When ICE or CBP agents show up at someone’s door, they can, and often do, lie and identify themselves as police. That’s a major problem in many immigrant communities. Immigration agents misidentifying themselves as regular police seriously erodes trust in … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/27/because-covid-19-leaves-no-more-time-half-measures-judge-orders-release-children Published on Saturday, June 27, 2020 by Common Dreams Advocates are calling on the agency to also immediately release parents. By Eoin Higgins, staff writer A young migrant girl sits on the floor as her father, recently … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-09-05/immigrant-issues/elders-arrested-at-philly-ice-protest/a67670-1 September 5, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Four members of ElderWitness were arrested by DHS on charges of obstructing the entrance to a federal building. (Roz Dutton/ElderWitness) PHILADELPHIA – … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/20/lawsuit-behalf-55000-migrants-accuses-trump-administration-torture-ice-detention Published on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 by Common Dreams “Tens of thousands have suffered as a result of the federal government’s abject failure to provide basic medical care. More will suffer, and more will die, without court … Continued
Together with #DefundHate coalition partners, you helped defeat ICE’s special funding request for immigrant detention! The Washington Post reported that ICE’s request was for 1 billion dollars, specifically to expand immigrant detention. The spending bill passed through the Senate and … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): With Hurricane Florence on our doorstep, we’ve learned that the administration has diverted $10 million from FEMA ‘response and recovery’ to spend on ICE incarceration. [1] This diversion of precious funding from disaster relief in order … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/12/scandal-hurricane-florence-barreling-toward-us-document-shows-trump-moved-10m-fema Published on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 by Common Dreams “The administration transferred millions of dollars away from FEMA. And for what? To implement their profoundly misguided ‘zero tolerance’ policy.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer President Donald Trump … Continued
From the Detention Watch Network (https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/): ICE is seeking a special increase in funding for immigrant detention. ICE’s budget for immigration detention and enforcement has jumped by almost a billion dollars in the last two years through a combination of … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): Wed Sep 19, 5:00pm Ceiba, 174 Diamond St., Philadelphia PA 19122 Learn about the ITIN number, how the tax reform will affect ITIN holders, and learn your rights if confronted by ICE. … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/08/17/protecting-immigrant-children-abuse/#.W3bWyc5KgdU By Lecia Imbery August 17, 2018 On Aug. 16, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on what federal agencies are doing – or rather, aren’t doing enough of – to protect unaccompanied … Continued