Interior Enforcement
Enforcement Priorities Are Back. What Will ICE Prosecutors Do With Them?
The Biden administration has officially reinstated its enforcement guidelines for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The move comes after the Supreme Court reaffirmed the federal government’s authority to set priorities in immigration enforcement – and to discourage federal agents from spending time and energy on noncitizens who aren’t priorities. Read More
Groups File Motion in Lawsuit to Block Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1718
Legal organization filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block Section 10 of Florida’s draconian anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718. Read More
Civil Rights and Legal Advocates File Lawsuit Against Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1718
Legal organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718. Read More
New Data Analysis Reveals ICE’s Enforcement Activities Contradicted Biden Administration’s Prioritization Guidelines
Newly analyzed government data exposes the discrepancy between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's actions and its own guidelines. Read More
Supreme Court Allows Biden Administration to Reinstitute Its Immigration Enforcement Priorities
Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in U.S. v. Texas, which allows the Biden administration to resume its implementation of guidelines for immigration enforcement within the interior of the United States, otherwise known as enforcement priorities. The Court held that the states challenging the legality of… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Resoundingly Upholds Executive Authority on Immigration Enforcement Priorities, Rejects State Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court held in an 8-1 decision that states do not have the authority to challenge the executive branch’s authority to establish enforcement priorities. Read More
Newly Introduced Border Bill Would Create More Chaos at the Border, Not Less
With the pandemic-related expulsion policy “Title 42” set to expire May 11, the House GOP introduced its first large-scale border and immigration package on Monday. The bill combines three separate bills into one, including a bill effectively ending asylum which previously passed out of the House Judiciary Committee. Read More
DHS Publishes Privacy Document About ATDs and the Data They Collect – Two Decades Late
Written by Raul Pinto and Rebekah Wolf of the American Immigration Council The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) implementation of Alternative to Detention Programs (ATD) on March 17. ATD programs provide noncitizens in removal… Read More
Florida Doubles Down with New Law Designed to Spend Millions to Relocate Migrants
Florida made headlines last year as it passed a law allowing Governor Ron DeSantis to spend up to 12 million dollars to transport migrants out of Florida. DeSantis used over $1 million of that funding to fly 50 unwitting migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard and plan a second… Read More
Still Awaiting Court Dates, Migrants Suffer the Effects of ‘Band-Aid’ Fixes to Our Broken Immigration System
When asylum seekers arrive in the United States, so long as they are not rapidly deported or expelled, the government is generally supposed to issue them a “Notice to Appear” (NTA). This charging document formally begins the immigration court process. But a new report from NBC News indicates that,… Read More
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