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  • Can you be detained for looking Hispanic?

    The United States Supreme Court once again used the side door—the famous “emergency” or shadow docket—to tip the immigration balance. With a stay order, the court this week allowed federal agents in Los Angeles to resume indiscriminate operations and arrests that a judge had halted, considering them to be...
  • Defensores de inmigrantes detenidos denuncian la pérdida de llamadas telefónicas gratuitas

    Grupos que defienden a las personas detenidas en centros de inmigración exigen el restablecimiento de un programa que permitía 500 minutos gratuitos de llamadas telefónicas al mes. En las últimas semanas, el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas cortó las llamadas nacionales e internacionales gratuitas, diciendo a los...
  • Advocates for detained immigrants decry loss of free phone calls 

    Groups advocating for people detained in immigration facilities are calling for the reinstatement of a program which allowed 500 free minutes of phone calls per month. In recent weeks, Immigration and Customs Enforcement cut off the free domestic and international calls, telling advocates pandemic-era funding has run out. Rosa Santana, interim...
  • Immigrants Can Be Detained Indefinitely Under Supreme Court Ruling

    Eric Tegethoff Public News Service SEATTLE — People waiting for their immigration case to be decided can be held indefinitely, even if they are legal permanent residents or asylum seekers. In a 5-to-3 decision issued Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Jennings...
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