The memo was expected to explain why a program known as Secure Communities was optional for states and municipalities through at least the beginning of 2010, but became mandatory by the end of that year. The program enables the fingerprints of detainees arrested locally to be shared with federal authorities....
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Immigrant Groups Can Access ‘Critical’ Memo
MANHATTAN (CN) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must turn over an internal memo that could reveal the agency's legal justification for mandating the so-called Secure Communities deportation program, a federal judge ruled.
In April 2010, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and others sued five federal agencies -...
26 Oct, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Immigration officials lane down suspects in US
LOS ANGELES -- When Carlos de Graca Lopes took over as director of Sao Martinho Prison in Cape Verde in 2001, he arrived with a warning for inmates: He had one hand made...
26 Oct, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Calif. immigration courts permitting some-more to stay in U.S.
Mike Blake/ReutersA U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer and his dog patrol vehicles waiting to enter the U.S. at the border crossing in San Ysidro.
Federal courts in California have been more likely to allow immigrants to remain in the United States in recent...
26 Oct, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
NY decider orders recover of pivotal request on immigration coercion module by …
26 Oct, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Give us your tired, your . . . oh, never mind
This is what immigration used to be: the Statue of Liberty, your grandparents’ journey across the ocean and the institution that made our country great. This is how it can seem today: out of control, breaking the law and stealing American jobs. Those are not necessarily two sides...25 Oct, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
COLUMN: How immigrants figure a US
Two centuries ago immigrants flocked to the U.S. There was plenty of work, and getting in the country was as easy as buying a boat ticket. Today, U.S. immigration has more obstacles than a Japanese game show. What happened?
The reason behind restricting immigration flow is primarily economic. Cities,...
25 Oct, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Appeals justice curtails Alabama immigration law, for now
Two of the most controversial aspects of Alabama’s stringent new immigration law were temporarily blocked Friday by the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
Skip to next paragraphFor now, public schools are no longer required to check the immigration status of students enrolling for the first time in the...
25 Oct, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Secure Communities’ Immigration Dragnet Includes US Citizens
A new report has found that the administration’s key immigration program is leading to wrongful arrests of US citizens, racial profiling and deportations without hearings.
The majority of people arrested in the Secure Communities program are being jailed without bond, without...
25 Oct, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
D.C. prohibits agencies from seeking immigration status
D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)Follow @washtimes
D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray signed an order Wednesday that prohibits public-safety officers from asking people about their immigration status.
The executive order directs officers...
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US Legislative Immigration Update Oct 24, 2011
Right Side News Reports from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) in this October 24, 2011 Legislative Weekly. FAIR tracks pending immigration laws in the United States which can impact homeland security in positive or negative ways and are a valued resource.
