Category: Immigration & Customs Enforcement
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The U.S. government expects to issue over 500,000 H2A (temporary unskilled agricultural) visas this year which is a 119,000 increase over the 420,000 annual average. The administration has lowered the state-specific wage rate for H2A visa-holders and has allowed growers to charge workers for housing (when in the past the government required that the grower…
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ProPublica reports that over 600 juveniles have been put in federal government custody during 2025 that have been apprehended during traffic stops, immigration court hearings, ICE check-ins, or home or business raids. These juveniles are kept in one of 170 Office of Refugee Resettlement (part of Health and Human Services) shelters. The average stay is…
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Here’s a 15-minute video about immigration by Jeff Ballmer, ex-Microsoft executive. It keys off 2022 data – so a bit dated – but conceptually accurate.
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During his keynote address at a recent gala to raise money for Immigration Law and Justice of New York, Austin Kocher (a professor at Syracuse University) cites these 7 key statistics which tell the story of US immigration currently: 325,000 – the number of pending immigration and asylum cases in NYC 15 – the number…
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This article describes a potential loophole in the Nlets database which allows data sharing with ICE. Source: NextGov.com Here’s more information about Nlets (Int’l Justice and Public Safety Network) a nonprofit created for data sharing across local, state, and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies.
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FACT SHEET: Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Is Dangerous – And Americans Know It Trump’s mass deportation agenda is failing America. The administration’s city-by-city, community-by-community crusade is traumatizing children, separating families, and endangering the rights and safety of all Americans. Federal law enforcement agents are being diverted from drug trafficking, cybersecurity, and violent crime investigations to chase down…
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This article, by the Vera Institute of Justice, shares information about the expansion of federal Immigrant Detention in the US – both the number of facilities and the number of immigrants. This includes: 17 facilities hold over 1000 detainees/day During 2025, ICE has detained people in 605 different facilities Local jails are holding ICE detainees…
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Civil Eats is keeping a running list of ICE raids that have affected food – including agriculture, restaurants, food processing, food handling and food trucks.
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This report, The Truth Behind these Walls, outlines the deficiencies (Medical, Food, Guard Behavior, Living Conditions) that are present in the Aurora Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado.
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Here is the federal announcement that, as of October 1, 2025, ICE will reimburse some salary and benefits (and possible bonus payments) for trained local police or sheriffs. Read details here.
