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Posted Sep 30, 2019, 9:56 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Trump administration faced a trio of losses in federal courts Friday, as judges blocked plans to fast-track deportations, undo a long-standing agreement on the detention of migrant children, and barred the agency from relying on a flawed database to detain people held by local law enforcement.... Read more»
Posted Jan 21, 2016, 10:31 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Immigrant advocates accused the federal government of withholding documents after 10 agencies released only a few papers relating to a new deportation policy known as the Priority Enforcement Program.... Read more»
Posted Sep 9, 2015, 4:06 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Despite announced shifts in deportation priorities by the White House late last year, new data shows that in April fewer than one-third of the detainer requests sent to local police agencies by ICE were for immigrants convicted of a crime. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 19, 2014, 3:44 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Apprehensions by U.S. Border Patrol agents nationwide are up 15 percent compared to last year, mainly due to the influx of unaccompanied children and family units in south Texas this summer. However, the number of undocumented immigrants deported by Homeland Security dropped 5 percent. ... Read more»
Posted Nov 3, 2014, 11:02 am
Tim Henderson
/Stateline
More jurisdictions — including almost 300 cities and counties plus the states of California, Colorado and Connecticut — are refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities when they are asked to detain noncitizen prisoners for possible deportation.... Read more»
Posted Feb 3, 2014, 11:25 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Travis County, Texas, sheriff’s deputies on Monday saw firsthand what immigration-reform activists hope will be a series of civil disobedience protests across that state. As part of a publicity campaign, a group of six activists blocked the exit gate at the Travis County Jail; they were arrested and will likely be charged with criminal trespass. The protesters hope the actions will prompt county officials to reconsider a controversial finger-printing initiative opponents say deports non-violent undocumented immigrants.
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Posted Jul 25, 2013, 8:30 am
Emilie Eaton
/Cronkite News
Katherine Figueroa was 9 and watching television reports of a workplace raid in Phoenix when she saw video of her parents being hauled away by sheriff’s deputies. They were eventually released, but the episode was jarring enough that Katherine, now 13, and her parents traveled to Washington to lobby lawmakers and rally with others Wednesday outside the White House against further deportations.... Read more»
Posted Jun 26, 2012, 8:26 am
Angela Maria Kelley
/Center for American Progress
Though making an effort to limit the opportunities for racial profiling, the Supreme Court still upheld one of S.B. 1070’s central and most offensive provisions, the requirement that law enforcement officers demand proof of legal status from anyone they suspect is undocumented.... Read more»
Posted May 7, 2012, 8:36 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
A controversial immigration-enforcement policy is at the forefront of the sheriff’s race in Travis County, Texas.... Read more»
Posted Apr 28, 2012, 3:10 pm
Priyanka Boghani
/Global Post
Immigration officials announced Friday that illegal immigrants who are arrested on minor traffic violations and have no criminal history will no longer automatically face detention.... Read more»
Posted Apr 4, 2012, 10:35 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Austin, the City of Laredo and Dallas County are expressing dismay over Arizona's SB 1070 in an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, which will begin hearing the case April 25.... Read more»
Posted Mar 26, 2012, 10:19 am
Angela S. Garcia & David Keyes/Center for American Progress
What happens to undocumented immigrants after the passage of anti-immigrant state laws such as Arizona's SB 1070? Many studies have focused on the economic ramifications of such legislation, but little has been done on the effects these laws have on everyday life.... Read more»
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Posted Feb 15, 2012, 4:10 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
The Texas Border Coalition is claiming that President Obama's budget proposal excludes funding to improve port infrastructure and increase staffing. Meanwhile, rights groups are balking at the proposed expansion of an immigration-enforcement policy they say is discriminatory.... Read more»
Posted Jan 20, 2012, 8:14 am
Victoria Pelham
/Cronkite News Service
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended the government’s decision to funnel most of a federal border-security grant program to the southern border, telling a national sheriffs group Thursday that the government is “very serious” about stopping illegal traffic.... Read more»
Posted Jan 2, 2012, 12:30 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Despite Latinos' mounting disapproval of President Obama for his administration’s immigration policies, a majority of the demographic would still prefer to see him in the White House over his Republican challengers, according to a new study.... Read more»
Posted Dec 22, 2011, 12:52 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
When the government issued a report condemning Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "discriminatory" policing policies, some immigrant rights groups lauded it. Others are worried it was nothing more than a conveniently timed political ploy.... Read more»