The State of Immigration Enforcement
By Alex Nowrasteh, Cato Institute
May 16, 2018
President Trump’s administration is ramping up immigration
enforcement in the interior of the United States and along the border. However, the near-half-century low in
illegal border crossers, the longer-settled illegal immigrant population inside
of the country, and resistance by state and local governments are hampering his
administration’s efforts to boost deportation.
Try as he might, his administration will not be able to ramp up removals
to the level seen in the first term of the Obama administration.[…]
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ICE worksite raids are back. Here’s what we know about them
May 9, 2018
Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
conducted a large-scale worksite raid at a meat processing plant in Bean
Station, Tennessee, arresting 97 immigrants and grabbing national headlines.
This action represents one of the Trump administration’s pushes to broaden
immigration enforcement rather than target serious criminal offenders. But this
type of enforcement isn’t new.
May 12 marks the 10-year anniversary of a massive raid at
another meatpacking plant called Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa. It was the
largest, single-site enforcement action conducted by ICE, which arrested and
processed 389 workers in the 2,200-person town. In just four days, most of
these workers were sentenced to five months in prison and deportation.[...]
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ACLU Report: Neglect and Abuse of Unaccompanied
Immigrant Children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
ImmigrationProf Blog
May 26, 2018
A new ACLU report (Neglect and Abuse of May 2018
Unaccompanied Immigrant Children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection) is
attracting attention. As the ACLU summarizes
the report, "Documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union
featured in a new report released today show the pervasive abuse and neglect of
unaccompanied immigrant children detained by U.S. Customs and Border
Protection. The report was produced in conjunction with the International Human
Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School.[…]
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Read the report:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lplnnufjbwci0xn/CBP%20Report%20ACLU_IHRC%205.23%20FINAL.pdf
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