On Thursday (September 7, 2018), the Trump administration announced its intention to bypass rules limiting the time that immigrant minors can be kept in detention centers, with the Department of Homeland Security intending to pull out of the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, a federal edict that prohibits minors from being detained for more than 20 days. […]

On Thursday (September 7, 2018), India urged the US to take a sensitive and balanced approach to the issue of changing the nation’s H-1B US visa policy, claiming that such changes could have an impact on the “people-to-people” connections vital for stimulating bilateral ties. In the first real 2+2 exchanges between the two nations, External Affairs

A federal judge has blasted the Trump administration for transferring ten immigrant detainees to out of state jails from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Contra Costa County in August, with the decision slammed as ‘troubling’ and ‘dangerous.’ Last week, US District Court Judge, Edward J Davila dismissed a request to have

Immigration authorities have told election officials in North Carolina to hand over voting records dating back almost ten years by the end of September. On Friday (August 31st, 2018), the US Attorney’s Office for North Carolina’s Eastern District subpoenaed records from 44 county election boards in the state’s eastern areas as well as from the

The biggest immigration court backlog is currently in California, but other states are facing a more rapid growth of pending cases, a new report reveals. The average waiting period for hearings is also on the rise, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), which analyzes data from immigration courts. The majority of people

The fight over immigration in the US is hitting vineyards in California, with many finding it increasingly difficult to get seasonal workers who can help to harvest this year’s crop. Competition from other local industries, such as construction, is also increasing the problem for winemakers. The majority of farm workers in California were born overseas,

300,000 immigrants from El Salvador are set to lose Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in 2019 and church groups want action now to prevent deportations. TPS is a program used by the Department of Homeland Security for citizens who come from countries deemed too unstable for them to safely return to, either because of natural disasters

Chris Kleinberg, the Sheriff of Dakota County, is set to join 50 other sheriffs on Wednesday (September 5, 2018) to urge for reforms on immigration policies in Washington DC. The sheriffs will call on Congress to move on pending legislation to increase the level of security on the nation’s border. They will then join a

It is more than a month since the Mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney, announced that there would be no renewal of the city’s contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). PARS, the preliminary arrangement reporting system, gave ICE real-time access to a database used for targeting undocumented immigrants, according to community members and local

Prisoners and undocumented immigrants held in detention centers are going on strike across the U.S. 62 people were striking at Takoma, Washington’s Northwest Detention Center, as of Friday, according to activists. On Saturday, a rally held near the center demanded that staff stop what they call retaliation against those held there. The demonstrations started on

A shortage in the number of construction workers over a prolonged period has resulted in a call for immigration reform by the Associated General Contractors of America. The chief economist of the group, Kenneth D Simonson, says that while they recognize the importance of safe borders, it is also crucial for the future of the