Immigration Agencies Ordered Not To Use Term ‘Illegal Alien’ Under New Biden Policy

The Biden administration is ordering U.S. immigration enforcement agencies to change how they talk about immigrants. The terms "illegal alien" and "assimilation" are out — replaced by "undocumented noncitizen" and "integration." The new guidance is laid out in a pair of detailed memos sent Monday by the heads of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to roll back the previous administration's hard-line policies and...

07 April

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Lawyers find the parents of 61 more separated migrant children

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in High Pressure, Immigrant Families, Noteworthy Developments

The lawyers believe that the parents of 302 children who have not yet been reached were deported to Central America. WASHINGTON — Lawyers tasked with reuniting migrant families separated during the Trump administration said in a federal court filing late Wednesday that they have recently contacted the parents of 61 more children. The filing in the Southern District of California shows that the number of known separated children whose parents have yet to be reached by the pro bono...

02 April

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DHS watchdog finds widespread mistreatment of immigrants at ICE facility

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in Asylum & Deportation Proceedings, Immigrant Families, Noteworthy Developments

Immigrants held at an immigration detention center in Arizona were subject to widespread mistreatment last year, ranging from inadequate medical care to excessive punishment for peacefully protesting lax coronavirus mitigation efforts, an internal government watchdog found. During a remote inspection of the La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) found violations that jeopardized "the health, safety, and rights" of detainees, according to a report published Thursday. Citing...

29 January

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Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce ‘public charge’ immigration rule

Posted by Scarleth Cardona

in Immigration & Naturalization, New Rules, Noteworthy Developments

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A narrowly divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to begin enforcing a rule making it harder for poor immigrants to gain green cards. The justices in a 5-4 vote along ideological lines said they would let the controversial immigration rules go forward even as lower courts wrestle with multiple legal challenges against them. The policy in question would expand the government's ability to refuse green cards or visas for legal immigrants determined to be a...

Immigration Agencies Ordered Not To Use Term ‘Illegal Alien’ Under New Biden Policy

Lawyers find the parents of 61 more separated migrant children

DHS watchdog finds widespread mistreatment of immigrants at ICE facility

Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce ‘public charge’ immigration rule

Immigration Agencies Ordered Not To Use Term ‘Illegal Alien’ Under New Biden Policy

Supreme Court Seems Poised to Back Limits on Green Cards

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Lawyers find the parents of 61 more separated migrant children

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