By Caroline Vakil, The Hill A judge in Texas on Friday threw out a policy instituted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last year that directed border officials to exercise discretion in dep...
US Immigration Agency Explores Data Loophole to Obtain Information on Deportation Targets
Hackensack, New Jersey, USA – November 29th, 2020: ICE Protest outside Bergen County Jail: ICE Protest sign saying “Sterilize ICE Not Human Rights” (Shutterstock) By Johana Bhuiyan, ...
Over 250,000 Young People are at Risk of Deportation When They Turn 21
By Katy Murdza, Immigration Impact A lesser-known group of young people who grew up in the United States with immigration status—typically the children of noncitizens who entered the U.S. on tempora...
Groups Call for Transparency Regarding Abuse and Mistreatment of Black Immigrants in Detention
By Tsion Gurmu, Legal Manager and Staff Attorney at the Black Alliance for Just Immigration and Emily Creighton, Legal Director of Transparency The public watched in horror this September as U.S. Bord...
Del Rio Migrant Camp Shows how Biden Administration is not Living up to its Promises
Haitian migrant family crosses the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juárez to surrender to the border patrol in the United States with the intention of requesting asylum. – Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 05-1...
‘Cruel, Unfair and Racist’: Black Immigrants Whose Fathers Are U.S. Citizens Push to Overturn Law That Keeps Them From Obtaining Citizenship
By Liz Vinson, SPL Center Behind the steel gates of a remote immigrant prison in Georgia lies a visitation room where detained people speak to visitors through a plexiglass window. There are messages ...
High Court Ruling Gives Immigrants Facing Deportation Hope
Woman holds a sign that reads ‘Return the Children You Stole” at the demonstration against children in immigrant detention at City Hall in Downtown – Los Angeles, CA / USA – Ju...
US Officials Are Deporting Haitian Immigrants Despite Knowing They May Face Danger
Haitian refugees stand in a line outside the Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, which helps recently arrived migrants with food and job opportunities. – Sao Paulo, SP / Brazil – April 29, ...
Federal judge indefinitely blocks Biden administration’s 100-day moratorium on most deportations
Houston — A federal judge late Tuesday indefinitely banned President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton issu...
Attorney General James Continues Fight to Stop Deportations
NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson endorsed city Public Advocate Letitia James for New York State attorney general on New York State Supreme Court Steps – New York, NY – May 21, 2018 (Shutt...