Immigration

“We’ve done this before,” Kevin K. McAleenan said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention, a decision that will almost certainly lead to a new court fight over the government’s ability to hold migrant families until their cases are decided.

More studies are necessary to supplement our understanding of the racial identification of newer Americans and immigrant communities.

HOUSTON (AP) — A new lawsuit blames the Trump administration’s family separations for the death by suicide of a Honduran father after being separated from his 3-year-old child.

It was filed last Friday, August 16.

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the U.S. government to forbid Central American immigrants from seeking asylum at the two busiest stretches of the southern border in a partial legal victory for the Trump administration.

Canada is centrally involved in the life-and-death struggle for migrant justice in the United States.

“Though real pain and fear are sweeping through our communities, we remain powerful,” the letter states.

“We are appalled by this brutal act committed against Jewish, Latinx, and immigrant justice protesters courageously taking nonviolent action to resist the violence that ICE inflicts on immigrant communities every day.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Trump administration official says that the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants into the country is about “people coming from Europe” and that America is looking to receive migrants “who can stand on their own two feet.”

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan immigration agreement signed with the Trump administration won’t work because the Central American nation does not have the resources, the country’s new president-elect says.

New rule reverses decades of long-standing precedent by disqualifying certain immigrants for using programs to help their families thrive.

“We look forward to seeing Trump in court —again— and to seeing justice prevail as we defend immigrant families and our democracy.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration rules that could deny green cards to immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance are going into effect, one of its most aggressive moves to restrict legal immigration.

This is a nation of immigrants. Its strength lies in its diversity. Its shame lies in its racial bias.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of migrants encountered by U.S. authorities at the southern border has dropped below 100,000 for the first time in five months amid increased collaboration with Mexico and Guatemala to crack down on the flow, according to government data released Thursday.

MORTON, Miss. (AP) — A spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says nearly half of those arrested during the largest immigration raid in a decade in the United States have been released.

“MOJADA” is a window into the sacrifices immigrants make coming into the United States.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s constitutional crisis was expected to deepen on Monday after the island’s Senate filed a lawsuit seeking to oust a veteran politician recently sworn in as the island’s governor as legislators squabble over who should lead the U.S. territory.

Latino Rebels Radio: August 4, 2019

This is terrorism.