One of the first things Joe Biden did as president was to issue a deportation moratorium. It was a bold move but quickly struck down by a federal judge even after it was unclear whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would comply with the moratorium at all. While the block on deportations didn’t last, the administration’s gambit looked like it could be a story of two steps forward and one step back or, as some call it, progress.
That came after years of watching then-president Donald Trump not just demonize migrants but also witnessing his draconian political moves against them, like his administration’s zero-tolerance policy that sparked the 2018 family separation crisis. That crisis lingered past the end of his presidency for thousands of children, even as migrants who spoke with
ICE Subverting Bidenâs Priorities for Detention and Deportation
A new report sheds light on how, despite orders from the Biden administration to narrow its immigration enforcement, ICE is still casting a wide net.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents process migrant families in Roma, Tex., on April 30, 2021.Photo: John Moore/Getty ImagesU.S. Border Patrol agents process migrant families in Roma, Tex., on April 30, 2021.Photo: John Moore/Getty Images
On the first day of Joe Bidenâs presidency, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security issued a memo to change immigration enforcement priorities and limit the number of people U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would target and detain. The same day, Biden issued an executive order declaring a partial moratorium on deportations. Both the new immigration enforcement priorities, which have been sporadically upheld by ICE, and the deportation moratorium, which was swiftly blocked after Texas
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‘We’re supposed to have rights’: Rally held for Etowah County ICE detainee Karim Golding
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
Activists say Karim Golding has tested positive twice for COVID-19 while being held in the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Ala.
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Several groups held a virtual rally this morning calling for the release of an immigrant detainee from the Etowah County Detention Center who advocates say is suffering from the long-term effects of COVID-19.
Karim Golding, 36, is a Jamaican Muslim Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee at the center who spoke to listeners by telephone on the event, which was livestreamed on Facebook.