The use of force has become a 'default tool' for ICE officers, a new report finds

The use of force has become a 'default tool' for ICE officers, a new report finds

The American Civil Liberties Union has released a new report detailing Immigration and Customs Enforcement's extensive use of force. The report examined more than 1,200 immigration enforcement operations across eight states and found that nearly one-third involved force or the threat of force. Researchers documented officers tackling or pinning people to the ground and using chemical irritants, rubber bullets and tasers.

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Immigration Article of the Day:  Affidavits Are Forever: Public Charge, Domestic Violence, and the Enforceability of Immigration Law's Affidavit of Support by Veronica Thronson

Immigration Article of the Day: Affidavits Are Forever: Public Charge, Domestic Violence, and the Enforceability of Immigration Law's Affidavit of Support by Veronica Thronson

Affidavits Are Forever: Public Charge, Domestic Violence, and the Enforceability of Immigration Law's Affidavit of Support by Veronica Thronson, 41 Yale Law & Policy Review 69 (2022) Abstract Part I of this Article provides a brief background on the central role that family relationships play in the immigration

By Kevin R. Johnson