“Throughout the pandemic, President Trump and his team continue to pursue policies cracking down on immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. The administration said Tuesday it will try to find new ways to end DACA, and recently a legal battle ensued over migrant children in U.S. custody amid COVID-19. Amna Nawaz joins Judy Woodruff to discuss…
“Under a shocking new Trump administration policy, hundreds of people who came to the United States seeking asylum were secretly held in hotels for days on end before being expelled from the country, often with little or no paper trail. This includes more than 200 unaccompanied immigrant children — including babies and toddlers — who…
“The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Trump’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. RAICES’s Erika Andiola says it was “all because of movement building, because of organizing.” She also recalls that while DACA was created by President Obama in 2012, his administration also deported people in record numbers — and…
“Massive #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations across the U.S. are bringing thousands of people into the streets, where advocates say undcoumented immigrants may face the presence of Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials. Last week a viral video showed ICE agents working with New York police to detain protesters at a George Floyd rally. Mizue Aizeki, deputy director at…
“Calls are growing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release people from detention during the pandemic, as two people have died from COVID-19 while in custody. We speak with The Intercept’s Ryan Devereaux, who reported on how Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia, held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, suffered horrifying neglect before he passed away….
“The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has joined thousands of medical professionals and immigration rights groups to demand that Immigration and Customs Enforcement release all prisoners from immigration jails as the coronavirus continues to spread. Meanwhile, immigration advocates are working to prepare crowded encampments of asylum seekers across the U.S.-Mexico border for a potentially catastrophic outbreak of…
“A new watchdog report reveals troubling details about how the U.S. government handled the separation of migrant families as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy. The litany of failures includes communication breakdown, lack of planning and insufficient care. Lisa Desjardins talks to Ann Maxwell, assistant inspector general of the Department of Health…
“Protesters for immigrant rights demonstrated outside the Democratic debate Thursday in Los Angeles, displaying a banner that read “Migrant Justice on Day One” and demanding a moratorium on deportations and immigrant worker protections. We look at how the candidates responded, with Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education…
“According to new data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, over 850,000 migrants were detained at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal 2019. The figure is more than double the previous year’s total, and it includes a record number of unaccompanied migrant children — many more than previously understood. Amna Nawaz joins Judy Woodruff to discuss…
“The rapid expansion of ICE detentions in Louisiana has injected depressed rural communities with a new source of income while increasing profits for private companies. With more than 51,000 migrants detained by ICE, upwards of 8,000 are being held in Louisiana jails and prisons. Joanne Elgart Jennings reports in the second of a two-part series…