LA Councilman Gil Cedillo Wants To Stop City Hotels From Holding Immigrant FamiliesLos Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo said he plans to introduce a motion that would ban L.A. hotels from holding immigrant families for private security companies.
ACLU Alleges ICE Has Stockpile Of COVID-19 Tests, But Refuses To Test Detainees With SymptomsThe ACLU is asking the court to order ICE officials to test any Adelanto detainees who report symptoms of COVID-19 and halt transfers of people into the facility other than for reasons specified by CDC guidance.
Union Pacific Railroad Police Will No Longer Work With ICEUnder its new policy, UP police will not use a person’s “suspected immigration status” as a factor as to whether to detain them.
Feds Drop Rule Requiring International Students To Leave US If Schools Remain Online OnlyThe decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said federal immigration authorities agreed to pull the July 6 directive and “return to the status quo.”
International Students May Need To Leave The US If Their University Is Fully Remote In The FallInternational students may have to leave the U.S. if their universities switch to online-only courses during the coronavirus pandemic, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Monday, or they could risk deportation.
Judge Orders ICE To Release Migrant Children Held With Their Families, Citing CoronavirusU.S. Judge Dolly Gee of the federal district court in Los Angeles gave ICE a July 17 deadline to release all minors who have been in the agency's custody for more than 20 days.
ICE Scales Back Enforcement Amid Coronavirus PandemicThe agency urged individuals not to avoid seeking medical care out of fear of civil immigration enforcement.
OC Sheriff Blames Sanctuary State Law For Increase In Repeat Crimes By Undocumented ImmigrantsSince California became a sanctuary state in 2017, the number of inmates with immigration detainers being arrested again after being released from jail has jumped, according to a new report from Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes.
ICE Rounds Up Hundreds Of Undocumented Workers In Mississippi, Leaving Children Without ParentsU.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday rounded up hundreds of undocumented workers in food processing plants during a sprawling operation in Mississippi that officials touted as the largest immigration enforcement sweep in a single state in U.S. history.
ICE Sweeps Pushed By Trump To Target Undocumented Families Yield Few ArrestsThere were more than 2,000 migrant families targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but only 35 have been arrested — including 18 who had final deportation orders — and 17 others who were swept up in the raids, but were not targeted.
ICE Gets Expanded Power To Swiftly Deport More Undocumented ImmigrantsThe Trump administration is moving to significantly expand the number of undocumented immigrants who can be deported swiftly without a hearing in immigration court.
Video Captures Intense Moments 2 ICE Agents Take Echo Park Mom Into CustodyThe woman taken into custody told neighbors that she came to the US from Guatemala when she was 3 years old.
'We Almost Feel Like We're Caged Up:' Families Paralyzed As Threat Of ICE Raids LoomsThe threat of raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has many immigrants in Southern California living in fear.
More Churches Say They Will Be Sanctuaries For Anyone Fearing Deportation"The least we can do for these people," says Fr. Tom Carey, "is offer hospitality."