Following weeks of immigration enforcement action in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that has included everything from immigration officers killing two U.S. citizens, detaining children, and entering homes without judge-signed warrants, Congressional Democrats refused to pass a spending package that includes full funding for the agency immediately responsible for it all: the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Partial federal shutdown seems increasingly likely as Democrats demand major changes to ICE
Democratic senators are narrowing a list of demands for changes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a partial government shutdown looming by week’s end, hoping to pressure Republicans and the White House as the country reels from the deaths of two people at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.
“ICE is … totally out of control”: Ferguson, Brown outline plans to protect Washingtonians from federal immigration actions
Following the shooting death of 37-year-old V.A. nurse Alex Pretti at the hands of an immigration agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, over the weekend, Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown held a press conference on Monday, Jan. 26 to address the killing.
Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US
Guan Heng, who exposed human rights abuses in his native China, has been in U.S. custody since being swept up in an immigration enforcement operation in August.
US citizen says ICE took him at gunpoint in only underwear despite frigid cold and no warrant
Federal immigration agents bashed open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
Massage parlor workers protest anti-trafficking summit that includes DHS, ICE
Shouts of, “No raids, no rescue!” and “What do we want? Workers rights! When do we want them? Now!” filled the air just outside Hotel Murano in Tacoma, during a protest of the state’s Human Trafficking Summit on Jan. 9.
Judge’s order blocking removal of man from US wasn’t received until after he was deported, DHS says
Immigration authorities did not receive word of a court order blocking the removal of a man living in Alabama until after he had been deported to Laos, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday, dismissing claims that officials violated the order.
Trump administration says it’ll pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country
The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who’ve returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.
Training shows employers how to respond in ICE encounters
“Seattle does not cooperate with immigration enforcement but does not prevent or impede it,” said Jena Yang of the city’s Office of Immigrant Safety and Refugee Affairs (OIRA).
ACRS loses federal grant, impacting services for green card holders
Despite having half a year to go on its contract for a federal grant that allowed the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) to help green card holders to complete their naturalization applications and brush up on their United States history and civics, ACRS learned, along with all other grantees—including others in King County and the City of Seattle—that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security terminated the grant, effective March 27.