The Washington, D.C.-area offices of nonprofit groups that provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children were recently visited by federal agents in what some of the organizations described as a campaign of intimidation. Kids In Need of Defense, or KIND,…
Sensitive locations lawsuit amended with more concerns
Open and joyful expressions of faith are being replaced by fear and isolation due to immigrant enforcement raids at American houses of worship, according to an amended lawsuit aimed at the Trump administration. The original action was filed last July…
Trump admin denies hunger strike at immigrant detention center
More than 300 detainees at a Newark, N.J., immigration detention are continuing a hunger strike launched Memorial Day weekend to protest insufficient and spoiled food, lack of sanitation and bond denials, Human Rights Watch reported June 3. Federal officials, meanwhile,…
Lawsuit alleges Trump created intentional trap for immigrants
The Trump administration is now preventing detained immigrants from submitting photos, fingerprints and other biometric measures because without that information immigration cases are automatically denied. In response, a group of noncitizen detainees has filed a federal class-action lawsuit in the…
In El Paso, two Catholic sisters follow detained immigrants wherever ICE takes them
On their spreadsheets, down the list on their prayer table and off their tongues after a long day of ministry roll the names — of the man who is slowly but unsteadily regaining his grip on reality after being deported…
Court blocks Trump’s arrests of already vetted refugees
A federal court has temporarily paused a Trump administration policy allowing the arrest and possibly indefinite detention of refugees lawfully resettled in the United States. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston granted six refugees, Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts…
Markwayne Mullin has ties to Oklahoma theistic group
Those gleeful over the firing of Kristi Noem as U.S. secretary of Homeland Security should understand the senator nominated to succeed her is every bit a Christian nationalist, warns a native Oklahoman who leads a national network of progressive Christians….
Congressmen demand release of Dreamers wrongly detained
Three Democratic members of Congress joined immigration advocates in demanding the release of detained Dreamers just hours before one of the targets of their ire, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, was fired by President Donald Trump. The virtual…
Once again, judge knocks down Noem’s secrecy
A federal judge has temporarily suspended the latest Trump administration policy requiring members of Congress to give seven days’ notice before inspecting immigration detention facilities. The March 2 order by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., covers all…
Whistleblower warns ICE told to enter homes without warrants
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has authorized immigration agents to enter the homes of certain noncitizens and make arrests without the kind of warrant mandated by the Fourth Amendment. A secret Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo authorized agents “to…
Protests lead owner not to sell Texas warehouse to ICE
Yet another of the planned ICE mega-detention facilities has fallen through, with the property owner refusing to sell a Hutchins, Texas, warehouse for the Trump administration’s planned use. BNG was the first national news outlet to report on the location…
Minnesota educators file suit against Trump administration
The Trump administration faces yet another lawsuit in connection with its policy allowing immigration enforcement operations at sensitive locations such as churches, hospitals and schools. A coalition of Minnesota educators and school districts filed federal litigation Feb. 4 to prevent…