immigration and customs enforcement
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DHS Is Big Mad, Publishes List to Shame Cities That Won’t Detain Immigrants
The Trump administration promised to publicly shame any city or county that did not cooperate with federal immigration authorities by detaining undocumented immigrants who have been arrested or charged with a crime, and the Department of Homeland Security made good on that promise Monday by publishing its first weekly list of local jails and jurisdictions…
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Class Action Lawsuit Claims Thousands of ICE Detainees Were Forced Into Labor, Violating Anti-Slavery Laws
As it turns out, there are allegations that tens of thousands of immigrants who were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and held at a private U.S. prison company were also forced into labor at $1 per day or for no pay, which would be a gross violation of federal anti-slavery laws. The allegations…
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13-Year-Old in Los Angeles Records the Moment Immigration Agents Arrest Her Father as He Is Taking Her to School
A 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles recorded the heartbreaking moment when immigration officials arrested her father, an undocumented immigrant, as he was taking her to school this week. ABC News reports that 48-year-old Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez was on his way to drop his daughters off at Academia Avance in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles…