Category: Illegal Immigration

ICE lawsuit

An arrest is made during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforcement operation in Los Angeles on Feb. 7. Tens of thousands of immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were forced to work for $1 day, or for nothing at all – a violation of federal anti-slavery laws – a lawsuit claims. The lawsuit, filed in 2014 against one of the largest private prison companies in the country, reached class-action status this week after a federal judge’s ruling.

Immigration courts: record number of cases, many problems

In this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo, an unidentified Guatemalan woman stands inside a dormitory in the Artesia Family Residential Center, a federal detention facility for undocumented immigrant mothers and children in Artesia, N.M. The nation’s immigration courts are already overwhelmed, facing a backlog of more than half a million cases.

Immigration courts: record number of cases, many problems

In this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo, an unidentified Guatemalan woman stands inside a dormitory in the Artesia Family Residential Center, a federal detention facility for undocumented immigrant mothers and children in Artesia, N.M. The nation’s immigration courts are already overwhelmed, facing a backlog of more than half a million cases.

A notoriously abusive detention center nicknamed ‘Ritmo’ may…

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is considering reactivating the vacant Willacy County Correctional Facility in Raymondville, Texas, according to Texas Monthly , prompting concerns about the center’s history of abuse, neglect, and other illegal activity. The news comes as ICE rapidly moves to expand its detention capacity along the Mexican border, under instruction from Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly.

Trump admin lays out new approach to illegal immigration

In this photo taken Feb. 7, 2017, released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an arrest is made during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. The Trump administration is wholesale rewriting the U.S. immigration enforcement priorities, broadly expanding the number of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who are priorities for deportation, according to a pair of enforcement memos released Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017.

Secretary Tillerson to Visit Mexico as Homeland Unveils Deportation Plan

Immigration law enforcement agencies have reportedly been directed to quickly identify, capture, and deport every undocumented immigrant they come across. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly will both visit Mexico this week to discuss securing the border, among other topics, likely to include the strained relations between the U.S. and Mexico.

ICE raids have day laborers on edge across Southern California

In between offering their services to motorists, Sadot Garnica and another man marveled at how few day laborers like themselves were soliciting work at a Home Depot parking lot in Van Nuys one recent morning. Garnica, a U.S. citizen who lives out of an old van, and Saul, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, agreed that some workers were probably staying away from the site after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 161 people in a Southern California operation earlier this month, sparking fear among many who do not have legal status.

Dollar perks up from 7-week low, U.S. GDP in focus

The dollar edged up on Friday, rebounding from a seven-week low on optimism over the U.S. economic outlook and corporate earnings, although U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies raised uncertainties for global trade. The dollar index , which measures the greenback against six major peers, last stood at 100.47.