Posts Tagged ‘Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’
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November 20, 2009
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton announces 1,000 new workplace audits to hold employers accountable for their hiring practices
November 19, 2009
New Report Shines Light on Detainee Rights Violations in Minnesota
November 18, 2009
Hundreds of defendants awaiting trial for violent crimes in Dallas County have been deported by federal immigration officials and then set free in their home countries. – The practice goes back to at least 1991 and includes the release of murder, kidnapping and child rape suspects.
November 13, 2009
Postville Raid: Eighteen months have passed since immigration agents raided Agriprocessors Inc. meat plant, arrested nearly 400 workers, and sent the plant spiraling into bankruptcy. – On Thursday, the plant’s former vice president – Sholom Rubashkin – was found guilty of 86 of 91 counts of financial crimes. – Verdict brings closure to many in Postville
Federal authorities have identified more than 111,000 immigrants with criminal records being held in local jails, during the first year of a program that seeks to deport immigrants who have committed serious crimes.
November 10, 2009
One of the largest immigration crackdowns under the Obama administration to date took place in the Twin Cities last month, when 1,200 undocumented janitors were ‘quietly’ fired from their jobs
November 9, 2009
Two women (Latinas) who had applied and been approved under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that gives them permits to be in the country legally report being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, arrests that landed them in jail, in one case for an entire month.
November 5, 2009
Coalition calls for public oversight in new San Bernardino 287(g) agreement
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tex.), the powerful chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, was the subject of a complaint to ethics investigators last year after an aide contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about the kidnapping of a distant relative of Reyes’s wife.
November 4, 2009
ICE gives voice to victims of human trafficking in the United States
October 30, 2009
Detained immigrant’s death leaves far-reaching questions – the case of Dominican Pedro Tavarez in Massachusetts
October 28, 2009
American Rights at Work – Immigration Study Finds Enforcement Has Undermined Workers’ Rights
October 26, 2009
Second Obama Immigration Detention Official Leaves Abruptly
October 9, 2009
Julio Maldonado : Hate Crime Survivor Scheduled for Deportation
October 7, 2009
New measures to improve detention policies of undocumented immigrants doesn’t go far enough
Ideas for Immigrant Detention Include Converting Hotels and Building Models
Detained immigrants could be categorized by risk
ICE Should Terminate Maricopa County 287(g) Agreement – Scaling Back Sheriff Arpaio’s Immigration Enforcement Authority Does Not Go Far Enough, Says ACLU
DHS Plan To Improve Immigration Detention An Encouraging Step – Due Process, Enforceable Detention Standards And Overhaul Of ICE Enforcement Programs Still Needed
October 6, 2009
“Toughest Sheriff in America” Stripped of ICE Agent Status – According to a statement released by MCSO, the new 287(g) agreement has “stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies of their ICE agent status to act as federal immigration authorities.”
October 5, 2009
Joe Arpaio Re-signs 287(g) Jails Agreement, According to Sources; ICE Vague on Specifics
September 29, 2009
Does ICE’s Criminal Alien Program (CAP) Target Serious Criminals?
Immigration officials consider more fee increases – Immigrant rights groups fear that further fee hikes would cut many out of the citizenship application process. The immigration agency, which must be self-supporting, faces a $118-million shortfall.
September 24, 2009
The Obama administration launched a new Web site on Tuesday that officials hope will make citizenship and other immigration services more accessible. – gets 230,000 visits a day
September 22, 2009
ICE refuses to cross-deputize Davis County deputies – Utah politicians angry that the police agency was turned away.
September 17, 2009
End the 287(g) Program in Nashville
A new team of federal agents operating in Iowa this year has arrested immigrants with previous convictions for sex crimes, cocaine possession, kidnapping and carjacking. – But arrests of such criminals have been the exception, not the rule, new statistics obtained by The Des Moines Register show.
September 15, 2009
New Report Holds Immigration Detention System Up to the Light
September 2, 2009
N.C. native wrongly deported to Mexico – Federal investigators ignored evidence the man is a U.S. citizen, documents show.
August 21, 2009
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday the agency is no longer using arrest quotas in a program aimed at tracking down immigrants who have ignored court orders to leave the country.
August 17, 2009
DHS Announces 11 Previously Unreported Deaths In Immigration Detention
July 29, 2009
Immigrant Detainee Rights Are Routinely, Systematically Violated, New Report by National Immigration Law Center Finds “A Broken System” is based on 18,000 pages of previously confidential ICE, ABA, and UNHCR reviews of detention centers
June 16, 2009
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to dramatically expand an immigration enforcement program that uses biometric information to check the immigration status of all individuals booked at state and local jails. Known as Secure Communities, ICE expects to make the program available to each of the nation’s 1,200 state and federal prisons and 3,100 local jails by the end of 2012.
December 19, 2008
Hispanic retired ICE agent is candidate for Assistant Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – a sub-cabinet presidential appointment that requires U.S. Senate confirmation – Miguel Angel Contreras
December 18, 2008
National civil rights group brings international charges against U.S. for violating human rights of Latinos
December 10, 2008
ACLU report blasts violations of basic rights for hundreds of immigrants detained in Massachusetts – First-of-its-kind study details poor jail conditions, denial of medical care and violations of due process against immigrants held for months without being accused of a crime
November 6, 2008
Wasting little time after the election before jumping ship, Julie L. Myers, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will leave the Bush administration on Nov. 15
October 6, 2008
There is controversy at the Tulsa State Fair. The President of an immigration advocacy group says Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents are targeting Hispanic fairgoers.
October 1, 2008
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that its local fugitive operations teams arrested a total of 78 illegal aliens during a week long operation in Pennsylvania and Delaware
September 11, 2008
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials say they are stepping up the number of deportations from Ohio where 3,300 have been sent home this year.
September 5, 2008
Two Hispanic men on their way to Knoxville as part of the deportation process were released Tuesday before they arrived, Unicoi County authorities said Thursday. County Jailer Rita Williams said superiors of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees ordered Gregorio Estala Rodriguez and Primitivo Estala Rodriguez to be let go because the New Orleans office, where the men eventually were headed, had been closed temporarily due to Hurricane Gustav.
August 28, 2008
ACLU Investigating Largest Immigration Raid In The Country – Reports Of Government Discrimination And Secrecy Trigger Scrutiny – Mississippi
August 26, 2008
Howard Industries is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of electronic transformers and transportation equipment. Early Monday morning, the Laurel facility was swarming with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. After hours of interviewing all the employees on site, 350 illegal immigrants were identified. – Mississippi
August 12, 2008
Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement this morning raided a Woodfin manufacturing plant, arresting 57 people on charges related to immigration violations. – North Carolina
August 6, 2008
Hispanic activists are accusing Chicago police of turning over suspected illegal immigrants to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency despite city and county bans on such activity.
Hispanic aldermen are demanding to know why 59 Chicago motorists with Latino surnames have been arrested for traffic violations and other misdemeanors recently only to land in jail because somebody tipped Immigration and Customs Enforcement in violation of the city’s “sanctuary” ordinance.
July 30, 2008
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will launch next week a self-deportation program to cut the country’s huge illegal immigrant population.
July 24, 2008
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday called on Mayor Gavin Newsom to allow the federal agency full access to information about local inmates, saying the city should rescind its policy that prohibits ICE agents from reviewing jail logs and records.
July 17, 2008
Loveland ICE raid nets 18 arrests – Colorado
July 14, 2008
Beaufort County begins crackdown on illegal immigrants – South Carolina
June 26, 2008
Citizens sue after detentions, immigration raids
June 22, 2008
L.A. County jails to expand immigration screening
June 16, 2008
Hispanic advocates denounce Rhode Island immigration arrests – Newport
June 12, 2008
ICE doubles security efforts to ensure violence doesn’t spill over – El Paso / Juárez
June 10, 2008
Sheriff gets go-ahead to deal with illegal immigrants – Beaufort County, South Carolina
June 2, 2008
Bush administration steps up immigration raids – Election year aside, ICE vows to go full force
The government’s immigration enforcers run amok.
May 28, 2008
Geraldo Rivera: Secretary Chertoff, Call Off These Raids – Politics on The Huffington Post
Lawmakers: Did Postville raid stymie labor probe?
May 27, 2008
Paying the Price of the Immigration Crackdown – Are Americans willing to pay for the intensifying crackdown on immigrants?
May 22, 2008
Department of Homeland Security Will Face Questions on Care of Detained Immigrants
May 20, 2008
Homeland Security ignored Iowa officials’ pleas to postpone Postville raid until criminal investigation of plant management completed (Latina Lista)
National Council of La Raza President Calls For Smart, Humane, and Effective Enforcement of Immigration and Labor Laws
Update: Postville illegals ordered to leave – Iowa
May 15, 2008
61 illegal immigrants detained in South L.A., officials say
May 14, 2008
Learning the Language: An Immigration Raid and a Subpoena in Postville, Iowa
May 13, 2008
Search warrants detail reasons for Postville raid – Iowa
Postville immigration raid termed largest in Iowa history – (as many as 300 arrested)
Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at Postville plant – Iowa (largest in the history of state)
May 8, 2008
Berkeley students protest ICE raids – California
May 7, 2008
ICE Arrests 63 Illegal Aliens Employed by California Restaurants
ICE raids on homes panic schools, politicians – Berkeley and Oakland
May 6, 2008
Angelica Salas: ICE raids hurt our diverse society
April 25, 2008
Hundreds riot at LA detention center for illegal immigrants
April 24, 2008
LULAC Supports the STRIVE Act Which is a Realistic and Fair Immigration Reform and a Moratorium on Raids Around the Country
April 21, 2008
ICE Agents Investigate Pilgrim’s Pride in Chattanooga, Tennessee
April 8, 2008
Arkansas State Police to receive federal immigration training
March 31, 2008
Immigration agents arrest 49 during raids of Dallas Latino night clubs
March 28, 2008
304,000 Inmates Eligible for Deportation, Official Says
March 26, 2008
Federal Immigrant Detention Policy Needlessly Tears Apart Families (Latina Lista)
March 24, 2008
3,000 illegal immigrants processed for deportation in Nashville – in the past year
The roundup begins: the targeting of the Hispanic community – Minneapolis
March 6, 2008
A year after raid, immigration cases drag on for many – New Bedford, Massachusetts
February 28, 2008
Immigration officials conduct enforcement action in Worthington, Minnesota
February 27, 2008
225 illegal immigrants arrested as part of 6-state operation
Immigration Agency Accused of Illegal Searches – ICE is violating the constitutional rights of US workers by conducting illegal searches and seizures in workplace raids to find illegal immigrants
February 13, 2008
New York lawmaker wants ICE in jails
February 7, 2008
Council approves ICE plan – Danbury, Connecticut
February 6, 2008
Council to vote on ICE partnership – Danbury, Connecticut
January 29, 2008
ICE to illegal immigrants: ‘We are coming after you’ – Los Angeles (tough headline – tough message)
January 24, 2008
Inside the hunt for illegal immigrants – Grand Rapids, Michigan
January 22, 2008
Did You Know? Under pressure to crack down on illegal immigrants, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is expanding its Colorado Springs office from two agents to 10.
January 17, 2008
Officials deport president of Palomar College MEChA club – Paola Oropeza
January 7, 2008
Immigration raids hit Springfield hard – Tennessee -(up to 1,000 Hispanic residents flee the city)
January 4, 2008
Danbury delays decision on ICE – Connecticut
January 2, 2008
Leader of U.S. immigration agency pledges to punish employers of illegal immigrants – Julie Myers
Since an agent was placed in the Costa Mesa jail last year, the plan and its effects are a constant presence in the news. – California
December 6, 2007
ICE agents send illegal immigrants packing – 924 illegal immigrants from Maryland
December 4, 2007
More than 2,000 illegal immigrants arrested in New Jersey this year
ICE Fugitive Operations Teams arrest more than 30,000 in FY2007
