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In its “ State of Black Immigrants 2016 ” report, co-authored with the New York University School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) found that Black immig…
Luz Rojas, Anastasio Hernández´s mother. Photo: La Prensa (San Diego) Border agents beat an undocumented immigrant to death. The U.S. is paying his family $1 million. …[N]one of the agents involved h…
Depicted by prosecutors as a bureaucrat whose inaction allowed "evil" to run wild on innocent children, the former president of Penn State University was convicted Friday of keeping a lid o…
The total for last week's deportation sweep was more than 600, affecting a least 11 states. Immigration officials claim that the arrests were "routine," but President Trump’s recent twe…
By Fernanda Santos, New York Times NY Times: Protesters attempt to block deportation February 8, 2017 PHOENIX — For eight years, Guadalupe García de Rayos had checked in at the federal Immigration an…
By Rebecca Schneider, CounterPunch January 4, 2017 “You have reached the voicemail box of…” “You have reached the voicemail box of…” “You have reached the voicemail box of…” Panic set in. I was supp…
Mexican nationals account for 15% of federal prison population as illegal entry prosecutions make up half of all criminal cases in US federal court system in 2015 By Renée Feltz, The Guardian July 14…
We should anticipate that his administration will unleash a deportation regime unprecedented in recent U.S. history. By Bob Libal and Judy Greene, Huffington Post November 23, 2016 Last week’s “60 M…
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement prosecutor could face criminal charges for allegedly forging court documents in a 2008 deportation proceeding against a Mexican construction worker. By Mi…
By Michael Corkery and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, New York Times December 23, 2015 Nearly a year ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed that a new municipal identification card would help thousands of N…
An increase in fatalities and injuries has mostly affected undocumented immigrant laborers and far exceeds the rate of new construction. By David W. Chen, New York Times November 26, 2015 Manuel Colo…
By Kevin Johnson and Alan Gomez, USA Today November 12, 2015 WASHINGTON — The sprawling U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, in a continuing attempt to respond to controversial physical force i…
Justicia para Todos Por Elvira Arellano, Familias Unidas 5 de Noviembre, 2015 Los medios masivos informan que, de los presos federales que ya van a ser puestos en libertad, serán arrestados de nuevo …
Inspections of immigrant detention centers often facilitate good ratings despite alleged rights violations, report says By Renee Lewis, AlJazeera America October 21, 2015 Inspections of immigrant det…
Guardian investigation into consequences of Obama’s migration crackdown reveals US deportees have been murdered shortly after return to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, with study saying as many …
U.S. Border Patrol agent indicted in fatal 2012 shooting of teenager along Arizona-Mexico border. By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press September 24, 2015 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities have c…
Back in March, the US Attorney's Office in Kansas City, MO announced the federal indictment of Freemason Kirk McDaniel for embezzling $284,675 from the local York Rite bodies. On Monday he pled …
Illinois state Reps. and Chicago Democrats John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford are calling on the governor, Chicago mayor Daley and Superintendent Jody Weis to use the National Guard in response to crime…
There are no naked pre-cogs inside glowing jacuzzis yet, but the Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice will use analysis software to predict crime by young delinquents, putting potential of…
For nearly three decades, the name "Gotti" has been synonymous with organized crime in America. According to the federal government, John Gotti Senior, and later his son, John Junior, ran t…
