Today Amnesty International released a new report, Torture and Enforced Disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome in Florida. At Krome, Amnesty found: documented delays in intake procedures, overcrowding in temporary processing areas, inadequate and inaccessible medical care, alarming disciplinary practices including the use
Today, the Dream Act was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Video of Durbin’s remarks on the Senate floor is available here. Audio of Durbin’s remarks on the Senate floor is available here. Footage of Durbin’s remarks on
FEATURED ISSUE California's Immigration Landscape and Current Public Opinion A new policy brief examines the economic and demographic importance of immigrants in the Golden State and Californians’ views toward immigrants and immigration policy. From the Public Policy Institute of California: "California has long been a top destination
The Intercept reports that U.S. Border Patrol officers raided a humanitarian aid station in the Arizona desert late last month, taking three people into custody and breaking into a trailer without a warrant. Video taken by No More Deaths shows agents prying open a trailer door and entering the
Abusing Discretion: An Interview with Professor Lucas Guttentag on the Trump Administration's Initial Wave of Immigration Policies Abstract Lucas Guttentag is one of the nation’s leading experts on immigration law and the rights of non-citizens. He founded the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project (IRP) in 1985 and led
Guest blogger: Rev. Sadie Stone Many cite our First Amendment rights as the bedrock of our country, a fundamental principle that sets us apart from other developed nations. The right to protected speech, protest, religion, petition, and the press. Yet under the Trump administration, we are witnessing a rapid erasure
Guest blogger: Garret Webb, law student, University of San Francisco Since the beginning of the Trump administration, there has been a systematic elimination of sympathetic immigration judges. According to KQED, 90 immigration judges have been removed by the Trump administration since he took office.1 Many of these judges have
ABC News reports that some naturalization ceremonies for people that were set to be sworn in as U.S. citizens from the 19 countries on the Trump administration's new travel ban list have been paused. "Naturalization ceremonies scheduled for later this week were canceled for nationals from
Courthouse News Service (Judge orders Trump administration to halt warrantless immigration arrests in District of Columbia) reports that a federal judge last night ordered the Trump administration to cease "arresting immigrants in Washington, D.C. without a warrant or probable cause of a flight risk, warning that the White
The Associated Press reports that President Donald Trump yesterday said he did not want Somali immigrants in the United States. Somalis have been coming to Minnesota and other states, often as refugees, since the 1990s. AP noted that "Trump for years has criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat
NPR reports that Democrats in Congress have introduced a bill that would limit who the Trump administration can appoint as a temporary judge. The bill, introduced by California's Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Juan Vargas, would allow the attorney general to appoint temporary immigration judges who have served
NBC News reports that the Trump administration yesterday halted immigration applications submitted by nationals from 19 countries that already faced restrictions on travel to the United States, according to a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services memo. The policy memo states that "USCIS has considered that this direction may