Archive for the ‘Undocumented Immigrants’ Category
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Lawmakers and immigration groups are calling on the Obama administration to grant special status that would protect Haitian immigrants in the USA from deportation and allow them to work legally. That would be a step beyond what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that Haitian deportations would be ...
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
According to the statement issued by Matt Chandler, Deputy Press Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton have temporarily halted all removal of Haiti in the wake of earthquake there. ICE continues to closely monitoring the situation.
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) practices for determining the age of individuals in its custody, focusing on the use of dental or skeletal radiographs. The report was prepared at the request of the House ...
Posted in Age Determination Practices for Unaccompanied Children in Custody, Compliance, Dental and Skeletal Radiographs, DHS, Enforcement, House Appropriations Committee, ICE, Immigration adn Customs Enforcement, Office of Inspector General, OIG, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Monday, October 5th, 2009
A lawsuit filed by a now-deceased man over inappropriate medical care while he was in the custody of U.S. immigration officials in San Diego is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court. Franciso Castaneda, an immigrant from El Salvador, died in February 2008 after a battle with penile cancer. ...
Posted in an immigrant from El Salvador, Contract Detention Facility in San Diego, Detainee Care Case, Died in February 2008 After a Battle with Penile Cancer, Franciso Castaneda, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Undocumented Immigrants, US Supreme Court | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
A Connecticut city in the country allows municipal IDs to all its residents regardless of immigration status. These municipal identification cards that allowed undocumented persons to access to city services and to open bank accounts. But reports of harassments and racial profiling show that not everyone agrees with the premise ...
Posted in Connecticut City, Immigrant Harassment, Immigration Status, Municipal IDs, Undocumented Aliens, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
The impact of undocumented foreign individuals in U.S. on its economy and work force is a controversial subject, and the debate is complicated. The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) argues that U.S. can no longer pursue a deportation-only policy that ignores economic reality. It asks a question as to what can ...
Posted in 12 Million Unauthorized Immigrants, Immigration Policy Center, Immigration Reform, Legalization, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers are reporting that more people are trying to enter the United States without proper documents. The number of people caught with fraudulent, fake or purchased documents, according to the CBP statistics, has increased 19 percent from about 23,500 in 2006 to more than ...
Posted in Illegal Entry, Impostors, Pain Medications, Surgical Masks, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
In yet another revelation, immigrant advocates say immigration authorities have begun deportation proceedings against an estimated 13,000 inmates held at the Rikers Island penal complex in New York since 2004. Disclosing it to the media, a coalition of advocacy group says they have obtained the data through a Freedom of ...
Posted in Foreign-Born Inmates, Immigrant Advocacy Groups, Immigrant Advocates, Local Jails, New York City's Deparment of Correction, Removal, Rikers Island Penal Complex | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Vigilant Border Patrol agents have arrested 23 Mexican nationals who illegally reached the San Diego coastline by sea. After spotting the vessel, described as a panga boat, the Border Patrol agents with the assistance of Carlsbad police officers quickly apprehended the subjects. The illegal aliens were taken into Border Patrol ...
Posted in Border Patrol Custody, Carlabad Police Offiers, CBP Air and Marine Units, San Diego Coastline, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
The grim violations of human rights in detention system are still far from over. Scores of foreigners locked up on civil immigration violations and awaiting deportation are neither criminals nor accused of any crime, but you’d never know it from the way they are treated. Scattered across a network of ...
Posted in 512-Bed State Prison, Civil Immigration Violations, Detention Mess, Federal Facilities, Humane Detention System, Monitor Violations, Removal, Standard of Detentions | No Comments »
