What Does Obama Administration Immigration-Enforcement Review Mean For Deportation Policy?
Obama considering policy changes on immigration-enforcement which would cut back on deportations of noncitizens who were only guilty of immigration violations.
House Republicans Pass Immigration Law-Enforcement Bill To Counter Obama ‘Overreach’
The first of three immigration-related bills -- which take aim at the president in part for his creation of DACA, defund an immigrant-advocate position within ICE, and require the Attorney General to report to Congress whenever a Justice Department official doesn't administer the law -- passed the House on Wednesday.
Immigrant Detainees On Hunger Strike Threatened With Force Feeding, Says Lawyer
The attorney of immigrant detainees in a Washington state detention center says ICE officials have threatened to force-feed those on hunger strike for a halt to deportations and better work conditions in the center.
Immigration Judges Granting ICE Deportation Requests At Lower Rates
Half of all ICE’s filings to have an individual deported were awarded by immigration judges so far in fiscal year 2014, the lowest ever rate.
US Deportation Of Guatemalans Leaps 26 Percent In New Year, Say Authorities
The first month of 2014 saw a jump in deportations of Guatemalans compared to the first month of 2013, according to Guatemalan authorities.
Criminal Alien Removal Initiative, Little-Known ICE Pilot Program, Stirs Protest In New Orleans
Details on an ICE pilot program targeting “fugitive aliens” pit Obama administration priorities against civil-rights and immigrant-advocate groups who say it amounts to racial profiling.
ICE, CBP Sued For Freedom Of Information Violations
The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), which obtains previously-unreleased statistics on staffing, spending and enforcement activities from federal agencies, is suing two immigration agencies for illegally withholding requested information.
ICE To Use Less Shackles On Immigrants During San Francisco Hearings After Class-Action Lawsuit
A federal judge in San Francisco was expected to approve a settlement between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the ACLU, which had filed a class-action lawsuit in 2011, which would force ICE to use shackles less often when guarding detained immigrants at hearings.
Homeland Security Says Release Of Long-Awaited Immigrant Detainee Info ‘Not Feasible’
The ACLU had filed a lawsuit in 2011 over the release of some 22,000 individual case files of immigrant detainees. The government says they can't provide them.
Deportations By Obama Administration Of Undocumented Immigrants Drop In 2013 For First Time
The number is down from 409,000 in 2012. Over 1.9 million people have been deported since the president entered office in 2009.
Glow-In-The-Dark Ice Cream Made With Jellyfish Protein By Charlie Francis [RECIPE AND INTERVIEW]
Charlie Francis has created a glow-in-the-dark ice cream using the luminescence protein of a jellyfish. Learn more about his creation, in his own words, and how to make a DIY version without the expensive ingredient.
Less Than 1 In 9 Undocumented Targeted By ICE Detainers Are ‘Serious Threat To Public Safety’, Says New Report
"Secure Communities", a federal program meant to increase information-sharing between local and federal law enforcement agencies for the purposes of enforcing immigration laws, targets individuals the agency deems a serious threat to public safety only a little over 10 percent of the time.
Greenland Ice Canyon: NASA Discovers 'Mega-Canyon' Under Ice Sheets
The rivers flowing in this expansive canyon may actually predate Greenland's icy terrain.
Obama Administration Directive To ICE Urges Discretion On Deportations Of Undocumented Parents
The memo issued on Friday evening directs Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to consider the toll that overly punitive treatment of detained undocumented immigrants could have on their family, while stopping short of offering relief from deportation.
ICE Immigration Raid In Arizona: 223 Rounded Up After 13 Danny's Family Car Wash Locations Raided Sending Latinos Into Outrage
ICE said 30 who were deported have criminal history.
US To Resume Flying Deportees To Mexico City: What Did Immigration And Customs Do With Them Before?
The first flights of the Interior Repatriation Initiative took off from El Paso, Texas on Thursday, in what marks the commencement of a now-permanent program. Previously, deportees were dropped off by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Tijuana and other cities along the border, where they were frequent targets for organized crime.
Ice Cream Man Arrested For Threatening Rival Vendor: ‘This Is My Town!’
Ice cream vendor and his girlfriend arrested for stalking and threatening rival.
La Santa Cecilia 'Ice El Hielo': Listen To New Song By LA Band Reference Deportation and Protests
"La Santa Cecilia" released a new music video for their song "Ice El Hielo" which discusses how undocumented immigrant live in constant fear.
Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day: Where To Get Your Ice Cream Fix On April 9
Find out where to get your free scoop on Ben & Jerry's 35th annual event.
Nuggets survive Kobe fireworks to ice Lakers
The Denver Nuggets dropped the stumbling Los Angeles Lakers further into the doldrums on Sunday with a 112-105 win despite some fourth-quarter fireworks from Kobe Bryant.
NASA: Greenland, Antarctica Ice Sheets Losing Over Three Times as Much Ice Yearly
You might want to start reducing your carbon foot print as NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) found that combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased during the last 20 years.
NASA Probe Reveals Organics, Ice on Mercury
Despite searing daytime temperatures, Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, has ice and frozen organic materials inside permanently shadowed craters in its north pole, NASA scientists said on Thursday.