ICE Poised for Reform as Biden Nominee Heads to Senate for Confirmation Vote.
ICE is set to get its first Senate-confirmed leader in nearly five years this fall, laying groundwork for reform within the agency. The Senate is…
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ICE to avoid detaining pregnant, nursing, and postpartum women.
ICE said it will no longer detain most pregnant, nursing and postpartum women for deportation, reversing a Trump-era rule that permitted officials to jail thousands…
Biden nominates Texas sheriff to run ICE.
Ed Gonzalez, President Biden’s nominee to head ICE, faced questions from Senate committee members Thursday during a confirmation hearing. Gonzalez struck a moderate tone on…
ICE rescinds civil penalties for failure to depart.
DHS announced that ICE has rescinded two delegation orders related to the collection of civil financial penalties for noncitizens who fail to depart the U.S.…
Biden nominates Texas sheriff to lead ICE
The White House announced that President Biden will nominate Ed Gonzalez, a sheriff from Texas and critic of the Trump administration’s deportation policies, to lead…
ICE and CBP to stop using the term ‘illegal alien’ referring to immigrants.
On Monday, two federal government memos were issued stating that U.S. immigration enforcement agencies will no longer use the term “illegal alien” in official communications…
ICE Provides Updated FAQs on Sensitive Locations and Courthouse Arrests Policy
Following the recent issuance of new guidance limiting ICE and CBP civil enforcement actions in or near courthouses, ICE updated its FAQs on sensitive locations and courthouse arrests. https://brian-d-lerner-blog.com/tag/immigration-agents…
LexisNexis signs massive contract with ICE to give personal information.
LexisNexis signed a $16.8 million contract to provide ICE with personal information on immigrants. The contract comes less than two years after the company claimed…
DHS extends flexibility in requirements related to Form I-9 compliance.
ICE announced that it has extended the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9, the Employment Eligibility Verification form, compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic until…
New ICE memo sets different priorities for agency.
ICE issued a new memo dictating the grounds for which people can be deported for the next 90 days. Officers will need preapproval from a senior…
Deportation of Africans cancelled after reports of torture by ICE
A plane carrying African asylum seekers due to take off from Alexandria, Louisiana was cancelled with minutes to spare after advocacy groups published affidavits by detainees…
DHS Extends Flexibility in Requirements Related to Form I-9 Compliance
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