Category: Executive & Enforcement
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DACA (Deferred Access for Childhood Arrivals) protects 500,000+ people from over 100 countries of origin. There is some confusion about whether people with this status can be deported or not. Read on NPR Here: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5482923/dhs-daca-recipients-self-deport
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Trump Administration Orders Massive Expansion of GPS Ankle Monitors for Immigrants by Austin Kocher Ankle monitors could double taxpayer costs to $500,000 per day despite nearly 100% compliance for people in ICE’s alternatives to detention program. Read on Substack https://substack.com/embedjs/embed.js
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Based on a law that was passed by Congress in 2005 and revised procedurally in 2020, the federal government (CBP and ICE) is now collecting DNA samples from non-citizen and, as of April 2025, over 2.6 million samples have been collected. From each sample, the FBI creates a profile and enters it into CODIS – a…
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The federal government is raising immigration-related fees over the course of the next few months. These new fees are summarized in this National Immigrant Justice Center explainer and include fees for changes of status applications, work permit applications, court fees, annual fees. There is a handy chart at the bottom of the explainer which summarizes…
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Farmville Herald June 10, 2025 The Farmville Detention Center has new ownership. That filing came Tuesday night, announcing that CoreCivic, based out of Brentwood, Tennessee, had acquired the Farmville facility for a total price of $67 million. The deal is expected to close as of July 1, with 100% of the membership interest transferring to…
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Richmond.com Riverside Regional Jail is now a contractor for federal immigration enforcement, which is paying the facility to provide detention services, according to a contract between the two obtained by The Times-Dispatch. The facility signed off on the agreement on May 8. The document itself is heavily redacted. “The purpose of this task order is…
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Link | Revealed: Guardian analysis provides a detailed picture of surging arrests and a detention system that’s stretched beyond capacity
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This article reports that Fort Bliss (outside of El Paso, Texas) will be expanded to hold 5000 detainees.
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This survey of US sheriffs, conducted by the Marshall Project in 2022, provides a good overview of the roles sheriffs play, their backgrounds, and their thoughts about immigration. Link
Immigration Insight 