New USCIS ‘Special Agents’ Will Be Given the Power to Arrest, Use Deadly Force Against Immigrants

New USCIS ‘Special Agents’ Will Be Given the Power to Arrest, Use Deadly Force Against Immigrants

By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick and Shev Dalal-Dheini | americanimmigrationcouncil.org| Editorial credit: Walter Cicchetti / Shutterstock.com On September 5, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency established by Congress to adjudicate immigration applications, made a startling announcement. For the first time since the agency was created in 2003, the agency will create a new class of […]

Learning in the Shadows: How Immigration Enforcement Harms Students and Schools

Learning in the Shadows: How Immigration Enforcement Harms Students and Schools

By: Micaela McConnell and Steven Hubbard| americanimmigrationcouncil.org As students across the United States are returning to the classroom this fall, the lasting and deeply damaging effects of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda loom over schools. As the administration aggressively pursues its immigration enforcement agenda, it is creating a crisis in the nation’s education system—one […]

Why the Justice Department is Wrong About Sanctuary Cities

Why the Justice Department is Wrong About Sanctuary Cities

By: Juan Avilez | americanimmigrationcouncil.org |Editorial credit: eddie-hernandez.com / Shutterstock.com The Department of Justice (DOJ) published a list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions on August 5 as a follow up to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in April. Listing cities, counties, and states, the DOJ contends that these localities impede federal immigration enforcement through alleged “sanctuary jurisdiction characteristics.” These […]

Trump’s Immigration Actions Are Taking a Toll on Local Economies – Here’s What the Data Says So Far

Trump’s Immigration Actions Are Taking a Toll on Local Economies – Here’s What the Data Says So Far

By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick |americanimmigrationcouncil.org Seven months into President Trump’s term, immigration enforcement operations continue to ramp up, and the broader economic impacts are beginning to come into view. Rather than focus on the “worst of the worst,” the Trump administration has increasingly targeted worksites for immigration raids, picking up delivery drivers, street vendors, farmworkers, meatpackers, […]

Trump’s Attack on Immigrants Is the Tip of the Spear for His Attack on Democracy

Trump’s Attack on Immigrants Is the Tip of the Spear for His Attack on Democracy

By: Dara Lind| americanimmigrationcouncil.org |Editorial credit: Michael Candelori / Shutterstock.com The American Immigration Council’s new special report, Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America, is a guide to the first six months of the second Trump administration, what might be coming, and who is being harmed. This is the first in […]

ICE and Bureau of Prisons Deny Reps. Goldman, Espaillat, and Velázquez Access to MDC Brooklyn Amid Reports of Inhumane Conditions

ICE and Bureau of Prisons Deny Reps. Goldman, Espaillat, and Velázquez Access to MDC Brooklyn Amid Reports of Inhumane Conditions

Photo courtesy: Rep Goldman Office   Prison Notorious for Violence and Understaffing is Being Used by ICE to House Over 100 Detainees, Many of Whom Lack Any Criminal Records  Members Condemn Lack of Transparency, Demand Immediate Termination of ICE Contract    BROOKLYN, NY — Congressmembers Dan Goldman (NY-10), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) […]

Over 67,000 Cases of Power Stick Roll‑On Deodorant Recalled Nationwide

Over 67,000 Cases of Power Stick Roll‑On Deodorant Recalled Nationwide

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a voluntary recall of more than 67,000 cases of Power Stick roll‑on deodorants produced by A.P. Deauville, LLC, initially announced on July 10. Affected Products The recall spans three Power Stick variants sold at Walmart, Dollar Tree, Amazon, and other major retailers: Power Stick for Her Roll-On Antiperspirant […]

A Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration

A Week of Immigration ‘Red Flags’ From the Trump Administration

By: by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Senior Fellow; and Adriel Orozco, Senior Policy Counsel|Immigrationimpact.com As the Trump administration continued to ramp up immigration enforcement measures across the United States last week, new “red flags” emerged; policy measures that dramatically impact the basic rights of immigrants in this country or that erode basic legal protections and good governance. […]

Trump’s Mass Deportation Dragnet Sweeping Up U.S. Citizens

Trump’s Mass Deportation Dragnet Sweeping Up U.S. Citizens

By America’s Voice | Editorial credit: Phil Pasquini / shutterstock.com  Washington, DC –  The Trump administration’s indiscriminate mass deportation measures are rapidly broadening, extending far beyond their original targets to now include U.S. citizens and legal residents. A Georgia-born citizen, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, was detained in Florida despite presenting his birth certificate; a New Mexico teen, Jose Hermosillo, […]

Why Lawmakers Should Vote “No” on House Budget – Cuts for American Families in Order to Scale Up Funding to Private Contractors for Mass Deportations

Why Lawmakers Should Vote “No” on House Budget – Cuts for American Families in Order to Scale Up Funding to Private Contractors for Mass Deportations

By America’s Voice  Washington, DC — A disturbing report in Politico notes a “group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has pitched the Trump White House on a proposal to carry out mass deportations through a network of ‘processing camps’ on military bases, a private fleet of 100 planes, and a ‘small army’ […]

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