Monthly Archives: November 2017

The twins and their parents came here from Colombia in 2001 to escape death threats – now their parents are being deported. The twins can stay for now – because of DACA. Marcy Suarez lost her home in Honduras to … Continue reading →

In Atlanta, traffic stops trigger immigration detention. In Boston, an undocumented mom is afraid to let her children go trick-or-treating. On the border, Central American parents seeking asylum are sent to immigration detention and their children are taken away and … Continue reading →

Recent Minnesota news: work to change county jail practices in Hennepin County, to streamline U-Visa processing, and to help people become citizens. Two long-form articles paint a big picture of factors driving immigration: Moyers & Company describes long-term U.S. involvement … Continue reading →

Buzzfeed reported on three fathers forcibly separated from their very young children by U.S. immigration authorities as they asked for asylum. Eric Matute Castro crossed the border with his three-year-old son, Royer: “One of them said ‘If you want violence, … Continue reading →

The Star Tribune summarizes the situation for more than 300,000 people with TPS: Ten countries are on the list of Temporary Protected Status recipients: El Salvador: since 2001, with an estimated 200,000 people qualifying Haiti: since 2010, about 50,000 Honduras: … Continue reading →

Though Attorney General Jeff Sessions railed against a high rate of asylum grants, the facts are that asylum is granted in less than half of all cases. Nationwide, during the time period from 2012-2017, immigration judges denied 52.8 percent of … Continue reading →

Extreme vetting is still on the table, with the plan calling for private contractors to mine social media and “generate at least 10,000 investigative leads a year that would be forwarded to federal agents.” Even putting aside privacy and constitutional … Continue reading →

Operation Raging Bull: ICE posted a garish web page Thursday to announce 267 “MS-13 arrests.” The arrests – 214 in the United States and 53 in El Salvador – were not broken down by the nature of the offense charged, … Continue reading →

  First, the Trump administration set an arbitrary, 30-day deadline for DACA renewal applications. Then it said applications had to be received by the October 5 deadline – not just postmarked by the deadline, which is the usual procedure. Now … Continue reading →

Tired of reading about the anti-Muslim travel bans? Sorry – they continue to live, and will be litigated for months (years?) to come. The latest comes from the Ninth Circuit, which upheld in part and reversed in part the ruling … Continue reading →