By Tal Kopan, CNN Washington (CNN)The Trump administration plans to require immigrants applying to come to the United States to submit five years of social media history, it announced Thursday, setting up a potential scouring of their Twitter and Facebook histories. The move follows the administration’s emphasis on “extreme vetting” […]
Confidential ICE Handbook Lays Out Paths for Investigators to Avoid Constitutional Challenges
26 Mar
by Foster LLP, on News
By Eoin Higgins, The Intercept When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents go after suspected violators of immigration and customs law, they do whatever they can to get consent from their targets. The idea is simple: By getting their targets’ consent, ICE agents can avoid the complications that arise from […]
Hope and Fear: How the Fortunes of Five L.A. Immigrants Have Changed Since Trump Took Office
23 Mar
by Foster LLP, on News
From Dreamers to asylum-seekers to Green Card holders, the president’s policies have provoked anxiety and heartache for immigrants at every step For a few hours almost every month, the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center is transformed into a courtroom. A giant American flag hangs above the stage […]
Illegal alien from Guatemala sentenced to federal prison in Iowa for document fraud
21 Mar
by Foster LLP, on News
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A Guatemalan man, illegally residing in eastern Iowa, was sentenced in federal court Monday for presenting fraudulent documents to obtain work less than a week after he was arrested for illegally entering the United States. This sentence resulted from an arrest made by U.S. Immigration and […]