By Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY Gemma Potter hit her breaking point in early February. After six months of being told she couldn’t come to America, the Australian basketball player, a key member of ...
Healey, feds sue over alleged immigration bond scam
By Sarah Betancourt, Commonwealth Magazine Attorney General Maura Healey and two other state AGs joined the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in its first major watchdog action under the Bi...
Not Enough Water, Toilets Full Of Human Excrement, No Showers: ICE Detainees In Texas Described The Storm’s Misery
By Adolfo Flores and Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed As millions across Texas endured freezing temperatures without running water or electricity this week, immigrants detained by ICE said they have endured th...
Clarke and Homeland Security Chairman Thompson Call Acting Director of ICE to Address Concerns of Targeted Haitian Deportations
US Congresswoman Yvette Diane Clarke speaks during 33rd Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House – New York, NY – January 21, 2019 (Shutterstock) Washington, D.C...
What You Need to Know About Biden’s Deportation Moratorium
Border Patrol observes a bittersweet reunion through the US-Mexico fence between DACA recipients and parents who’ve been deported. – Nogales, Ariz. / US – June 11, 2013 (Shutterstock...
Mayorkas to Balance Calls to Abolish ICE With Securing Borders
By Shaun Courtney, Bloomberg Government President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Homeland Security Department faces a delicate balancing act between immigration advocates calling for an overhaul...
Bergen lawmaker’s bill would bar new immigrant detention contracts with ICE
ICE Protest outside Bergen County Jail – “Free Them All” Banner on the fence outside Bergen County Jail. – Hackensack, New Jersey, USA – November 27th, 2020 (Shutterstock...
A New ICE Policy As Trump Is About To Leave Office Could Make It Harder For Immigrant Children To Get Asylum
A young Central American boy migrant who, with his family, is seeking asylum from poverty and gang violence, waits to board a bus to his Immigration hearing sponsor. – McAllen, Tx/U.S. – A...
ICE Hunger Strikes Spread To Another New Jersey Jail
ICE Protest outside Bergen County Jail: ICE Protest sign saying “Sterilize ICE Not Human Rights”. – Hackensack, New Jersey,USA – November 29th, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Matt Katz...
USCIS and ICE Must Give People Access to Their Immigration Files After Losing Lawsuit
By Emily Creighton, Immigration Impact People who need access to their government immigration records scored a huge victory in the Nightingale et al. v. USCIS case on December 17. A judge ruled that...