Voces de la Frontera, a DC-based advocacy group gathered in protest outside Secretary Mayorkas’ home. Photo: Courtesy of VDLF By Carlos Nogueras, AL DIA NEWS In the early morning of July 25, a Washi...
Biden Immigration Enforcement Memo Prioritizes Family Unity, Replaces Trump Guidance
By Ted Hesson, Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. immigration enforcement directive issued on Thursday calls on federal officers to ask immigrants about their parental status during arrests, ...
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, ...
ICE New Guidelines and Immigrants with Mental Health Disorders
By Linda Nwoke The effect of a pandemic such as COVID 19 often goes beyond medical and physiological changes. It leaves individuals and society with consequences beyond physical illness—resulting in...
Biden Released His Budget for 2023 – What Does it Mean for Immigration Issues?
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Every year, the president submits a budget request to Congress with their proposal for funding the federal government. Over the last 20 years, Congress ha...
COVID-19 Rates in ICE Detention are at Record Highs. Advocates are Demanding an Investigation.
New York City – July 12, 2019: People taking part in the “Lights4Liberty” protests against President Trump’s planned ICE raids against immigrants and the detention centers alon...
U.S. Citizen Sues Pierce County for Unlawfully Detaining Him and Violating Constitutional Rights and State Law
Seattle, WA – Carlos Rios, a United States citizen, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington today against Pierce County and Pierce County Jail deputies, ...
ICE May Have Deported as Many as 70 US Citizens In the Last Five Years
By Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) keeps making an inexcusable error: it has been deporting U.S. citizens by mistake. 70 potential U.S. citizens were de...
Firsthand Experiences Inside ICE Facilities During the Pandemic Underscore Why Immigration Detention Should be Abolished
ICE Protest outside Bergen County Jail – Protester holding “Abolish ICE” sign marching at a protest. – Hackensack, New Jersey, USA – November 27th, 2020 (Shutterstock) By...
This is what happens when ICE asks Google for your user information
By Johana Bhuiyan, LA Times You’re scrolling through your Gmail inbox and see an email with a strange subject line: A string of numbers followed by “Notification from Google.” It may seem like a...