Breaking News: The U.S. is holding a record 12,800 migrant children in detention, a fivefold increase from May 2017, data obtained by The Times shows
Category: Immigration
Trump administration to triple size of Texas tent camp for migrant children
Trump administration to triple size of Texas tent camp for migrant children
washingtonpost.com
‘HHS, the federal agency tasked with caring for migrant children and teenagers in U.S. custody, said it would more than triple the size of its camp at the Tornillo-Guadalupe Land Port of Entry from 1,200 beds to as many as 3,800.
The Trump administration established the camp in June as a temporary shelter because its facilities elsewhere were running out of space. That occurred at the height of Trump’s “zero tolerance” prosecution initiative, a crackdown that separated some 2,500 migrant children from their parents.’
Deaf, disabled Detroit immigrant in US for 34 years faces deportation
Keeping us safe one brown deportee at a time, thanks Trump!
‘On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told Anwana he would be deported on Tuesday, Sept. 11, according to advocates for Anwana. After the advocates raised concerns, ICE told them Friday that his deportation has been postponed. Anwana has a meeting with ICE set for Sept. 21.
“This removal is not imminent at this time,” Khaalid Walls, spokesman for the Michigan and Ohio office of ICE, said Friday. ‘
New rule would allow Trump admin to hold migrant kids indefinitely
Does this Make America Great Again? Is this Christian? Which ‘Family Values’ does this align with?
‘The Trump administration announced a new rule Thursday that would allow immigrant children with their parents to be held in detention indefinitely, upending a ban on indefinite detention that has been in place for 20 years.
The rule, proposed by the departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, goes into effect in 60 days and will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to keep children with their mothers in detention facilities while their cases for asylum play out in court.’
BREAKING: Trump administration releases latest numbers on migrant kids it separated from parents.
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BREAKING: Trump administration releases latest numbers on migrant kids it separated from parents.
This is most detailed data we’ve seen so far.
➡️ 2,654 total kids separated.
➡️ 565 *still* separated; 24 are 0-5 year olds.
➡️ Parents of 366 *already* deported; 6 are 0-5.
Government now says parents of 154 waived the right to reunite — including parents of a kid between 0 and 5.
ACLU challenged this today, saying some were “misled or coerced” into waiving reunification.
Nearly A Year After Maria, Puerto Rico Officials Claim Power Is Totally Restored
Puerto Rico’s sole provider of electricity for 1.5 million residents says power has been returned to all homes that lost electricity from Hurricane Maria last September.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
‘”I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, who is an educated man and well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country.”‘
‘Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.’
US capital ramps up security ahead of white nationalist rally
‘Sunday is likely to be tense. It marks the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville demonstration in which white supremacists and other far-right groups, angry over efforts to remove statues of Confederate leaders, clashed violently with counterprotesters.
One woman was killed and 19 injured when a 20-year-old man drove a car into a group of the counterprotesters.
President Donald Trump, in a low point of his presidency, blamed “both sides” for the bloodshed, a reaction that triggered astonishment among many and was widely seen as escalating tensions.’
Judge halts mother-daughter deportation, threatens to hold Sessions in contempt
‘NEW: Federal judge halts apparent deportation in progress & threatened to hold Attorney General Sessions in contempt after learning that the Trump admin tried to remove a woman & her daughter while a court hearing appealing their deportations was underway.’
Melania Trump’s parents are now US citizens
Look at what he does, not what he says.
‘Wildes did not explain how they got those green cards, raising the prospect they were sponsored by Melania Trump or another family member based on what Trump has called “chain migration” or family-based migration.’