Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Dec. 13, 2018 / 9:38 AM GMT By Adiel Kaplan For nearly three months, Roeuth An sat behind the walls of his immigration detention cell, dreaming of the day he might return to his family in Washington state. But two weeks ago, the 45-year-old electrician and father of two who came to the U.S. as a Cambodian refugee became convinced that day would never come. An learned he was among roughly 46 Cambodians scheduled to be shipped back to their homeland by Dec. 19. With the clock ticking, An's lawyers scrambled to seek relief for the decades-old crime that qualified him for deportation — a conviction as an accomplice in a 1994 drive-by shooting. The ICE-chartered flight was just days away when An received his ticket to freedom. It came not through an immigration court appeal, but by way of a less traditional venue: the office of Washington … [Read more...] about Cambodians use pardons to beat Trump admin’s deportation orders
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Nearly 70 Ex-Judges Want ICE To End Immigration Arrests At Courthouses
POLITICS 12/12/2018 10:11 am ET “I just can’t imagine that we are closing our courtrooms to people who have a right to be there," one judge said. BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally, saying immigrants should be free to visit halls of justice without fearing they will be detained. Nearly 70 former judges from 23 states — including federal judges and state supreme court justices — said in a letter sent to Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Ronald Vitiello that courthouse arrests are disrupting the criminal justice system. “I just can’t imagine that we are closing our courtrooms to people who have a right to be there. And you really are closing them if you instill fear in people so they cannot come near a courtroom,” said Fernande R.V. Duffly, who was … [Read more...] about Nearly 70 Ex-Judges Want ICE To End Immigration Arrests At Courthouses
Vatican: ‘Make Migration Work’ for Everybody
In his second address before the U.N. meeting on international migration, the Vatican’s secretary of state said that the Holy See’s primary objective is to make migration work for everybody. “To achieve the declared objective to make migration work for all,” said Vatican Cardinal Pietro Parolin, “it is crucial to clarify the roles to be played by the different actors or stakeholders, so as to promote shared and balanced responsibilities.”In order to be successful, said the Vatican chief, U.N. organizers need to engage all the players on the global scene. “The partnerships necessary to implement successfully the vision of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration should include national and local institutions, the private sector, trade unions, civil society, academia, migrants and diaspora groups,” Cardinal Parolin said. “Among the non-governmental actors, the Holy See would like to highlight the special role of … [Read more...] about Vatican: ‘Make Migration Work’ for Everybody
ICE Dramatically Increased Workplace Arrests Of Undocumented Immigrants In 2018
POLITICS 12/11/2018 09:05 pm ET Immigration and Customs Enforcement made more than 2,300 worksite-related arrests this fiscal year, up from about 300 last year. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ramped up its investigations of workplaces suspected of employing undocumented immigrants, dramatically increasing the number of workers arrested and employers audited in 2018, according to an ICE news release Tuesday. In fiscal year 2018, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations agents carried out nearly 7,000 checks of workplaces suspected of employing undocumented workers, compared with about 1,700 in fiscal year 2017, the agency said. As part of these investigations, the agency conducted nearly 6,000 audits of employers this year ― up from about 1,300 last year. It also made more than 2,300 worksite-related arrests, compared with just over 300 such arrests last year. ICE “stands by its commitment to focus on criminal … [Read more...] about ICE Dramatically Increased Workplace Arrests Of Undocumented Immigrants In 2018
Dallas mayor says Trump administration’s proposed ‘public charge’ rules would harm city’s immigrants, economy
Josephine Lopez-Paul, the lead organizer for Dallas Area Interfaith, said Monday that immigrants could pull out of programs like the Children’s Health Insurance Program [CHIP] to protect their status. The result, she said could be “a crisis for our city.” CHIP isn’t yet part of the proposed changes but the federal government does say it wants public comments on whether to include CHIP in the final rule.In its statement about the proposals, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services leaned on the concept of "self-sufficiency," calling it a "basic principle of United States immigration law" for decades. Homeland Security Director Kirstjen Nielsen said in a September news release that the proposed changes were also meant to "protect finite resources."Steven Camarota, the research director at the conservative Center for Immigration Studies, also said in a written statement that “America must prioritize the care of its own poor.” Rawlings said in … [Read more...] about Dallas mayor says Trump administration’s proposed ‘public charge’ rules would harm city’s immigrants, economy