By Julie Myers Wood and Steve J. Martin Washington Times Congress held two hearings this month to examine the government’s decision to release more than 2,000 immigrants from detention for budgetary reasons. The good news is that committee members of both parties used these hearings to focus on the core issue: our flawed immigration-detention system….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Colorado moved closer Monday to repealing a controversial law that requires local police to determine the status of immigrants and report undocumented people to federal authorities, the Denver Post reports. A state House committee voted 9-2 to repeal the six-year-old law, SB 90, that state officials said has cost taxpayers $13 million…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of a 4-year-old who was detained and deported to Guatemala for months despite being a U.S. citizens is among 10 to file suit against CBP, AlterNet reports. The lawsuits range from unlawful treatment to discrimination. Another lawsuit was filed by a 53-year-old woman who says she suffered a stroke after…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com CPB employees will be furloughed for up to 14 days each because of the spending cuts known as the sequester, the Washington Post reports. Employees will be issued official notices beginning Thursday, the Post wrote. Union leaders of warned a serious impact. “The smuggling organizations are keenly aware of what our…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Department of Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano said she had no part in the recent release of hundreds of low-risk, undocumented immigrant detainees ahead of impending federal spending cuts under the sequestration, ABC News reports. “Detainee populations and how that is managed back and forth is really handled by career officials in…
Opinion The Bakersfield Californian The prospect for real bipartisan progress on immigration reform may take a serious hit if sequestration, the automatic cuts scheduled for March 1, take place. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano informed the Senate Appropriations Committee last week the cuts will result in a workforce-hours reduction equivalent to 5,000 Border Patrol agents,…
Doris Meisnner New York Times Column Because the United States has experienced high levels of illegal immigration across the Mexican border from the early 1970s until the onset of the recession in 2008, border security and enforcement have been the dominant focus for immigration policymaking over decades, especially since 9/11. With it came deep public…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal government spends more money on immigrant enforcement than all other law enforcement agencies combined, the Huffington Post reports. The U.S. spent nearly $18 billion in the 2012 fiscal year on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and US-Visit, an effort to help local authorities identify undocumented immigrants,…
