Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Tension over Obama Policies within Immigration and Customs Enforcement

As it poises for further immigration initiatives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is struggling with festering internal divisions between political appointees and career officials over how to enforce laws and handle detainees facing deportation.

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Andrew Becker | Update: Notice to Appear | August 27, 2010

ICE deporting more immigrants than ever... or are they?

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and the Obama administration have repeatedly said this summer that the agency is on track to meet its stated goal -- or what its budget allows for: to remove about 400,000 people from the country this year.

Andrew Becker | Update: Notice to Appear | August 10, 2010

Obama End-Run Amnesty Claim Is 'Nuts,' Immigration Official Says

A high-ranking immigration official brushed off claims that the Obama administration wants to make an end-run around Congress to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, saying the notion is "nuts."

Andrew Becker | Update: Notice to Appear | August 7, 2010

ICE issues new memo on detainers, seeks public comment

The draft memo ICE wants comment on

Andrew Becker | Update: Notice to Appear | August 4, 2010

U.S. government sued over detention of mentally disabled immigrants

The American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of legal advocates from Seattle to San Diego have sued the U.S. government over the detention of immigrants with mental disabilities.

Andrew Becker | Update: Notice to Appear | August 3, 2010

ICE goes on media blitz

ICE's new online detainee system

G.W. Schulz | Update: Elevated Risk | June 19, 2010

Trouble in three states draws scrutiny for veteran private jailer

Rebranding at ICE Meant to Soften Immigration Enforcement Agency's Image
Andrew Becker | Update: Notice to Appear | January 27, 2010

Special Mexico adviser to top ICE official on meteoric rise

Who is Tracey Bardorf?

John Morton, the assistant secretary for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, last summer brought on the relatively young former federal prosecutor to be his special adviser for Mexico and border matters.

Andrew Becker | Update: Notice to Appear | December 16, 2009

ICE to stop detaining asylum seekers

The government will generally no longer detain asylum seekers who arrive at U.S. border crossings, airports and other entry points who have a credible fear of persecution or torture in their home country as long as they meet certain requirements, immigration officials announced today.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Homeland Security Department's investigative arm and the agency responsible for immigration detention, will put the policy into place starting Jan. 4, according to an ICE press release.






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