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Sending Migrants to Guantánamo Bay Is a Costly, Abusive Shift in Immigration Detention
February 7, 2025
Last week, President Trump ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand immigration detention at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba to house up to 30,000 people. Since then, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has transferred at least two flights of migrants from the United States to its detention facility there. Immigration detention at Guantánamo […] The post Sending Migrants to Guantánamo Bay Is a Costly, Abusive Shift in Immigration Detention appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]
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Breaking Down Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship
February 7, 2025
By Laila Khan and Raul Pinto On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for babies of undocumented immigrants and for people with temporary status in the U.S. Executive Order 14156: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship departs from over 125 years of […] The post Breaking Down Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]
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A Young U.S. Citizen’s Long Legal Road Back Home
January 31, 2025
Across the country, deportation is often discussed as an absolute end. Many politicians run on a platform of stoking fear on immigration, with deportation being the punishment and means to remove millions in the United States. Even at the community level, advocates fighting against a deportation will often simply move on to a new case […] The post A Young U.S. Citizen’s Long Legal Road Back Home appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]
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ICE Makes Sweeping Arrests in Chicago, Endangering City’s Livelihood
January 31, 2025
By Karen Aho and Anna Shepperson Chicago has been bracing for immigration raids since the presidential inauguration, following tips that it would be the first sanctuary city targeted under the Trump administration’s mass deportation initiatives. On Sunday, “Operation Safeguard” began in Chicago, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announcing “enhanced targeted operations,” along with […] The post ICE Makes Sweeping Arrests in Chicago, Endangering City’s Livelihood appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]
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Breaking Down the Latest Court Decision Impacting DACA
January 31, 2025
Nearly 13 years since the Obama administration first created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, more than 500,000 people who currently benefit from DACA—and their families—remain in a state of cruel uncertainty. The latest in a long-running court battle took place on January 17 in a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals […] The post Breaking Down the Latest Court Decision Impacting DACA appeared first on Immigration Impact. […]