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Thomson Reuters faces shareholder pressure to investigate contracts with ICE

By Ericka Conant

The majority of Thomson Reuters independent shareholders vote in favor of a proposal to have the company investigate human rights abuses of its work with ICE.

ICE gives a bad rep: The push for Thomson Reuters to cut its contracts with the agency

The Department of Homeland Security flag flies outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington. (Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images)

Mayorkas orders ICE to shut down Georgia facility that forced sterilizations on migrant women

[OP-ED] He Enjoys Terrorizing Immigrants; Trump Wants Him to Lead ICE

by Yesid Vargas

02/14/2018 - 11:22

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Thomas Homan, who cynically tries to disguise his racism as “patriotic duty,” also stated his intention to persecute “sanctuary cities,” his opposition to a DACA solution and his enthusiasm for Trump’s absurd border wall, which he said he supports “100 percent.” EFE

Meet the man Donald Trump handpicked as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director: His name is Thomas Homan, a bigot that salivates over every immigrant worker detained, every family torn apart by deportation and every community terrorized by his agency -- and brags about it. This unabashedly racist individual, who gets his kicks from tearing apart immigrant families, should not be leading ICE.

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A federal judge orders the release of an immigrant activist and sends a clear message to the community

by Yamily Habib

02/02/2018 - 15:33

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Ravi Ragbir outside federal immigration court after a meeting with ICE in March 2017. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

District Judge Katherine B. Forrest compared the immigration practices of the Trump Administration to those of an authoritarian regime and requested the release of the activist Ravi Ragbir.

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Una juez federal ordena la liberación de un inmigrante activista y manda un mensaje claro a la comunidad

by Yamily Habib

02/02/2018 - 15:18

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Ravi Ragbir fuera del tribunal federal de inmigración después de una reunión con ICE en marzo de 2017. Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis vía Getty Images

La juez de Distrito, Katherine B. Forrest, comparó las prácticas de inmigración de la Administración Trump con las de un régimen autoritario y solicitó la liberación de Ravi Ragbir.

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Deported, When immigrants are just a number

by Yamily Habib

02/01/2018 - 15:50

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It’s true that Donald Trump has deported fewer people than the Obama Administration, but his persecution measures have been much more aggressive.

A year after Donald Trump’s inauguration, we inquired into the true figures of deportations caused by the policies of his new administration.

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Deportados: cuando los inmigrantes son sólo un número

by Yamily Habib

02/01/2018 - 15:37

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Es cierto que Donald Trump ha deportado a menos personas que la Administración Obama, pero sus medidas de persecución han sido mucho más agresivas.

Un año después de la investidura de Donald Trump, indagamos en las verdaderas cifras de deportaciones causadas por las políticas de la nueva administración.

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ICE improves its game and will begin to track license plates

by Yamily Habib

01/26/2018 - 13:08

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The port of entry to San Ysidro, California. PHOTO: JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES

ICE has signed a contract with a database system for the recognition of vehicle licenses, earning access to "billions" of records.

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ICE mejora su juego y empezará a monitorear las placas de autos

by Yamily Habib

01/26/2018 - 12:56

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El puerto de entrada a San Ysidro, California. FOTO: JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES

La Agencia de Inmigración y Aduanas ha firmado un contrato con un sistema de acceso a la base de datos de reconocimiento de licencias vehiculares, obteniendo “miles de millones” de registros.

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ICE detained an activist who had been in the country for more than 20 years

by Yamily Habib

01/16/2018 - 17:27

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Ravi Ragbir. Fuente: Common Dreams.

Ravi Ragbir, an activist of Trinidadian origin and leader of the New Sanctuary Coalition in New York, was arrested and transferred to a detention center by the authorities.

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Ice detiene a un activista que residía en el país desde hace más de 20 años

by Yamily Habib

01/16/2018 - 16:55

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Ravi Ragbir. Fuente: Common Dreams.

Ravi Ragbir, activista de origen trinitario y líder de la Coalición Nuevo Santuario en Nueva York, fue detenido y deportado por las autoridades.

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ICE raids intensify in commercial establishments

by Yamily Habib

01/10/2018 - 16:04

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Immigration and Customs Agents make a massive and nationwide raid during the early hours of Wednesday, January 10, 2017. Photo: AP.

Shops and motels are the new favorite target of Immigration and Customs agents to arrest undocumented citizens.

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Las redadas del ICE se agudizan en establecimientos públicos

by Yamily Habib

01/10/2018 - 15:44

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Agentes de Inmigración y Aduanas hacen una redada masiva a nivel nacional durante la madrugada del miércoles 10 de Enero del 2017. Foto: AP.

Tiendas y moteles son el nuevo objetivo favorito de los agentes de Inmigración y Aduanas para arrestar a ciudadanos indocumentados.

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The news of a journalist detained by ICE traveled around the world

by Yamily Habib

12/27/2017 - 17:09

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Vídeo: Gutiérrez Soto en entrevista con Reporteros Sin Fronteras (2009) Imagen: Gutiérrez Soto. Fuente: Facebook.

Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, John Aubuchon's Freedom of the Press award, is being held at an ICE center in El Paso, from where he says he will not give up on his struggle to preserve his life.

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El caso de un periodista detenido por el ICE le da la vuelta al mundo

by Yamily Habib

12/27/2017 - 15:49

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Vídeo: Gutiérrez Soto en entrevista con Reporteros Sin Fronteras (2009) Imagen: Gutiérrez Soto. Fuente: Facebook.

El periodista Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, permio John Aubuchon a la Libertad de Prensa, está detenido en un centro del ICE en El Paso, desde donde asegura que no se dará por vencido en su lucha por preservar su vida.

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New immigration strategy will separate undocumented families when they are detained

by Yamily Habib

12/22/2017 - 11:45

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Families of Central American immigrants walk through the countryside after crossing from Mexico to the United States to seek asylum on April 14, 2016 in Rome, Texas. Photographer: John Moore / Getty Images

When we believed that this Administration could not be crueler, it dawns and DHS surpasses itself.

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Nueva estrategia migratoria separará familias indocumentadas al ser detenidas

by Yamily Habib

12/22/2017 - 10:39

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Las familias de inmigrantes centroamericanos caminan por el campo después de cruzar de México a los Estados Unidos para buscar asilo el 14 de abril de 2016 en Roma, Texas. Fotógrafo: John Moore / Getty Images

Cuando creíamos que esta Administración no podía ser más cruel, amanece y el ICE se supera a sí mismo.

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A new operative of the ICE promises "a crackdown" against immigrant workers

by Yamily Habib

11/21/2017 - 16:48

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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents plan a national operation against food chains that employ immigrant workers.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents plan a national operation against food chains that employ immigrant workers.

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Un nuevo operativo del ICE promete “mano dura” contra los trabajadores inmigrantes

by Yamily Habib

11/21/2017 - 16:40

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Los agentes de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) planean una operación a nivel nacional contra cadenas de comida que empleen trabajadores inmigrantes.

Los agentes de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) planean una operación a nivel nacional contra cadenas de comida que empleen trabajadores inmigrantes.

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El desafío de una inmigrante guatemalteca al ICE

by Andrea Rodes

11/21/2017 - 11:58

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Un grupo de personas abrazan a sus familiares en una de las puertas de la valla fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y México, en Tijuana (México). La política antinmigración de Trump ha puesto las cosas difíciles a los indocumentados. Foto: EFE/David Maung

Miriam Martínez Lemus, residente en Connecticut y madre dos hijos, decidió retar la orden de deportación del ICE y en lugar de subirse al avión de vuelta a su país, regresó en auto a su casa.

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Nicaraguans no longer have Temporary Protected Status

by Yamily Habib

11/07/2017 - 16:26

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Central American activists Evelyn Hernández, Salvadoran; María Funes, Honduran; Orlando Zepeda, Salvadoran; Miguel Ángel Rivera, Salvadoran, awaiting the decision of the US government on whether to extend or cancel the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for Hondurans and Nicaraguans that expires in two months, Monday, November 6, 2017, in Los Angeles, California (USA). EFE / Iván Mejía

The Department of Homeland Security has ended the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for 2,500 Nicaraguans on Monday.

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El Fiscal General Josh Shapiro se suma a la lucha legal por DACA

by Mónica Marie Zorrilla

11/02/2017 - 16:09

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DACA Rally in Philadelphia, September 5th 2017. Photo taken by Samantha Laub/AL DÍA News.

Dieciséis fiscales generales revisaron los hechos y determinaron que la directiva de Trump a DACA viola el estado de derecho. De esos 15, el Fiscal General del Territorio Autónomo de Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, defenderá a los 5.889 Dreamers en su estado.

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla

El disfraz que simboliza el racismo este año

by Mónica Marie Zorrilla

11/02/2017 - 15:58

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From Thinkstock.

"Hemos desarrollado respetuosamente estos disfraces sabiendo que Halloween es un momento para el humor y la diversión, y debido a la increíble popularidad de estos ítems el año pasado, ¡creemos que será un gran éxito con nuestros compradores de nuevo!”" - Spirit Halloween

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla

Rosa María, the disabled immigrant detained by ICE

by Yamily Habib

11/01/2017 - 18:09

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Rosa María Hernández, 10, who has cerebral palsy and underwent emergency gallbladder surgery last Tuesday, has been in an immigration detention center for six days without seeing her parents. (Photo: @ EdgarANavarrete / Twitter)

The arrest of an immigrant with cerebral palsy outrages the immigrant community and activists.

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Rosa María, la inmigrante discapacitada detenida por el ICE

by Yamily Habib

11/01/2017 - 17:58

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Rosa María Hernández, de 10 años, quien tiene parálisis cerebral y se sometió a una cirugía de emergencia de la vesícula biliar el pasado martes, ha estado en un centro de detención de inmigrantes durante seis días sin ver a sus padres. (Foto: @ EdgarANavarrete / Twitter)

La detención de una inmigrante con parálisis cerebral indigna a la comunidad inmigrante y a los activistas.

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This Year’s Token Racist Costume

by Mónica Marie Zorrilla

10/18/2017 - 16:44

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From Thinkstock.

"We’ve respectfully developed these costumes knowing that Halloween is a time for humor and fun, and due to the overwhelming popularity of these items last year, we think it’ll be a huge hit with our shoppers again!" - Spirit Halloween

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla

Amar al prójimo es mantenerle informado

by Yamily Habib

10/16/2017 - 15:11

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Flyer promocional para la campaña "Los Derechos de mi Vecino"

La Campaña de los "Derechos de Mis Vecinos", lanzada por Esperanza y Esperanza Immigration Legal Services, es un enfoque multimedia bilingüe para equipar a personas en todo el país para apoyar a las comunidades inmigrantes al proporcionar información actual y confiable sobre sus derechos civiles.

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla

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