By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Jessica Bailiff looked out at her class and saw empty desks where her students were supposed to be. The physics teacher’s heart sank. She knew why they weren’t there. The day before, federal authorities had swept through a nearby meatpacking plant, rounding up nearly 100 […]
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By Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post Federal officials arrested 97 immigrants at a meat-processing plant in rural Tennessee on Thursday in what civil rights organizations said was the largest single workplace raid in a decade and a sign that the Trump administration is carrying out its plan to aggressively ramp […]
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 […]