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LAX Officials Threaten to Deport Palestinian Filmmaker On His Way to Oscars
by Jorge Rivas on February 20 2013, 5:37PM
An Oscar nominated Palestinian filmmaker and his family traveling to Los Angeles for the Academy Awards this Sunday were detained for hours at the Los Angeles International Airport by U.S. Customs officials. Emad Burnat, whose film “5 Broken Cameras” has…
Topics: /NOW Blog
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
![ICE Raids Wrong Home [Video]](http://colorlines.com/assets_c/2013/01/ice-raids-wrong-home-thumb-120x120-7479.jpg)
by Jorge Rivas on January 16 2013, 5:49PM
With guns drawn, ICE agents realized they had the wrong house 5-minutes later.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
U.S. Spends More On Immigration Enforcement Than FBI, DEA, Secret Service Combined
by Jorge Rivas on January 7 2013, 2:53PM
Nearly $187 Billion Spent on Federal Immigration Enforcement over Past 26 Years
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
HIV-Positive DREAMer in Urgent Need of Medical Care Stuck in ICE Custody
by Jorge Rivas on October 26 2012, 3:28PM
A DREAMactivist.org petition is urging ICE to immediately release and end deportation proceedings for a 27-year-old HIV-positive DREAMer that was held in a Florida detention center without medical care.
Topics: Health, Immigration, /NOW Blog
ICE Agents—With Anti-Immigrant Group’s Help—Sue DHS
by Jorge Rivas on August 23 2012, 1:03PM
The lawsuit challenges the Obama administration’s deferred action program and argues it prevents ICE officers from “fulfilling their sworn oath to uphold the law and defend the U.S. Constitution.”
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
ICE Director John Morton Gets Very Own Satirical Twitter Account
by Jorge Rivas on May 3 2012, 3:28PM
Immigration reform activist launches a fake Twitter account for Director of ICE John Morton.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Local Fight Against Deportation Pipeline Moves From Money to Rights
by Julianne Hing on March 16 2012, 10:29AM
The Obama administration is willing to pay big money to make sure the politically symbolic Cook County doesn’t ditch its marquee immigration enforcement program. Key lessons? Fighting unjust policy with a fiscal argument has its limitations.
Topics: Immigration
Child Sex Abuse Reported at Shelter for Undocumented Youth
by Jorge Rivas on March 8 2012, 9:52AM
A former case manager at a shelter for undocumented youth caught crossing the border by themselves is being accused of sexually abusing six teenagers while he was supervising calls they made to relatives in Central America.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Man Who Died in Massive Honduras Prison Fire Was Accidentally Deported
by Jorge Rivas on March 5 2012, 11:42AM
The fire was the largest and worst prison fire in Latin American history
Topics: Global Affairs, Immigration, /NOW Blog
Baltimore Mayor Prevents Police From Asking About Immigration Status
by Jorge Rivas on March 5 2012, 10:55AM
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has signed executive order prohibiting police officers from asking people they come in contact with about their immigration status.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Shootout Between ICE Agents Leaves 1 Dead
by Jorge Rivas on February 17 2012, 8:22AM
An argument between an ICE agent and his supervisor escalated into gunfire Thursday evening in Long Beach, Calif. leaving one dead and the other seriously injured.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
ICE Creates Public Advocate Position to Serve ‘Those in Immigration Proceedings’
by Jorge Rivas on February 7 2012, 3:38PM
Advocates say ICE would do better to halt programs like Secure Communities than patch things up with these sorts of minor reforms.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Undocumented Teen Left Orphaned After Florida Pileup Crash Can Stay In U.S.
by Jorge Rivas on February 2 2012, 10:30AM
ICE said Wednesday that an undocumented teen who was injured and lost her immediate family in Sunday’s multivehicle wreck in Florida will not face deportation.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Immigrant Family Detention Could Return to Texas
by Jorge Rivas on January 25 2012, 1:01PM
In 2009, the federal government stopped detaining families in Texas and cancelled plans to build new family detention facilities as advocates made clear that the practice was inhumane.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Jakedrien Turner, Dallas Teen Deported to Colombia, Heads Home
by Julianne Hing on January 6 2012, 2:30PM
The 15 year old African-American girl who was mistakenly deported to Colombia by ICE last April, is on a flight back to the U.S. and could be home by today.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Obama Proposes Letting Some Immigrants Stay in U.S. for Green Cards
by Jorge Rivas on January 6 2012, 9:45AM
A new proposal will help keep families in tact during immigration applications.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
ICE Mistakenly Deports Dallas Teen Who Speaks No Spanish to Colombia
by Jorge Rivas on January 4 2012, 5:07PM
An African-American girl, who was 14 at the time, was mistakenly deported to Colombia by ICE.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Documentary Pries Open the Door to Immigrant Detention Centers
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 18 2011, 10:03AM
Latina journalist Maria Hinojosa’s “Lost in Detention” airs tonight on PBS’ Frontline. Colorlines.com spoke with Hinojosa about reporting the film, and the up-close reality of warehousing immigrants awaiting deportation.
Topics: Immigration, Media
Arizona Border Fence Causes Flood and Self-Destructs—as Predicted
by Bryan Gerhart on August 12 2011, 5:30PM
Environmental experts had warned Border Patrol that the fence would cause flooding and threaten local wildlife, among other things. Homeland Security ignored the experts on this issue, too.
Topics: Immigration
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