ICE Numbers on Prosecutorial Discretion Keep Sliding Downward
…March 5 165,471 13,190 7.97% March 6 to April 16 54,083 3,354 6.20% April 17 to May 29 68,807 4,104 5.96% May 30 to July 20 68,372 2,332 3.41% Total…
Read MorePosted by Ben Winograd | Jul 30, 2012 | Enforcement, Uncategorized
…March 5 165,471 13,190 7.97% March 6 to April 16 54,083 3,354 6.20% April 17 to May 29 68,807 4,104 5.96% May 30 to July 20 68,372 2,332 3.41% Total…
Read MorePosted by Katie Shepherd | Jun 1, 2017 | Detention, Family-Based Immigration, Humanitarian Protection
…a vote, was written by a lobbyist for GEO Group, Inc., the nation’s second-largest private prison corporation. Geo Group happens to operate an 830-bed family detention center in Karnes City,…
Read MorePosted by Wendy Feliz | Mar 21, 2011 | Enforcement, Legislation, State and Local
SB 1070 author, state Sen. Russell Pearce, also authored the latest string of anti-immigrant measures which were rejected last week . Photo by Gage Skidmore. Last week, Arizona’s business community…
Read MorePosted by Michele Waslin | May 5, 2011 | Enforcement, Interior Enforcement
…been convicted of serious criminal offenses and are subject to removal” (emphasis added). ICE’s statistics on the Secure Communities program…reveal that the implementation of the Secure Communities program in Illinois…
Read MorePosted by Mary Giovagnoli | Jan 14, 2010 | Enforcement, Family-Based Immigration
…our national capacity” and that “Haiti must be a top priority for [U.S. diplomatic, developmental and military] departments and agencies”—which begs the question, “Doesn’t granting TPS to unauthorized Haitians currently…
Read MorePosted by Michele Waslin | Oct 19, 2011 | Enforcement
…clear. According to DHS, 55% of those removed (approximately 218,000) were “criminal aliens,” but the definition of “criminal” is overly broad. While DHS may tout this numbers as proof that…
Read MorePosted by Seth Hoy | Oct 7, 2009 | Demographics, Enforcement, Reform
…19:18, 33-34)” but, more importantly and accurately, gleans from the same quoted passages that the “issue is love and compassion more than legal rectitude.” For many, the principles of their…
Read MorePosted by Seth Hoy | Mar 28, 2012 | Enforcement, State and Local
…urging state lawmakers to reconsider moving forward with Mississippi’s extreme immigration law, HB 488. The groups call the law an “unfunded mandate” and cite the burdensome costs to taxpayers, the…
Read MorePosted by Seth Hoy | Mar 29, 2010 | Legislation, Reform, Uncategorized
…to say: Sen. Graham: …I will keep workin’ with Chuck on immigration, but here’s the effect: immigration’s tough, you don’t have to ask anybody other than me to tell you…
Read MorePosted by American Immigration Council Staff | Nov 29, 2017 | Federal Courts/Jurisdiction, Waivers and Relief from Deportation
…ICE agents known as “Operation Indonesian Surrender.” The program, which ICE marketed to pastors in Christian churches as a “humanitarian effort,” encouraged Indonesians with final removal orders to “come out…
Read More