue of Liberty to protest the abusive actions of Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) and the separation of migrant children at the border.

After the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 children from their parents under the “zero tolerance” policy, the president succumbed to pressure and signed an executive order to stop the separations at the border. Instead, families will be detained together indefinitely.

According to the Huffington Post, Adnan Asif Parveen, a Muslim detainee, was imprisoned at a Border Patrol detention facility even though he holds a work permit to the United States. He was given only pork to eat for a week, a violation of Muslim beliefs.