Email Blunder Reveals Student Info and University Negligence
Reading Time: 5 minutes American University students who participated in an online job fair received an unpleasant surprise this week.
Trump’s Detention Policies Spread More Coronavirus
Reading Time: 5 minutes Crowded detention centers not only jeopardize the lives of detainees, they threaten all of us.
Forced Court Appearances Jeopardize Migrants and Their Lawyers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite the threat of the coronavirus, detained migrants are still being required to make in-person court appearances, which endanger all involved.
COVID-19: ICE Detention Centers Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many asylum seekers on both sides of the US-Mexican border are living in dangerously crowded conditions with little access to crucial health care.
Kobach Asked ICE to Investigate Nebraska Housing Applicants
Reading Time: 6 minutes Anti-immigrant hardliner Kris Kobach sent a list of Nebraska residents to ICE to see if they were undocumented. He’s calling this story “fake news.”
Not Everyone Buys Story of ICE Divisions
Reading Time: 5 minutes Do ICE agents who penned a letter requesting a separation from the agency want to distance themselves from Trump’s policies, or is this claim a case of media overreach?
Your ICE at Work: Another Nanny Rounded Up and Sent Packing
Reading Time: 2 minutes The US can feel a little more secure today. On July 19, US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) successfully removed Marta Rodriguez from our shores. Marta came to this country more than a decade ago with the criminal aim of earning enough money as a nanny to send $600 a month back to Honduras to Read More
Flunking the Test of Character
Reading Time: 4 minutes Officers of the law across all levels are (ab)using their power to oppress others. They find a justification for their actions in the words and actions of their ultimate boss.
Private Prisons Make a Buck with Inhumane Treatment of Immigrants
Reading Time: 23 minutes What is it like in an ICE prison? A former detainee describes the often inhuman conditions in which prisoners are kept.
The Politics of Marginalizing the ‘Other’
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Trump administration and allied news outlets are rallying disenchanted whites around the idea that Hispanics are to blame for their position in society. Their rhetoric and actions send a clear message: Brown people are not welcome here.