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ACLU Obtains Emails That Prove ICE Officials Set Deportation Quotas
by Jorge Rivas on February 15 2013, 4:22PM
U.S. immigration officials laid out plans last year that would ratchet up expulsions of immigrants convicted of minor crimes as part of an urgent push to make sure the government would not fall short of its criminal deportation targets.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
A Painfully Ironic Day For Boy Whose Dad Awaits Deportation
by Jorge Rivas on January 30 2013, 9:45AM
President Obama’s landmark speech on immigration came on the same day 11-year-old José Garcia’s father was scheduled to be deported.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Los Angeles Sheriff Will No Longer Turn Over Low-Level Offenders to Immigration
by Jorge Rivas on December 5 2012, 5:04PM
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Wednesday he will no longer honor federal requests to hold some undocumented immigrants.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Univision Anchor Cites Colorlines.com Deportation Investigation to Obama
by Jorge Rivas on September 21 2012, 1:51PM
Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas cited a Colorlines.com investigation that found there is an estimated 5,100 children in foster care who face barriers to family reunification because their mother or father is in detention or has been deported.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Funny or Die Brings You Jan Brewer’s ‘Self-Deportation Station’
by Jorge Rivas on August 22 2012, 1:05PM
Actress Mary Steenburgen does such a good job at impersonating Jan Brewer that you won’t know whether to laugh or cry after watching this video.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Deported Father Returns to Fight For His Children in Exceptional Case
by Seth Freed Wessler on August 3 2012, 9:57AM
Felipe Montes is one of thousands of deported or detained parents fighting to keep custody of their U.S. citizen children. He has won a rare chance at the due process child courts grant everyone else.
Topics: Immigration, Felipe Montes
Deported Dad Wins Rare ‘Parole’ to Re-Enter Country for Custody Hearing
by Seth Freed Wessler on August 2 2012, 2:22PM
The highly unusual reprieve from ICE follows intense public scrutiny of Felipe Montes’ case since Colorlines.com broke the story of his family’s separation.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Felipe Montes
DREAMers Send Themselves to Detention, And Find So Many More DREAMers Behind Bars
by Julianne Hing on August 1 2012, 6:05PM
The Obama administration refuses to follow its own deportation policies, and activists are calling the president out on it.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Judge Terminates Detained Mom’s Rights, Allows Missouri Couple to Adopt
by Jorge Rivas on July 18 2012, 1:18PM
On Wednesday a Missouri juvenile court judge terminated a Guatemalan woman’s rights to her 5-year-son because they believe she abandoned her child when she was imprisoned after a 2007 immigration sting at a poultry processing plant.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Michelle Obama: ‘We Cannot Continue to Let Families be Broken Apart’
by Jorge Rivas on July 17 2012, 2:54PM
First lady Michelle Obama discussed a wide range of issues on Univision’s “Al Punto” this past weekend. The large part of the discussion centered around Latinos and immigration reform.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
House Bill Would Keep Kids of Deported Parents With Families
by Jorge Rivas on July 13 2012, 5:08PM
The “Help Separated Families Act of 2012” intends to keep children of detained or deported parents united with their families.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
U.S. Citizen Wrongly Imprisoned Due to Secure Communuties Sues FBI and DHS
by Jorge Rivas on July 3 2012, 2:34PM
The lawsuit is the first litigation challenging Secure Communities.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Somehow Kelly Ripa Managed to Make a Deportation Joke While the First Lady Double Dutched
by Jorge Rivas on June 19 2012, 2:38PM
First Lady Michelle Obama went on Live! With Kelly Monday morning and she double Dutched in wide-legged pants!
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
NYT Report: 300,000 U.S. Citizen Children Follow Parents to Mexico
by Seth Freed Wessler on June 19 2012, 9:46AM
The mass deportation of parents means that many families are left with no choice but to relocate children from their homes in U.S.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
DREAMers Welcome Obama’s Immigration Shift, But Pledge Caution
by Julianne Hing on June 18 2012, 9:58AM
Activists have long been accustomed to being burned by Obama.
Topics: Immigration, Immigration Reform
A Deported Dad’s Father’s Day Letter to His Sons
by Seth Freed Wessler on June 15 2012, 9:01AM
After Felipe Montes was deported to Mexico, his three sons were taken away by North Carolina’s foster care system. Here’s his heartfelt letter to his boys.
Topics: Immigration
‘TRUST Act’ Legislation to Reform ‘Secure Communities’ Advances in California Senate
by Jorge Rivas on June 12 2012, 4:55PM
On Tuesday, by a vote of 5 to 2, the California State Senate’s Public Safety Committee approved the new version of AB 1081, also known as the TRUST Act.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
California Lawmakers Propose Changes to Deportation Program
by Jorge Rivas on June 12 2012, 12:09PM
California lawmakers will decide Tuesday whether to set strict limits on how local law enforcement agencies participate in a controversial federal immigration program, Secure Communities.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Record Number of Deportations Continue Despite U.S. Review of Backlog
by Jorge Rivas on June 7 2012, 2:41PM
Fewer than 2% of all pending deportation cases (411,000 of them) have been stopped despite reviews.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Most immigrants Sent Back to Mexico Detained at Work or Home, Border Apprehensions Decline
by Jorge Rivas on May 21 2012, 5:18PM
While the number of people crossing from Mexico into the United States has fallen to 40 year lows, the rates of deportation have reached historic highs.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
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