Jack Weil, a Virginia-based senior official in the U.S. Justice Department, shocked many in his testimony in a Seattle federal court by repeatedly arguing that young children as young as 3 or 4 can be taught to represent themselves in immigration court. Weil was deposed by the ACLU after the Justice Department recommended …
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In a horrifying report titled “Fatal Neglect: How ICE Ignores Death In Detention” released Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union, Detention Watch Network, and National Immigrant Justice Center, facts seem to show that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency does not meet basic standards to sustain human life at their detainment …
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Arnaldo Echevarria, formerly a federal deportation officer with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was indicted Monday by a grand jury in New Jersey on seven counts of accepting cash bribes and sex from undocumented immigrants. Echevarria, 38, is charged with accepting upwards of $78,000 in bribe money from seven immigrants …
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In a unanimous vote by the school board of the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, immigration agents will be barred from conducting their raids on school campuses. The vote was held after immigrant parents spoke out that they distrusted the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and were afraid to send their …
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As the activity and rhetoric from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to increase, new details are emerging about cases of decorated veterans from immigrant families being deported due to improper status. Serving in the military has always, since America’s founding, been a fast-track for immigrants to gain …
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By the sixth day of 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had confirmed 121 deportation-raids, mostly in Texas, North Carolina and Georgia. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been given orders by the Obama administration to forcibly remove immigrants from their homes and detain them for deportation. Rumors …
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