A Local Sheriff Said No To More Immigrant Detainees Because Of Coronavirus Fears, So ICE Transferred Them All To New Facilities
“The sheriff wanted to protect the current jail population that we had, along with the employees we have here and the staff at the facility, from the spread of the virus,” a sheriff's spokesperson said.
Immigration Judges Across The US Are Staying Home After The Coronavirus Hit Courtrooms
Immigration judges in New York and San Francisco stayed home from work Tuesday, and their union announced a judge in Denver had COVID-19 symptoms and an Atlanta attorney tested positive.
US Immigration Offices Are Going To Temporarily Close Due To The Coronavirus Pandemic
The move will postpone naturalization ceremonies and citizenship and asylum interviews, among other functions.
The Coronavirus Is Hindering One Of The Trump Administration’s Ways To Deport Asylum-Seekers
Guatemala on Tuesday said it will not take flights of people from Honduras and El Salvador who sought asylum in the US.
Immigrant Detainees At High Risk Of Contracting COVID-19 Should Be Released Now, A Lawsuit States
The immigrants include a 48-year-old Jamaican woman with a progressive liver disease who has been told she has only 10 to 12 years to live.
An Unprecedented Group Of Immigration Prosecutors, Lawyers, And Judges Are Calling For Courts To Be Closed
“It is tremendously unfair for employees like me to have to grapple with who to listen to: my boss or my governor?” one immigration judge in San Francisco told BuzzFeed News.
The Director Of The US Refugee Agency For Immigrant Children Is Being Replaced After A Little More Than A Year
A Health and Human Services official said Jonathan Hayes had been pushed out of his role at the direction of the White House.
Americans Returning From Europe Will Be Forced To Land In 13 US Airports For Screening
The rules apply to those traveling from the Schengen Area, which includes Austria, France, Germany, Greece, and Italy, among other countries.
Trump Is Suspending Travel From Europe To The United States As The Coronavirus Continues To Spread
The president said he was suspending "all travel" from Europe, but officials later clarified the restriction applied only to foreign nationals from 26 countries.
The Supreme Court Is Allowing The Trump Administration To Force Immigrants To Wait In Mexico
The high court voted to allow the “Remain in Mexico” policy — which forces asylum-seekers to wait on the other side of the border while their US cases are reviewed — as a legal challenge continues.
Trump Officials Are Finalizing Plans For Sending Asylum-Seekers To El Salvador
US officials are confident El Salvador will take more than 2,000 immigrants who cross the southern border without authorization, a source said.
Another Immigrant Has Died In ICE Custody. She’s The Eighth Since October.
The Guatemalan woman died about a month after she needed gallbladder surgery. It’s the eighth death in ICE custody in 2020’s fiscal year, tying with the number of deaths for 2019’s fiscal year.
A Secret Memo Revealed How A Transgender Immigrant Bleeding From Her Rectum Waited 13 Days For Care While Jailed By ICE
An email from Homeland Security investigators to ICE leadership revealed poor health care conditions at a remote jail in New Mexico. ICE officials waited months to move people from the facility.
A Judge Ruled Trump’s USCIS Director Wasn’t Legally Appointed
A policy directive by Ken Cuccinelli that gave asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screenings should also be voided, the judge said.
Federal Judges Have Stopped Their Own Ruling That Blocked The Trump Administration From Forcing Immigrants To Wait In Mexico
“An emergency stay at 10 p.m on a Friday is unnecessarily adding to confusion and chaos,” said one asylum officer.
A New Section Of US Attorneys Is Being Created To Strip Naturalized Citizenship From Suspected Fraudsters
Experts said the move appeared to be another symbolic effort aimed at targeting immigrants.
A Mexican Man Has Become The Seventh Immigrant To Die In ICE Custody Since October
The 34-year-old man's death in Ohio means the agency is close to eclipsing the total number of in-custody deaths for all of the 2019 fiscal year.
New York's Governor Says A Leaked DHS Memo On Immigrant Driving Records Is A "Smoking Gun"
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the memo was proof that the Trump administration was engaging in "politically motivated retaliation meant to specifically punish New York."
DHS Considered How To Punish States That Deny Access To Driver Records, A Memo Says
A memo obtained by BuzzFeed News outlines options to put leverage on states that, like New York, deny federal immigration officials access to state driver records.
Two Gay Immigrants Left Everything For Safety In The US. Instead, They Were Sent To Guatemala.
"I was feeling really deceived — all of my sacrifice had been in vain. Now I’m being thrown to Guatemala."