immigration
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Miami-Dade School District Head Vows to Protect Undocumented Students: ‘Over My Dead Body’ Will Immigration Agents Enter Schools
The Miami-Dade School District is not here for for the sudden uptick in immigration enforcement, vowing to protect its students and issuing what is essentially a “stay away” order to federal agents. “On behalf of every single kid in this community, over my dead body will any federal entity enter our schools to take immigration…
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The Search For The Soul Ben Carson Once Possessed
Dear Ben Carson, Yesterday, you said that enslaved people were immigrants, and whether you believe that deep down in the soul you used to possess, one can never know. Nevertheless, I am going to talk to you even though I fear you vacated your body a long time ago. I believe you sent yourself away…
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Police Investigating After Indian Man Fatally Shot in SC
The Lancaster County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office is investigating the killing of 43-year-old Harnish Patel, who was fatally shot in front of his yard Thursday. The motive behind Patel’s killing is unclear, although tensions are high given the current political climate and other recent high-profile cases involving people of Indian descent. “We don’t have any facts…
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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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Trump Administration Considering Separating Women and Children at Border
In an effort by President Donald Trump to end what he calls “catch and release,” the Department of Homeland Security is considering separating women and children trying to come into the country at the Southern border illegally, ostensibly to stop “the exploitation of children.” “We are trying to find ways to deter the use of…
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SXSW Talks in Circles Just to Say, ‘Yes, if You Perform Anywhere Else, We Can Call Immigration’
South by Southwest responded to criticism Thursday that its artist agreements for its music festival included language that indicated it reserved the right to call immigration authorities on any international artist(s) who performed at an event or venue outside of the festival’s own showcases. Early Thursday, Told Slant frontman Felix Walworth tweeted a screenshot of…
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Adam Purinton, Suspect in Kan. Bar Shooting, Allegedly Screamed ‘Get Out of My Country’
The suspect in a Wednesday-night triple shooting that left one person dead has been identified as 51-year-old Adam Purinton of Olathe, Kan. Purinton allegedly told a bartender in Clinton, Mo., that he had killed two Middle Eastern men before he was arrested about five hours after the shooting, authorities said. According to the Kansas City…
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American Civil Liberties Union Responds to Trump’s New Mass-Deportation Instructions
On Tuesday the Trump administration revealed its new guidelines for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants in the United States and at the border, allowing federal authorities to take a more aggressive stance on illegal immigration, prompting a swift response from the American Civil Liberties Union. Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants Rights Project,…
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DHS Secretary Signs Memos Empowering Authorities to More Aggressively Detain and Deport Immigrants
New guidelines that empower federal authorities to more aggressively detain and deport undocumented immigrants inside the United States and at the border were signed off on by Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly and released Tuesday. NPR reports that the new rules align with the executive orders President Donald Trump issued in late January, calling…
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Reported ICE Immigration Sweeps in Southern Calif. Prompt Angry Response in Los Angeles
Civil rights groups in Los Angeles said Thursday that they had been alerted by “credible sources,” including attorneys, that immigration sweeps were taking place in the greater L.A. area, prompting more than 100 protesters fueled by fear and outrage to march in the streets of downtown L.A. on Thursday evening. As the Los Angeles Daily…