The policy was a disaster; there was no system created to reunite children with their families. A report from the Justice Department’s inspector general, released earlier this month, found that the policy led to a $227 million funding shortfall. Children suffered lasting emotional damage from the separations, and the policy was criticized as grossly inhumane by world leaders. … [Read more...] about AP Exclusive: DOJ rescinds ‘zero tolerance’ immigration rule
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Judge Tosses Out ACLU’s Attempt To Stop A County From Cooperating With ICE
The 287(g) program additionally undercuts arguments made by critics that local officers shouldn’t spend their tax dollars on federal immigration matters. In Teller County’s case, the sheriff argued that local taxpayers paid zero dollars for the program. … [Read more...] about Judge Tosses Out ACLU’s Attempt To Stop A County From Cooperating With ICE
Mexico horror: Many of 19 bodies found shot, burned may have been Guatemalan migrants, relatives say
The border town, also a major smuggling transit point for drugs and migrants, is located near the edge of territory historically controlled by factions of the Gulf cartel and in recent years a remnant of the Zetas known as the Northeast cartel has tried to take over. … [Read more...] about Mexico horror: Many of 19 bodies found shot, burned may have been Guatemalan migrants, relatives say
Fourth Migrant in Two Years Dies After Stay in Private Immigration Detention Center
ICE published a press release on Thursday naming the man as Pedro Arriago-Santoya. According to the release, Arriago-Santoya was transferred from the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, to Southwest Georgia Regional Hospital on July 20 after complaining of abdominal pain. He was transferred again the next day to Piedmont Midtown Medical Center for a surgical consultation. … [Read more...] about Fourth Migrant in Two Years Dies After Stay in Private Immigration Detention Center
The power of listening: Three perspectives from the deaf community
“That is an okay term and appropriate for people who lose their hearing at a later age," Decker said. "You know, they wake up someday without hearing and live without the deaf culture, without the language deaf culture brings — that does bring impairment. They do have a disability there. But I was born this way, I grew up in this culture, so I have language and culture internalized. It's who I am." … [Read more...] about The power of listening: Three perspectives from the deaf community
