Sunday’s NY Times is entitled Good Immigration Policy, on Hold: Last summer the Obama administration announced an overdue change in the way it catches and deports illegal immigrants. The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, John Morton, said the agency would focus more heavily on deporting convicted criminals and other high-risk offenders, making noncriminals...
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A new survey from the American Immigration Lawyers Association(AILA) and American Immigration Council (AIC) shpows that ICE is applying the Obama administration’s new deportation policy inconsistently across the country. The report shows that while a few ICE offices seem to be making a good faith effort to implement the policy, which requires prosecutorial discretion...
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The Daily News reports on the arrest by ICE of the mother of two U.S. citizens. Her deportation was only stopped when her incarceration led to her losing her baby: The case of a Queens woman who suffered a miscarriage last month as she was about to be deported to Ecuador is being held...
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You can watch the complete PBS documentary Lost in Detention which looks at the massive increase in arrests and deportations of immigrants. The film, which aired Tuesday, examine the wreckage left behind for families and communities. This is an important documentary from the respected Frontline series. Watch Lost in Detention on PBS. See more...
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On Saturday Congressman Luis Gutierrez came to Staten Island to explain the new Obama deportation policy.The new policy requires that all deportation cases be reviewed to determine whether individuals should be prioritized for deportation or have their cases closed and be granted temporary work permission. In his half-hour talk, Gutierrez explains the background of...
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  CNN reports that while ICE is still formulating procedures to implement new deportation guidelines, some immigrants are already benefiting: Judy Flanagan’s phone rang Tuesday with a call the Arizona immigration attorney wasn’t expecting. A federal prosecutor suggested one of her clients — a 22-year-old university student with no criminal record — should ask...
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The New York Times reports that some deportations have already been halted under the new deportation prioritization program announced last week by the Obama administration: The call came in the morning to the lawyer representing Manuel Guerra, an illegal immigrant from Mexico living in Florida who had been caught in a tortuous and seemingly...
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We just received this important Consumer Advisory from AILA. Please circulate it widely: CONSUMER ADVISORY DO NOT BE MISLED The Obama Administration’s Immigration Announcement is NOT an Amnesty Program! What the new policy is NOT: The Obama Administration announcement is NOT an amnesty, it is NOT about granting legal status, and is NOT something...
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Long Island Congressman Peter King took aim this weekend at President Obama’s decision to halt the deportations of thousands of undocumented immigrants. The head of the House Homeland Security Committee said the change is “a blatant attempt to grant amnesty to potentially millions of illegal aliens in this country and is totally unacceptable.” King...
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The New York Times today published an editorial “Toward Immigration Sanity” welcoming the Obama administration’s new approach to deportation: The White House has just taken a large step toward a more sensible and lawful policy on illegal immigration. The administration said that it would stop deporting illegal immigrants who pose no threat to public...
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