Sounds like a good trade off, replacing the former head of ICE, who was well-connected but had little experience with someone who is less connected but more experienced. Not that it hurts to have connections here in Washington. But it shouldn’t override key things like experience. By AllGov If John Morton is confirmed as the…
This program has opened up the door for endless abuses. Local and state police officers, who are supposed to use this program to round up illegal immigrants committing serious crimes, are instead nabbing folks who urinate in public or speed. That’s not how the program was supposed to work. By N.C. Aizenman Washington Post Staff…
The death has made ICE rethink the way it handles non-citizens awaiting deportation. But is this an indication of something more systemic, something beyond Virginia? By Nick Mirroff and Josh White Washington Post Staff Writer The November death of a Prince William County man in immigration custody at Piedmont Regional Jail has prompted Immigration and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Gerardo Chavez knew how to get coveted posts at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was a special supervisory special agent and attaché in Caracas, Venezuela. He also knew how to make money illegally. On Friday a federal judge in Alexandria, Va., sentenced him to 7 ½ years in…
Treatment of detainees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities has been an issue some insist needs to be resolved now. Will the death of Guido Newbrough force authorities to take a harder look at the issue? That remains to be seen. By Nick Miroff Washington Post Staff Writer One morning last November, Prince William County…
The treatment of illegal immigrants remains a controversial issue in the U.S. Here’s the latest issue. By DIANNE SOLÍS The Dallas Morning News DALLAS — Federal immigration officials, over the past year, have dramatically curtailed the controversial practice of sedating deportees with powerful anti-psychotic medication. The move followed court challenges and a public outcry over…
Did ICE agents use excessive force? An advocacy group says yes. BY TRENTON DANIEL Miami Herald MIAMI— A coalition of immigrant advocates is demanding that the U.S. attorney’s office in Miami investigate the arrests of dozens of Mexicans and Guatemalans taken into custody as undocumented immigrants last month during a raid targeting a separate group…
