ICE seeks to drop cases to expedite deportations following arrests at courthouses
After witnessing his son Aliaksandr Baluty get detained by six U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers right after an immigration court hearing, Vadzim Baluty felt he had made a grave mistake. Accompanying his son to his first asylum court appearance, Vadzim agreed last month when ICE lawyers proposed dropping a lawsuit against Belarusian immigrants. […]
DHS Under Trump Detains Undocumented Immigrants at Courthouses, Undoing Biden’s Policy
Trump Administration’s DHS Reverses Biden-Era Immigration Policies President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is retracting policies from the Biden administration that offered protections to undocumented immigrants during court proceedings, effectively creating “protected areas” from federal immigration enforcement. This week, DHS Executive Director Kristi Noem announced a shift in strategy after previous measures aimed […]