Immigration Enforcement
How the FBI Coerced This Muslim Immigrant Into Working as an Informant
Immigrants vulnerable to deportation are sometimes coerced into becoming FBI informants with the promise of adjusting their status. For five years, the FBI dangled this promise in front of Fatma until one day she gave up and decided to break up with them.
Top Stories
Only 20% of ICE Detainees Get a Hearing Within 10 Days
By Paul Moses Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Primary category in which blog post is published
Cuomo Has Not Signed a Bill to Help Separated Children, A Year Later
By Aldana Vales Zero Tolerance Primary category in which blog post is published
Ravi Ragbir Continues to Fight ICE and the Trump Administration
By Olivia Heffernan Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Primary category in which blog post is published
An ICE Shooting and a ‘Political War of Words’
By Olivia Heffernan Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Primary category in which blog post is published
ICE Filed Over 100,000 New Cases and Clogged the Courts at the Peak of the Pandemic
The court shutdown has caused immigration judges’ productivity to plummet while ICE is sending new cases and filing motions to reopen cases that were administratively closed in the past
ICE Director Retires
Matthew Albence, acting director of ICE, announced he was retiring on Friday.
Bronx Immigrant Remains in ICE Detention Despite Cuomo Pardon
Ousman Darboe has been in ICE detention in Bergen, New Jersey since 2017.
The NYPD’s Long History of Targeting Black Immigrants
Despite making up only 7.2 percent of the noncitizen population in the US, more than 20 percent of people facing deportation on criminal grounds are Black.
New York ICE Chief and Deportation Officer Say They Worked Closely with State Court Officers on Arrests
“I got most of my guidance, my dealing with the court, from the court officers. We worked with them very well,” said David Rodriguez, a deportation officer who works out of the Varick Street ICE office.
Video Shows ICE Agents Arresting a Protestor in NYC
The arrest came despite the NYPD stating it does not need federal assistance in policing the protest.
Emails Show Long Island Police Departments Worked Closely With ICE
Despite previously denying working with ICE on Operation Matador, emails show Nassau County and Suffolk County Police Departments worked closely with the agency.
Thomson Reuters Analysts Process Data to Help ICE Agents Make Arrests, Documents Show
A contract with ICE stipulates that data gathered by the company and used in arrests be “analyzed internally by both automation and trained analysts”
Behind The Scenes: At The Mercy Of The Courts, One Family’s Harrowing Journey (Podcast)
We spent a year investigating the impact of Trump's policies on New York's immigration courts. After watching hundreds of hearings a day, here are some details of what we found.
