The Aporia
13 articles about 13 events for “Immigration Detention Policies” from The Guardian.
“Human rights advocates have said that hate against South Asians has spiked in the US in recent years due to factors such as rising anti-immigration rhetoric and policies as well as a rise in white supremacist ideology.”
“But last year, the administration reinterpreted the statute to mean any migrant who entered the US illegally should be held in detention while awaiting legal proceedings.”
“At the center of the immigration case is a dispute over Donald Trump’s reinterpretation of a long-standing policy that has led to a massive surge in the number of migrants held in detention centers.”
“Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an assault charge against a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas, accusing the man of striking an officer with his side mirror while trying to drive away.”
“The Venezuelan asylum seeker, who had received a deportation order after missing a letter to appear in immigration court, was discharged from a local hospital with a bullet still lodged near his spine and then taken to ICE detention.”
“… party who are disappointed that, once in power, the leader softened many of her previous stances regarding the European Union, which she had harshly criticised; immigration, on which she had made radical proposals that were later abandoned; and other…”
“Authorities in Illinois are investigating a case on Sunday in which a US citizen was detained by federal immigration agents before ending up at a hospital with injuries.”
“After more than a year locked up in a US immigration detention centre, Nika, whose name the Guardian has changed to protect her family in Iran, was granted legal protections and freed on a judge’s orders.”
“Adults and families embroiled in the immigration system are subject to potential detention by DHS, while unaccompanied children are supposed to be quickly transferred from that department’s agencies into the custody of ORR.”
“The federal government’s move to reopen detention centres for visa overstayers, overseen by compliance officers, has drawn comparison from the Greens and advocates to Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown in the United States.”
“…s released a campaign ad criticizing Donald Trump’s approach to immigration enforcement, in the latest sign that a key plank of the president’s 2024 re-election campaign has become a liability for his congressional allies ahead of November’s midterm…”
“His early volunteer work involved visiting immigration detention centres in New York and New Jersey, where hundreds of immigrants had been rounded up in the panic after September 11.”
“Nixon, who was born in Jacksonville, has aggressively opposed DeSantis’s policies, including with a sit-in at the governor’s office this spring to protest Republican redistricting, the Miami Herald reported.”