Ankle Monitors And GPS Apps: ICE’s Alternatives to Detention, Explained
As New Jersey closes its doors to ICE, detained immigrants have been transferred across the country. The agency could allow them to live locally through its Alternatives to Detention program, however advocates say it has major flaws
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Protesters Demand Congress Provide Pathways to Citizenship
Plus: Democrats search for more ways to help immigrants in reconciliation bill, and Biden keeps migrant expulsions in place
White House Condemns Border Patrol Actions Against Haitian Migrants
Plus: Cryptocurrency company secures ICE contract, and another employee charged at closed migrant child shelter
City Council Holds Hearing on Giving Non-Citizens Voting Rights
Plus: New Jersey mayor doesn't want more Afghan refugees, and Long Island man allegedly attacked Latino farmworkers
At a City Council Hearing, Local Officials Wrestle over Giving Non-Citizen New Yorkers Power to Vote
A bill that would allow legal permanent residents to vote has drawn considerable support as well as push back
De Blasio Suggests He Doesn’t Support Voting for Legal Permanent Residents
Plus: What is ICE's alternatives to detention program, and undocumented immigrants excluded from Hurricane Ida aide
150 Resettled Refugees in NJ Were Displaced During Hurricane Ida
Plus: Cash workers struggle to access excluded workers fund, and local aide groups help Afghan refugees at military base
Home Health Workers Protest 24-Hour Shifts with Unpaid “Sleep Breaks”
Chinese Planning Council home health attendants say that receiving only 13 hours of pay for 24-hour shifts is unfair, and detrimental to their health.
Developers Want to Make One Of NYC’s Most Dangerous Jobs Even Riskier
Documented Talks: How 9/11 Changed Our Immigration System
As a result of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. revamped its immigration system with the creation of DHS and ICE. However, the creation of this agencies also led to unfair profiling of Muslim communities who became targets for raids and crackdowns. This was the topic for Documented’s seventh panel on immigration issues: how 9/11 Changed Our Immigration System.
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