Aug 17 ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 5:23 DOJ deploys tactic to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship By Ali Rogin, Kyle Midura, Ali Schmitz Earlier this month, federal prosecutors moved to strip citizenship from 25 naturalized Americans, accusing them of lying about their pasts and hiding serious crimes. It's called denaturalization and the Justice Department now calls it one of its top priorities. Justice… Continue watching
Aug 13 ICE's plan to give officers electric shock gloves draws outrage and fears of misuse By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press ICE plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to outfit officers and agents with “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices,” according to a notice published Monday and revealed first by The Associated Press. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 8:07 A look at Spain's plan to give undocumented migrants legal status By Stephanie Sy, Zeba Warsi, Amalia Huot-Marchand Spain is at the center of the global immigration debate. Left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has enacted a plan aimed at giving legal status to undocumented immigrants. But last month, tens of thousands of migrants tried to illegally cross into… Continue watching
Aug 12 WATCH: AG Blanche announces charges over green card scheme involving 'sham' marriages By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The Department of Justice has charged nearly a dozen people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help hundreds of Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through sham marriages to U.S. citizens, officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 12 AP report: ICE plans to give its officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from individuals. Continue reading
Aug 08 ICE says it expects to equip every field officer with body cameras by the end of August By Associated Press The agency defended its body-worn camera policy amid questions about provisions allowing ICE leadership to withhold or indefinitely delay footage after serious injuries or deaths in custody. Continue reading
Aug 08 What to know about Trump's new attempt to limit birthright citizenship By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press A Supreme Court decision in June struck down a previous attempt at restricting birthright citizenship, but Thursday’s orders were made with “adjustments” keeping the decision in mind, President Donald Trump said. Continue reading
Aug 05 AP report: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents By Jack Brook, Safiyah Riddle, Aaron Kessler, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, an Associated Press investigation found. Continue reading
Aug 05 They lost their work permits and their legal status. Returning to Haiti is still 'unimaginable' By Maria Ramirez Uribe Approximately 350,000 Haitians and Syrians who have remade their lives in the United States are now at a crossroads. Their work permits and legal status have expired, yet their home countries haven’t recovered from the crises that drove them to… Continue reading