Category: #Immigration
Revised U.S. citizenship test requires more correct answers to pass
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday announced a new naturalization test with more than two dozen additional questions and a higher number…
US border authorities are expelling migrant children from other countries into Mexico
Children from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were sent to US’ neighbouring country Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-border-mexico-migrant-children-other-countries-dhs-ice-immigration-child-welfare-b1453519.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with…
Biden will form task force to reunite hundreds of separated immigrant children if he wins election
‘On his first day as president, Joe Biden will issue an executive order creating a federal task force to reunite these children with their parents’…
Singapore will replace passports with iris and facial scans
By 2022 residents of Singapore won’t be required to show a passport when they return home from another country. Instead, a scanner will compare their…
Death, debt, and degradation: Trump’s border wall after four years
Donald Trump promised the wall was supposed to stop drugs and immigration. What it did was much more complicated—and devastating—to the people, environment, politics, and…
Lawyers say they can’t find parents of 545 migrant children: report
Lawyers appointed to represent hundreds of children who were separated from their parents as a result of President Trump’s 2018 policy say they are having…
Supreme Court to hear case over border wall funding
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling that it improperly diverted money to build portions of…
Supreme Court tees up census case over whether Trump can exclude undocumented immigrants
The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month over whether President Donald Trump can exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count used to apportion congressional…
Trump administration announces new H-1B visa restrictions
The Trump administration announced new, long-anticipated restrictions for the H-1B high-skilled visa program on Tuesday, some of which will go into effect this week. Why…
Trump administration cuts refugee cap to new record low
The Trump administration plans to only admit a maximum of 15,000 refugees this fiscal year, the State Department said in a release late Wednesday evening….
Judge blocks big fee hikes for citizenship, other benefits
A federal judge has halted major fee increases for citizenship and other immigration benefits three days before they were to take effect Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/judge-blocks-big-fee-hikes-citizenship-other-benefits-kevin-mcaleenan-chad-wolf-homeland-security-department-judge-citizenship-b709932.html Droolin’…
Trump administration preparing targeted ICE arrests in sanctuary cities: report
The Trump administration is preparing a series of immigration enforcement actions targeting sanctuary cities leading up to the November general election, … Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/518838-trump-administration-preparing-targeted-ice-arrests-in-sanctuary Droolin’…
New US citizen refugees excited for first presidential vote
Tens of thousands of refugees fleeing wars and persecution who were welcomed into the U.S. are now American citizens voting the first time in what…
Medical abuse allegations at ICE facility add to US history of forced sterilization
The imminent deportation of Pauline Binam, who alleges she was involuntarily sterilized in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year, was halted on Wednesday….
U.S. Concentration Camp Sent Undocumented Women to Be Sterilized, According to Whistleblower
Why have the terms “Nazi Germany” and “Mengele” become trending topics on Twitter? The words dominated the social media platform on Monday after it was…
8,800 unaccompanied children deported at US border under Trump administration’s Covid rules
<p>Border Patrol Deputy Chief Raul Ortiz reports thousands of children deported along US -Mexico border </p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/covid-children-us-border-deported-trump-rules-mexico-coronavirus-b431414.html Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared…
I Was a U.S. Diplomat. Customs and Border Protection Only Cared That I Was Black.
On Nov. 19, 2018, I was driving from my home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, across the border to El Paso, Texas, when a Customs and…
Controversial Face Recognition Firm Clearview AI Is Teaming Up With ICE
In a pairing that has all the makings of a privacy and/or human rights nightmare waiting to happen, the dystopian facial recognition software maker Clearview…
Immigrants who speak out against being doused in toxic disinfectant for Covid at Trump-funded detention centre face retaliation, activists says
Adelanto Immigrant Detention Facility, outside of LA, is reportedly spraying detainees with a potent chemical linked to birth defects and asthma Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/immigrants-ice-detention-trump-border-wall-covid-chemicals-a9670771.html Droolin’ Dog…
New strategy builds a multiracial coalition in Trump country
Deep canvassing can connect rural white voters to issues of racial justice to build a multiracial coalition we need. The post New strategy builds a…
17th immigrant dies in ICE custody, double last fiscal year
Seventeen immigrants have died in ICE custody this fiscal year, more than twice as many as the eight that died last year. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/17th-immigrant-dies-ice-custody-twice-many-last-fiscal-year-n1236152 Droolin’…
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