LatinaLista — A new analysis of who U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been ‘detaining’ and processing for deportation from 2008 to early 2012 is both a relief and cause for concern. According to a report issued by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) on immigration enforcement, 77 percent of the ‘immigration holds’ placed [...]
White House loud and clear on immigration reform but ignores Latino community’s outcry over abusive actions by ICE and Border Patrol
LatinaLista — Even though two different immigration reform plans have been laid out, there is still criticism that existing White House directives to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to not apprehend and place in deportation proceedings non-threatening undocumented immigrants is routinely being ignored by ICE agents out in the field. News reports of mass [...]
ICE prepares to deport 14-year-old student ignoring memo to exercise prosecutorial discretion
LatinaLista — This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offered to temporarily suspend the deportation cases of an estimated 16,500 people. That’s more than 70 percent of the immigration cases pending as of mid-April. Though it sounds like a step in the right direction to address the senseless separation of families, in those cases where [...]
Special Report: Amid Oil Spill Crisis, U.S. Authorities Search for Undocumented Immigrant Cleanup Workers
LatinaLista — At a time when the worst environmental crisis has hit the United States, it seems federal authorities were going to ensure that undocumented immigrants were not going to profit from it in any way, such as, risking their own health to help clean up the mess. In the following special report, which was [...]
Hill testimony reveals ICE supervisors may prove biggest obstacle in reforming detention practices
LatinaLista — Today, Rep. Loretta Sanchez convened a hearing as Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism regarding the topic “Moving Toward More Effective Immigration Detention Management.” Immediately after her opening remarks, the Ranking Member from Indiana, Rep. Mark Souder blasted the intent behind the hearing and continually strove to define the [...]
Department of Homeland Security should revoke the 287(g) program until there is immigration reform
LatinaLista — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is not a happy camper these days. It seems the federal government has had enough of the complaints lobbed against Arpaio’s use of the government’s 287(g) program, which authorizes local law enforcement to enforce immigration policy. With his infamous “immigration sweep” operations, Arpaio has been accused of abusing [...]