By Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News The Biden administration on Saturday halted its limits on immigration arrests to comply with a court ruling that took effect over the weekend, leaving deportation agents across the U.S. without any official instructions on which immigrants they should, and should not, detain. In September 2021, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas […]
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN)President Joe Biden’s pick to helm US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ed Gonzalez, is withdrawing from consideration, Gonzalez announced in a tweet on Monday, leaving the agency without permanent leadership as the administration tries to usher forward its immigration agenda. Biden tapped Gonzalez to serve as ICE director last year. […]
Manhattan jury found Sorokin, 31, guilty of multiple fraud charges in 2019, and she served her complete prison sentence.
Demonstrators call to “Free Them All” during an Abolish ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) protest for Javier Maradiaga on February 15, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) By Audrey Conklin, Fox News Anna Sorokin, who convinced New York City’s elite that she was a German heiress by the name of Anna Delvey in 2017, is […]
Bronx, NY USA March 27, 2022. Assemblymember Karines Reyes joins Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at her campaign rally in the Bronx. (Shutterstock) New York, New York: On April 28, the New York for All Coalition, allies, and immigrant New Yorkers celebrated the passage of a City Council resolution in support of the New York for All […]
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has contracted with private data brokers to get around some areas’ sanctuary laws, documents show.
Hackensack, New Jersey, USA – November 29th, 2020: ICE Protest outside Bergen County Jail: “ICE is fascist” sign held by a protester with other signs. (Shutterstock) By Johana Bhuiyan, The Guardian Over the last decade, a growing number of American cities and states have restricted the information local law enforcement departments can exchange with immigration […]
By Linda Nwoke The effect of a pandemic such as COVID 19 often goes beyond medical and physiological changes. It leaves individuals and society with consequences beyond physical illness—resulting in mental and social repercussions. Psychological reactions such as increased anxiety, heightened stress level, outbursts, disruptive behavior, and stigma, to mention a few, can often go […]
Brussels, Belgium. 24th March 2022. Joe Biden, President of United States of America, during press conference after NATO extraordinary Summit 2022. (Shutterstock) By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Every year, the president submits a budget request to Congress with their proposal for funding the federal government. Over the last 20 years, Congress has spent over $333 […]
By John Washington and José Olivares, Business Insider In the fall of 2020, Brandon was playing the FIFA 2020 video game in the rec room of the LaSalle Correctional Center in Louisiana, where he had been locked up for five months. A Salvadoran man, watching the action over Brandon’s shoulder, started joking around, covering Brandon’s […]
New York City – September 5, 2017: People protesting President Trump’s decision to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy in Lower Manhattan. (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released its fiscal year 2021 annual report. In it, the agency reported a significant decrease in both […]
Lake Oswego, OR, USA – Oct 28, 2021: The Western Union sticker is seen at the entrance to one of its agent locations in a grocery store in Lake Oswego. Western Union is a global money wiring service. (Shutterstock) By Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents obtained millions of people’s financial records as […]