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Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and legal US resident who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) following his pro-Palestinian activism, have filed appeals to prevent the Trump administration from detaining him again. Lawyers representing Khalil argued to the federal third circuit court of appeals in Philadelphia that his release from Ice detention by a lower …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, a spectacle that has caused confusion, shock and a sense of betrayal among many in the U.S.-allied nation. The Sept. 4 raid on a battery …

Immigrant detentions soar 50% to a record under Trump  Axios A last lifeline in ‘detention alley’  The Washington Post The key to the Trump administration’s rapid detention ramp-up? Republican governors.  Politico Speak Out: Demand Humane Treatment in Immigration Detention  Grand Canyon Synod of the ELCA The Legal Labyrinth of Immigrant Detention  The Regulatory Review Source link

Washington, D.C., resident Tyler DeSue woke up tired and craving breakfast Saturday morning, so he did what many people in that situation would do: He used Uber Eats to put in an order for burritos. When his driver took longer than usual, DeSue checked the app and noticed something seemed wrong — the delivery driver’s GPS location had stopped short …

Immigration was once one of President Donald Trump’s strongest issues but is increasingly less so in the wake of his administration’s aggressive — and hard-line — policies. In general, approval of his handling of the subject has plummeted in recent months as he’s backed inhumane detention facilities and ramped up deportations of undocumented immigrants, many of whom have no criminal …