NY and MA Forced to Join Secure Communities Despite Opposition

by Jorge Rivas on May 14 2012, 5:33PM

Despite opposition from the governors of New York and Massachusetts, federal immigration authorities are moving forward to implement Secure Communities in both states.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

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ICE Announces Minor Deportation Policy Shift for Secure Communities

by Julianne Hing on May 3 2012, 9:05AM

Those with an otherwise clean criminal record who are arrested for minor traffic violations won’t be flagged for deportation unless they’re convicted first, ICE announced.

Topics: Immigration

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UCLA DREAMers Walk Out on Napolitano [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on April 18 2012, 5:30PM

UCLA students protest Janet Napolitano.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth

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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

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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

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LA Sheriff’s Letter to Miramonte Parents: ”We Will Not Ask About Your Immigration Status’

by Jorge Rivas on February 13 2012, 5:33PM

Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca on Friday mailed a letter to an estimated 1,400 parents of students at Miramonte Elementary telling them “not to worry about immigration status” if they had any information on the sexual abuse scandal that has…

Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth

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Fear of Deportation Kept L.A. School’s Parents From Reporting Sex Abuse

by Jorge Rivas on February 10 2012, 8:39AM

As the Miramonte Elementary School sex scandal grows, new reports claim that some parents didn’t report their children’s abuse because of their legal status.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth

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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

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California Assemblyman Introducing Bill to Counter Federal Secure Communities Program

by Jorge Rivas on February 1 2012, 9:46AM

Legislation would counter Secure Communities program by limiting local law enforcement’s role in holding people for immigration authorities.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

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Ten Undocumented Youth Arrested in San Bernardino for Civil Disobedience at DHS Office

by Jorge Rivas on January 26 2012, 6:10PM

On Tuesday ten undocumented immigrant youth were arrested in San Bernardino, Calif. after practicing non-violent civil disobedience by holding multiple “sit-ins” in front of the Department of Homeland Security building in town.

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog

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Justice Dept. Finally Cuffs Sheriff Joe, But Not the Policy That Made Him

by Julianne Hing on January 5 2012, 9:54AM

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has cried uncle, sort of, in his standoff with DOJ over racial profiling and other abuses. But what about the Homeland Security program that enabled his behavior in the first place?

Topics: Immigration

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Department of Homeland Security and ICE End Sheriff Arpaio’s 287(g) Contract

by Jorge Rivas on December 15 2011, 5:00PM

Sheriff Joe Arpaio will no longer have the ability to hold undocumented detainees after they’ve served their time for their initial arrest.

Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration, /NOW Blog

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Report: Half of Nation’s Undocumented Adults Have Kids

by Seth Freed Wessler on December 7 2011, 10:00AM

And the federal government’s deportation program is ripping families apart.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet

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Occupy Oakland’s Pancho Stierle Released Pending Deportation Hearing

by Jorge Rivas on November 18 2011, 1:08PM

Meanwhile, he’s criticized the city for closing schools and spending millions to fight Occupy protesters.

Topics: #Occupy

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Peaceful Occupy Oakland Protester Faces Deportation

by Jorge Rivas on November 16 2011, 3:56PM

Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Stierle was arrested on Monday while meditating outside of Oakland’s City Hall.

Topics: #Occupy

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Counties Defy Feds, Vow Not to Detain Immigrants on ICE’s Behalf

by Julianne Hing on October 25 2011, 10:00AM

Both Santa Clara County and Washington, D.C. are finding ways around the federal government’s Secure Communities deportation program.

Topics: Immigration

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The Myth of the ‘Perfect Immigrant’ Does More Harm Than Good

by Julianne Hing on October 5 2011, 10:00AM

Immigration advocate Michelle Fei says that our criminal justice system is imperfect. So why do we expect the country’s immigrants to be?

Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration

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Secure Communities Task Force Criticizes Program, Five Resign in Protest

by Julianne Hing on September 21 2011, 10:01AM

The program is the cornerstone of the Obama administration’s deportation agenda, and it’s falling apart.

Topics: Immigration

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White House: We Will Halt Some Deportations

by Julianne Hing on August 18 2011, 4:06PM

The administration finally gets its policies closer in line with its rhetoric on deportation.

Topics: Immigration

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Advocates Furious at White House Over Deportation Program

by Julianne Hing on August 17 2011, 9:30AM

Hundreds take to the streets in protest of the administration’s signature deportation program.

Topics: Immigration

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