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A Decade of Detention: The Post-9/11 Immigrant Dragnet
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Tue, 2011-09-13 08:17Image:
"Today, more immigrants are being detained and deported than ever before, and it’s just getting worse."
By Silky Shah. This piece was originally published in the South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection (SAMAR), and can be seen here.
The Policy Impact Ten Years Since 9/11: Border Security
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Tue, 2011-08-30 09:29Image:
After 9/11, the authority and discretion of border patrol has expanded. Post-9/11 resources toward border security have increased, making border patrol now able to maximize their authority to search, question and detain people within 100 miles of all land and sea borders.
A number of policy changes since 9/11 have meant more federal resources for border enforcement programs:
· Operation Stonegarden provides grants to local police to do the federal government’s job of maintaining border security.
New Reports Document Discriminatory Government Treatment of Muslims in America
Submitted by Aadika Singh on Wed, 2011-05-25 13:00Image:
From guest blogger Amna Akbar
There are visible and less visible ways the government has targeted Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians since September 11, 2001. With the death of Osama bin Laden, however, mainstream pundits, commentators, and lawmakers have attempted to push us to forget the damage and the grief this “war on terror” has brought to our communities—and to immigrant communities and communities of color more broadly.
Don’t Quota Me
Submitted by nadine wahab on Wed, 2010-03-31 16:16Sarnata Reynolds, March 30, 2010 -- On February 22, James Chaparro’s sixth day on the job as the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) behemoth detention and removal operation, he issued a memo directing all ICE field office directors to collectively identify, detain and deport 400,000 individuals in 2010.
Secure Communities: Turning a Blind Eye
Submitted by nadine wahab on Sun, 2009-11-22 12:39On Nov. 2, Acting Executive Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Secure Communities Program, Marc Rapp, alleged in a letter to the New York Times that the program “doesn’t racially profile.” This conclusion misses the point. Rapp’s myopic assessment of the Secure Communities Program fails to account for racial profiling that occurs before individuals are booked and turns a blind eye to local law enforcement misbehavior.
Tougher rules on policing illegal immigrants Local agencies helping with deportations must keep their focus on major crimes.
Submitted by nadine wahab on Fri, 2009-10-23 17:05www.latimes.com By Anna Gorman - October 14, 2009 - Luz Maria Diaz knew what happened to illegal immigrants at the
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