Posted on June 9, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
NBC reports on a video showing a group of federal immigration officials detaining a protester at a George Floyd rally in New York City on Friday. One of the officials is seen wearing a vest labeled “HSI Police,” a division of ICE. According to the Immigrant Defense Project, the man who was arrested is of Puerto Rican descent, which Terry Lawson, a supervising policy attorney for the project, said “raises questions about racial profiling.”
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Posted on May 21, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Houston Chronicle features an op-ed by Roger Ernesto La O Muñoz, a Cuban asylum seeker who is currently detained in the Joe Corley Detention Facility in Conroe, Texas. As a college graduate with a degree in hygiene and epidemiology, he writes on behalf of 55 fellow detainees to send a message to the president, immigration judges, human rights organizations, and the American public that he and the other detainees find themselves “in a concentration camp with death orders from COVID-19.”
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Posted on May 11, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Acting ICE Director Matthew Albence is resisting a White House effort to install a number of political appointees at the agency that he helms. The clash is the latest in a series of battles between Albence and other top officials, as the ICE chief faces pressure from Trump administration officials who see the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to take more aggressive measures against undocumented immigrants.
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Posted on April 27, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
CBS News reports that yesterday, a federal judge in California ordered ICE to actively and rapidly review the cases of all detained immigrants at increased risk of severe illness or death if they contract the coronavirus and determine whether they should be released. Coronavirus cases among the more than 31,000 immigrants held by ICE surged to 220 on Monday, with the agency reporting 96 new cases across the country. Join the Immigration Justice Campaign in calling on Congress to demand that ICE take steps to stem the spread of COVID-19 in detention facilities.
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Posted on April 10, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On Tuesday, ICE informed lawmakers that it was considering releasing some at-risk detainees in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cases of pregnant women and those over 60 are being reviewed in particular. So far, ICE has identified 600 detainees as vulnerable and has released 160.
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Posted on March 2, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
n December, an ICE request to delete records was granted. The request to delete records, which was filed in 2015 under the Obama administration, would include documents relating to detainee deaths, sexual assaults, and abuse allegations while in ICE custody. On Tuesday, the ACLU filed a FOIA request to get access to the documents before they are deleted. The ACLU has argued that these documents should be protected in order to keep ICE accountable in the future
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Posted on March 2, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On February 20, a Mexican man detained in Ohio died in ICE custody. His preliminary cause of death has been called suicide by self-inflicted strangulation, though this is being investigated. This is the 7th death in ICE custody for the current fiscal year.
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Posted on February 20, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
After Denver refused to turn over name, address, and arrest information on 3 immigrants accused of crimes, federal immigration officials have taken the matter to court. Immigration officials have asked a federal judge to enforce their subpoenas, and Denver said they will not comply unless a judge deems the subpoenas appropriate. Two of the men accused of crimes have been released, while one is still being held.
Arresting immigrants
Attack on immigrants
85 individuals were arrested
Detention in deportation proceedings
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Posted on February 20, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Trump administration is sending tactical units of border patrol officers to sanctuary cities. These units are normally used to detect smuggling at the border. Specifically, officers are being sent to Chicago and New York, with agents expected in other cities as well. According to an internal CBP email, the tactical agents will be deployed from February through May.
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Posted on January 28, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
In December, a federal judge ruled that ICE violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) when it denied immigration lawyers access to their client’s files. ICE’s reasoning was that the clients in ICE custody were “fugitives,” but that is not one of the stated exceptions under FOIA. ICE used this justification for denying FOIA requests at least 333 times between July 21, 2017 and April 4, 2019. As of this week, the government has about a month remaining to appeal the decision.
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