President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement program is failing due to a four-year asylum hearing backlog, an opinion article in The Hill contends. It is the immigration enforcement program’s policy to deport undocumented im- migrants to their country of origin, unless they express a “credible fear” of returning. An asylum officer assigned to the claim determines whether “credible fear” is present in individual cases, said Nolan Rappaport, the article’s author. If the officer denies the claim, applicants can request an administrative … [Read more...] about Immigrant requests for asylum face four year backlog
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Out of prison but not yet free of ICE
Borey (PJ) Ai has served his sentence in the California prison system, but he is not yet a free man. Even as he walks the streets of San Francisco and rejoins his family in Stockton, he can’t loosen up, can’t let his guard down. “This could be temporary. Any day this could be taken away,” said Ai, who is under the supervision of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and could at any time be deported to Cambodia, a country he has never set foot in. A black GPS ankle monitor sits just above his right Nike, sending his whereabouts to ICE … [Read more...] about Out of prison but not yet free of ICE
DACA repeal is a nightmare for Dreamers
President Donald Trump’s announcement to repeal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a nightmare for Dreamers, according to withdreamers.com. An estimated 800,000 undocumented immigrants (Dreamers) will be in danger of deportation without the DACA protection. Deferred action is a legal term used to refer to the federal government’s discretion in enforcing deportation against undocumented citizens who register and meet a certain criteria. On June 15, 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced that people who were … [Read more...] about DACA repeal is a nightmare for Dreamers
Hispanic officers agree fatal shootings by police isolated
Hispanic police officers tend to agree with White police officers in thinking that recent fatal shootings of Blacks by the police are isolated incidents that do not represent a larger racial problem. Quite the opposite is true when asked about the changing emphasis on immigration enforcement, where Hispanic officers’ viewpoints tend to differ from White officers and agree with Black police officers’ views. In an online article by Gustavo Lopez for the Pew Research Center, a survey shows that 72 percent of Hispanic officers and 72 … [Read more...] about Hispanic officers agree fatal shootings by police isolated