The President’s Priorities and John Morton’s Quota are Completely Incompatible February 15, 2013 – Washington, DC. In response to the revelations in this morning’s USA Today that ICE agents believed careers were tied to boosting deportation numbers and the tactics they used to do so, Chris Newman, Legal Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s practices with local police are facing scrutiny this week as the injunction on the racial profiling provision of SB1070 was lifted and section 2b went into effect. ICE had previously rescinded Maricopa County’s 287(g) agreement–which enabled local sheriffs in Arpaio’s office to act as immigration officers–after the Department of Justice exposed…
John Morton’s Sympathy Letter to Hate Group
This cartoon, “Don’t Believe the Hype,” came on the heels of the ICE’s report crediting the Se Communities program with aiding a ‘record number of deportations.’ In fiscal year 2011, the Obama administration has deported 396,000+ people and performed enough of a shell game with them to say that 55% of those are “convicted criminals.”…