Here is a story, published in the New York Times about a young man with a bright future in front of him, married to a US Citizen, with two small children, who was detained as he sought legal status. A year later, he died in custody of untreated cancer.
Learn more about immigrant detention and abuse at http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/
Tags: death, human rights, immigrant detention
Topics: Citizenship, Community Health, Family, Health Care Access
Topics: Citizenship, Community Health, Family, Health Care Access
ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) increasingly relies on local government to identify and report "criminal" illegal immigrants to federal authorities.
The trouble is, of course, in the definition of "criminal." For undocumented immigrants, their very being in the USA is, under current law, "criminal." Therefore the effect of the ICE partnership is that local law enforcement can turn in any illegal immigrants to ICE, even if the infraction that brings them to local authorities' attention is as minor as jaywalking. Read More
"Even after weeks of people discussing the horrific effects of the Postville and Houston raids, ICE has done it again – according to The Providence Journal, ICE agents arrested dozens of maintenance workers in a raid of Rhode Island court houses on Tuesday:
The raid led to a noisy demonstration by at least 100 people outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office at 200 Dyer St. Read More
Audio | 01:45 | Mexican | Portland, OR
A look at the impact of Oregon's largest immigration raid a year later produced by Chris... Read More
Tags: civil rights, human rights, ICE raid, Public News Service
Topics: Civic Life, Events, Immigration, Policy
Topics: Civic Life, Events, Immigration, Policy
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