Category: Immigration & Customs Enforcement
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The American Prospect reported that DHS attorney’s erroneously informed ICE agents that they could make arrests at immigration courts. This became apparent during a court case where DHS attorney instructions were revealed.
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This article describes a recent decision in Nevada that overturned DHS policy of mandatory detention for all unauthorized immigrants (without bond) despite having been in the country for many years. This is contrary to an appeals decision that upheld the mandatory detention policy.
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The Migration Policy Institute provides this short overview of third country deportations and calculates that about 14,000 deportations to third countries (12,000 of those to Mexico) have occurred during 2025. It describes the four different kinds of agreements that the U.S. has signed with each of the 27 different countries who have agreed to take…
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The Guardian reports that the use of Ankle Monitors as ATD (Alternatives to Detention) have doubled in the past year (from 24,000 to 42,000 people) .
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This article by NBC News reports that ICE has been relying on an erroneously-issued internal ICE memo to make courthouse arrests nationwide. The memo and poicy has been reversed.
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The National Immigration Forum provides this primer on how DHS will arrest and re-vet refugees and arrived during the Biden Administration.
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ProPublica published this article which states that 11.000 American children have been separated from their parents because of ICE arrests.
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This article reports TRAC data that shows 71% of immigrant detainees have no criminal convictions and many of those with criminal convictions are for minor offenses including traffic violations.
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Listen to the 1-hour podcast On With Kara Swisher called “Inside the ICE Detention Boom: Soaring Abuse Claims and Little Oversight” where she interviews Ximena Bustillo, Homeland Security Department and immigration policy correspondent for NPR; Austin Kocher, a political and legal geographer and a research assistant professor at the Syracuse University who tracks immigra-tion enforcement…
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There have been 13 recent deaths of Mexicanswhile in ICE detention custody. There are over 13,700 Mexicans currently being held in US immigration detention. Read more here
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