US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have arrested 16 people, in an operation that lasted four days. The 16 individuals were arrested for violating federal immigration law, a news release states. Nine of the 16 had criminal convictions. The sweep saw the arrest of 14 men and two women, according to authorities. All but one […]

The private company in charge of running a federal immigration detention center based in Tacoma is suing the city, claiming that an ordinance, passed in February to prevent them from expanding the facility, was done so in defiance towards the federal government rather than land use issues, as claimed at the time. The GEO Group,

Civil rights lawyers from nine states, including New York, are urging the Greyhound bus company to refuse to allow federal officers to question passengers about their immigration status. Agents with US Customs and Border Protection are conducting the checks across large areas of upstate New York and other places in the US, according to New

Alaska’s branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing police and the city of Palmer, located to the north of Anchorage. It claims that a Peruvian man, Alex Caceda, was unlawfully detained by police officers over his legal status after ending up bloodied and beaten when he attempted to intervene in a bar

The most challenging aspect of the Startup Act created by Republican Senator, Jerry Moran, is that relating to immigration, the Kansas Senator admits. But, he says that because it is difficult to deal with some immigration policies today, it does not mean that something should not and cannot be done. Immigrant founders of tech startup

The number of undocumented immigrants arrested or deported in Ohio and Michigan by federal agents has soared during the last year, as immigration enforcement has become stricter under the Trump administration, statistics examined by the Free Press have revealed. The new data appears to confirm claims from local advocates and immigrants that more undocumented immigrants

On Thursday, some of the top law enforcement officials in the US gathered to hear President Donald Trump slam the so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ that protect undocumented immigrants from federal immigration authorities as he attempts to crack down on such jurisdictions. Trump accused uncooperative cities of putting the country at risk with the release of thousands

On Monday, the US Supreme Court elected to take up a new dispute on immigrant detention, agreeing to hear the Trump administration’s appeal to a ruling by a lower court, which it claims hinders the deportation of criminal immigrants. The case is the latest in several disputes about immigration to have been heard by the

The US Supreme Court has rejected the attempt by the state of Arizona to prevent undocumented immigrants who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, started by President Barack Obama in 2012, from being able to get driver’s licenses. The justices chose to avoid a fight over the DACA policy for

Libby Schaaf, the Mayor of Oakland, consulted with activists for illegal immigration before releasing a public warning about upcoming raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in her area, according to Fox News. ICE says that Schaaf’s actions resulted in hundreds of undocumented immigrants evading arrest, and the Justice Department is reviewing her actions. Last

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers with the San Diego field office arrested as many as 115 individuals over a three-day operation that ended on Thursday, according to officials. Though both Imperial and San Diego counties are covered by the field office, only seven of those arrested were outside San Diego County. A large number