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New York Immigrant Communities Primary category in which blog post is published

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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How the Executive Office for Immigration Review Oversees Immigration Courts

By Documented
The Executive Office for Immigration Review oversees America's immigration courts, case appeals, and immigration-related employment cases.

How Immigration Bonds Work

By Documented Glossary Primary category in which blog post is published
A bond for detained foreign nationals is an amount set by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), or an immigration judge, which secures the release of the detainee under the agreement that, once out of detention, the bonded individual will attend all immigration court hearings.

What Recreational Marijuana Legalization Means for Immigrants in New York

By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio Federal Immigration Policy Primary category in which blog post is published
Aunque la legalización del uso recreativo de marihuana fue bien recivida en NY, los inmigrantes todavía tienen que tomar precauciones. Marijuana immigrants.

What Sanctuary Policies Mean for Undocumented Immigrants

By Rommel H. Ojeda Glossary Primary category in which blog post is published
A city (or county or state) is considered a sanctuary when it has adopted policies designed to limit its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement agents to protect low-priority immigrants from deportation, while still turning over those who have committed serious crimes.

How the Flores Settlement Agreement Affects the Custody of Detained Child Migrants

By Documented Glossary Primary category in which blog post is published
The Flores Settlement Agreement instituted a “general policy favoring release,” it required the government to house unaccompanied undocumented minors in “the least restrictive setting appropriate to the minor’s age and special needs.”