Category: Dept of Homeland Security
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The new USCIS citizenship test recently initiated by USCIS is longer and more difficult. Recent statistics comparing denial rates during the Biden administration with those during the Trump administration show an increase in denials from 7.9% to 9.9%. In addition to a more difficult citizenship test, there is now more scrutiny of the applicants social…
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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.
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Here you can listen to an hour-long discussion with Austin Kocher (Syracuse University) about the new book, “Immigration Detention, Inc” by Nancy Heimstra (Stonybrook University) and Deirdre Conlon (University of Leeds).
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This article shares details of the border wall contracts that have been signed by Department of Homeland Security.
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The National Immigration Law Center has provided this explainer of the anti-immigrant policies in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill. These changes include:
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This article from the CATO Institute shows the breakdown of the 25,000 government employees (from both federal and state-specific organizations) who have been diverted from their jobs to support ICE.
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This article, Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations, describes lay-offs of key administrators in ICE no longer ensuring legal standards in detention centers.
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A recent report from Harvard University and Physicians for Human Rights states that immigrant detainees who are in solitary confinement for more than 15 days is considered torture. See the U.S. map with numbers in solitary confinement for the past year.
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