Stories tagged: "ICE"

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Culture Shocking New Docuseries Highlights ICE’s Many Abuses. Will It Be Enough to Wake People Up?

Will the docuseries 'Immigration Nation' spur the U.S. to end ICE's human rights abuses and demand immigration policy change?

Yehudit Mam Yehudit Mam August 12, 2020 12:05 pm EDT
Law and Policy Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (House Television via AP)
Law and Policy How a Group of Progressive Lawmakers Are Trying to Stop Trump’s Secret Police

As the president sends more federal agents to more cities that don't want them, this group wants to slow down their funding

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers July 23, 2020 12:01 pm EDT
Education In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration's decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Education Trump Administration Rescinds Rule on International Students After Fierce Backlash

The announcement brings relief to thousands of foreign students who had been at risk of being deported from the country.

Associated Press Associated Press July 15, 2020 11:22 am EDT
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Education We Spoke to One of the International Students Targeted by Trump’s New Rule. Here’s What She Said.

“Either you risk going back to school and endangering the safety and health of students and faculty, or you have to go and leave the country."

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil July 10, 2020 11:39 am EDT
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Coronavirus Salvadoran Man Becomes First ICE Detainee to Die From Coronavirus

Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia and his sisters came from El Salvador with their mother in 1980 during the country’s civil war, and he was the only one unable to obtain a green card.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright May 7, 2020 2:46 pm EDT

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