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STUDY: Legal Violence in the Lives of Immigrants
December 12, 2012 | by American Progress | Latino Daily News
Even as the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States has plateaued at around 11.1 million people, federal enforcement of immigration law has intensified over the last decade. continue reading »
Immigrant Advocates in Alabama Want DHS to Stop ‘Secure Communities’ Deportation Program
September 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An Alabama immigrant advocacy organization has sent a petition, with over 10,000 signatures, to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cease the deportation of the undocumented arrested for minor offenses. continue reading »
Secure Communities Deporting People With No Criminal Record, Immigration Advocates Charge
July 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Today, immigration advocates released emails from the FBI and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) that show that ICE’s Secure Communities deportation program is sweeping in individuals who have never been criminally arrested. continue reading »
New Hampshire Undocumented Face Crackdown Starting this Week with Secure Communities Program
May 11, 2012 | by My Fox Boston | Latino Daily News
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials enacted its Secure Communities program in New Hampshire on Tuesday. continue reading »
Secure Communities Program Nabs Guatemalan Murderer and Prison Escapee
March 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Guatemalan national residing in Providence, who was wanted in his home country for numerous criminal charges including homicide, kidnapping and escaping from prison, was turned over to Guatemalan law enforcement authorities yesterday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE). continue reading »
Fall Out From Arpaio’s Discrimination Practices - DHS Revokes Secure Community Program
December 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
After a three-year investigation into the abusive practices of Sherriff Joe Arpaio’s Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office (MCSO), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that it had found a pattern and practice of civil rights abuses continue reading »
The White House Responds: In the Debate Over Immigration and Deportations, the Facts Matter
August 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
As too often happens in the debate over immigration, anger and heated rhetoric from all sides dominate while the facts tend to get lost along the way. So it’s important to set the record straight. Fixing the broken immigration system so that it meets America’s economic and security needs has been and continues to be a priority for President Obama. continue reading »
Court Mandates Govt Release Documents on ‘Secure Communities’ Deportation Program
July 12, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In a victory today for plaintiffs the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the Cardozo Law School Immigration Justice Clinic in their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the Southern District of New York ordered the agencies to produce further information concerning whether and how localities may “opt-out” or limit participation participation in Secure Communities. continue reading »
Texas State Senator Files Anti-Sanctuary Cities Bill - Says it NOT an Immigration-related Issue
June 3, 2011 | by The Texas Tribune | Latino Daily News
Texas State Senator Tommy Williams has filed a massive bill in the current special session that a press release from the Republican state senator called “a comprehensive bill penalizing local governmental entities continue reading »
Hispanic Leadership in NY Urging Governor to Withdraw from Secure Communities
May 17, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Congressman José E. Serrano and Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez, both of New York, wrote New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, urging that the state withdraw from the federal ‘Secure Communities’ program. continue reading »
Sen. Menendez in Support of Rep. Lofgren’s Call to Investigate Secure Communities Program
April 29, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Amid reports that the Department of Homeland Security misled local governments to coerce them into participating in the Secure Communities program and ignored concerns with the program’s impact on crime fighting continue reading »
More Counties in Ohio Participating in ICE Program to Remove Criminal Aliens
April 14, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today began using the Secure Communities program in Crawford, Miami, Shelby and Wayne counties to help federal continue reading »
ICE Sets Their Goal for 2011 - 404,000 Deportations
January 4, 2011 | by Merco Press | Latino Daily News
During Fiscal Year 2010, ICE deported 392,862 undocumented foreigners, of whom more than 195,000 were convicted criminals, an increase of more than 23,000 deportations – including 81,000 people with criminal records – compared with 2008. continue reading »
