By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is developing a new identification card for migrants to serve as a one-stop shop to access immigration files and, eventually, be accepted by the Tran...
Supreme Court Refuses to Restore Biden’s Immigration Enforcement Priorities for Now
By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact In a blow to the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts to set priorities for immigration enforcement, late last week the Supreme Court of the United States ...
A DC-Based Immigration Advocacy Group Has a Message Alejandro Mayorkas: “Do Your Job”
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, ...
The Biden Administration is on the Wrong Side in This Crucial Supreme Court Immigration Case
President Joe Biden arrives to JFK airport to survey damage by hurricane Ida. – New York, NY – September 7, 2021 (Shuterstock) By Michael Tan, ACLU On January 11, the U.S. Supreme Court he...