Meta removes ICE-tracking Facebook page in Chicago at the request of the Justice Department
Meta said in a statement that the group “was removed for violating our policies against coordinated harm.”
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ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment
The AP identified multiple examples of ICE using the black-and-yellow full-body restraint device, the WRAP, in deportations.
Judge issues blow to Rokita’s labor trafficking inquiry
A Vanderburgh County judge has denied Attorney General Todd Rokita’s petition to enforce civil investigative demands against The Haitian Center of Evansville and Berry Global.
Feeling hopeless in custody, many drop claims to remain in the US, leave voluntarily
Ramón Rodriguez Vazquez’s case is an exemplar of the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to deport millions of migrants on an accelerated timetable, casting aside years of procedure and legal process in favor of expedient results.
Federal judges in 2 states consider challenges to the government’s treatment of Abrego Garcia
Federal judges in two states on Friday will consider challenges to the government’s treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador galvanized opposition to President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration policy and mass deportation agenda.
Federal court to weigh Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago area
President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Illinois faces legal scrutiny Thursday at a pivotal court hearing, a day after a small number of troops began protecting federal property in the Chicago area.
A judge halted a Florida immigration law months ago. Some officers are still enforcing it
Two men last weekend were wrongly charged under a far-reaching Florida immigration law that’s currently suspended by a judicial order, according to a Monday report from the state attorney general’s office.
ACLU says ICE is unlawfully punishing immigrants at a notorious Louisiana detention center
The immigration detainees sent to a notorious Louisiana prison last month are being punished for crimes for which they have already served time, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday in a lawsuit challenging the government’s decision to hold what it calls the “worst of the worst” there.
Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas
In what appears to be the first major challenge to the new $100,000 fee required for H-1B visa applications, a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university professors and others filed a federal lawsuit to stop the plan.
ICE ad blitz aims to lure local law enforcement officers to join Trump mass deportation efforts
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on television advertising in select metro areas around the country.
Apple takes down app that allows people to track and anonymously report sightings of ICE agents
Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, apparently after being pressured by U.S. authorities.
Companies might find ways to avoid Trump’s new $100,000 visa
The Trump administration’s plan to implement a $100,000 fee for those chosen for a high-skilled worker visa is stirring uncertainty among employers and could spur them to seek other paths to acquire highly skilled workers abroad.
Federal government could resume taking DACA applications for permits to live and work in U.S.
Lawyers for the federal government and immigrant advocates have presented plans before a federal judge that would open the door again to accepting applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program known as DACA.
Federal judge says immigrants in Washington state have right to bond hearings
U.S. District Judge Tiffany Cartwright’s order said certain immigrants “are not subject to mandatory detention” and holding them without the possibility of a bond hearing violates the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Judge rules feds can’t require states to cooperate on immigration to get disaster money
A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general in May filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars of disaster-relief funds.
Domestic abuser found guilty of fourth illegal entry into the United States
A man convicted of domestic abuse who has been removed from the United States on four separate occasions was found guilty by a federal jury Sept. 10 of illegal reentry of a removed alien.
White House says $100K H-1B visa fee won’t apply to existing holders
President Donald Trump’s latest plan to overhaul the American immigration system has left some immigrant workers confused, forcing the White House on Saturday to scramble to clarify that a new $100,000 fee on visas for skilled tech workers only applies to new applicants and not to current visa holders.
Ukrainian refugees in US face precarious future after losing legal right to work
Along with freezing the Biden-era parole programs for Ukrainian refugees, the Trump administration completely withdrew parole protections for more than 530,000 immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, and over 9,000 from Afghanistan.
Judge blocks Trump administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children
The decision by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly comes after the Republican administration’s Labor Day weekend attempt to remove Guatemalan migrant children who were living in government shelters and foster care.
DOC to request $15.8M for planned immigration detention site
The funding request, which is summarized in the agenda for Wednesday’s State Budget Committee meeting, says the agency needs the funding to prepare the correctional facility for ICE detainees.