An official plan to separate children from their parents is being considered by the Trump administration in order to stop a surge of Central American families and unaccompanied minors coming across the Mexican border.
Read the StoryThe Trump administration is considering a plan to separate parents from their children when families are caught entering the country illegally, according to officials who have been briefed on the plans in order to discourage border crossings.
Read the StoryICE agents in Philadelphia have found courthouses a convenient place to collar undocumented immigrants, causing legal experts to worry that enforcing immigration laws in Philadelphia’s courtrooms is potentially preventing the criminal justice system from functioning properly.
Read the StoryA report released by the ACLU of Texas shows how Texas state troopers have become “frontline enforcers” of our country’s immigration laws, and have been especially cruel under the Trump Administration.
Read the ReportNPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with the acting director of ICE, Thomas Homan, about immigration enforcement over the last year and this administration’s policy proposals for the future.
Listen to the InterviewIn response to the escalating practice of separating immigrant children from their parents by U.S. immigration officials, the American Immigration Council, in collaboration with the WRC and others, filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) and Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on behalf of these families – most, if not all, who fled to the United States seeking humanitarian relief only to be separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read the ArticleIn light of the expanded immigration enforcement actions under the Trump administration, immigration attorneys are warning that without preventative measures, family separation will lead to more children in foster care and struggles for parents to regain custody from outside the United States.
Read the ArticleA new report indicates that the increase in immigration arrests of people living in the U.S. under the Trump administration is having a devastating impact on long-term immigrants with strong ties to the US.
Read the ArticleThe Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration across the southern U.S. border may drive a new wave of Central American youth to attempt the dangerous journey through Mexico to escape rampant gang violence in their home countries.
Read the ArticleLouisiana sheriffs have not signed onto the 287 (g) agreement, which authorizes specially-trained local law enforcement to identify undocumented immigrants and alert ICE, after booking them into a parish jail.
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