immigration

ACLU Urges Biden to Shut Down Detention Facilities ‘Used to Abuse and Traumatize Immigrants’
The ACLU is urging the Biden administration to shut down over three dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities in light of decreasing numbers of people detained and human rights concerns. "The Biden administration was elected with a ma ...[Read more]
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‘It’s Not a Border Crisis,’ Says Ocasio-Cortez. ‘It’s an Imperialism Crisis… a Climate Crisis… a Trade Crisis.’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to social media Tuesday night with a detailed reminder of the root causes of Central Americans and other migrants seeking asylum at the United States' southern border. The New York Democrat is known for engaging with con ...[Read more]
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Biden Is Reversing Trump Anti-Immigrant Acts. Will He Repair Harm from Deportations Under Obama?
President Joe Biden has placed immigration at the center of his ambitious agenda, signing several executive orders reversing Trump anti-immigrant policies and promising a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. ...[Read more]
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Thousands of Immigrant Children Said They Were Sexually Abused in U.S. Detention Centers, Report Says
There were 4,556 allegations in four years, including a rise in complaints during the Trump administration’s family separation policy. ...[Read more]
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When Even Legal Residents Face Deportation
In the aftermath of World War II, the British government invited thousands of people from Caribbean countries in the British Commonwealth to immigrate to the United Kingdom and help address the war-torn country’s labor shortages. Now, nearly 70 years la ...[Read more]
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Trump had fewer deportations than Obama’s first year
Despite President Trump's tough-on-immigration rhetoric, there were around 177,000 fewer deportations this year than in 2009, Obama's first year in office. That number is lower than any year during Obama's presidency, according to Immigration and Customs ...[Read more]
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Top Trump Official John Kelly Ordered ICE to Portray Immigrants as Criminals to Justify Raids
Earlier this month, The Intercept published a cache of internal emails exchanged between Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Texas in February, while the first mass raids of the Trump administration were underway. The redacted emails, obtaine ...[Read more]
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Trump Signs New Order Blocking Arrivals From 6 Majority-Muslim Countries
resident Trump has signed a new executive order that temporarily blocks visas from being issued to citizens of six majority-Muslim countries, revoking and replacing a controversial, now-suspended executive order known as the travel ban. Like the initial o ...[Read more]
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Trump Travel Ban Plainly Excludes Countries Tied to 93% of All US Terrorism
Out of the 43 people who carried out terrorist attacks on US soil, only three of them came from the seven countries on Trump’s list — the other 40 terrorists came from countries who were not banned. This handful of attacks on American soil hardly just ...[Read more]
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Suspect in Quebec Mosque Attack Quickly Depicted as a Moroccan Muslim. He’s a White Nationalist.
A MASS SHOOTING at a Quebec City mosque last night left six people dead and eight wounded. The targeted mosque, the Cultural Islamic Center of Quebec, was the same one at which a severed pig’s head was left during Ramadan last June. Canadian Prime Minis ...[Read more]
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“€˜Focus on ISIS, not starting WWIII”€™: Trump blasts Senators McCain & Graham
The latest targets of US President Donald Trump’s ire are fellow Republican Senators John McCain & Lindsey Graham, who Trump says should focus on important issues “instead of always looking to start World War III.” ...[Read more]
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