U.S. caught the most migrants in two decades at U.S.-Mexico border in March | Reuters
U.S. authorities caught more than 171,000 migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico in March, according to preliminary data shared with Reuters, the highest monthly total in two decades and the latest sign of the mounting humanitarian challenge confronting President Joe Biden.
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“Abolish ICE” Is a Dangerous Distraction from Real Immigration Reform
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has become a political lightning rod in recent months. Out of the debate surrounding ICE and the Trump administration’s immigration policies come two separate issues that need to be addressed. First, are today’s immigration policies legal and sufficiently humane? There is a broad consensus, among elements of both the Left […]
Abrupt reversal of ICE rule lets international students in Arizona breathe easier - Cronkite News - Arizona PBS
The Trump administration Tuesday dropped a proposal to order international students home if their schools were not offering in-person classes this fall, a move challenged in court by 18 states and colleges across the country, including all three of Arizona's public universities.
Clearview AI landed a new facial recognition contract with ICE
The controversial facial recognition software maker Clearview AI has a new contract with ICE, the most controversial U.S. government agency. Clearview was already known to work with the branch of Homeland Security fiercely criticized for implementing the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies. The new contract makes it clear that relationship is ongoing — and that […]
Federal agents are expelling asylum seekers as young as 8 months from the border, citing COVID-19 risks
Thousands of migrant children have been expelled by the Trump administration since March. Some have been held in hotels without access to lawyers or family. Advocates say many are now “virtually impossible” to find.
#EstasEnCasa campaign connects LGBTQ asylum-seekers with U.S. sponsors
The Santa Fe Dreamers Project is trying to find stable housing for trans asylum-seekers like Susana Coreas, who have been stuck in Mexico for over a year.
Acting Homeland Security chief defends new limits on DACA | CNN Politics
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told lawmakers Thursday he stands by the Trump administration decision to limit the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program following the Supreme Court's decision in June.
Arizona Supreme Court Denies DACA Students In-State Tuition
The ruling means immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will have to pay up to three times what they've been paying to enroll in classes starting in summer.
DACA recipients challenge latest Trump administration attempt to gut program | CNN Politics
Participants in the Obama-era program shielding undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation are challenging the Trump administration's latest effort to limit the program, the first targeted challenge against the full set of new rules.
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