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Search results for "Immigration and Customs Enforcement" ...
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Record Document ICE Cover-Up
The story documents how Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials attempted to cover-up a wave of immigration court cases dismissals in Houston in the fall of 2010.
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The Allure of Secure
The reporters looked at enforcement data President Obama's immigration enforcement policy from each jurisdiction. The investigation finds that almost half of the people were never charged with, or convicted of, the crimes for which they were arrested.
Tags: U.S. Immgiration and Customs Enforcement; immigrants; enforcement data
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The Mysterious Case of Kevin Ku
The story reports on Kevin Xu -- a Chinese national who was cuaght trying to sell fake drugs to undercover immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and FDA agents in 2007.
Tags: Intellgectual Property Rights Coordination Center; IPRCC; Kevin Xu; FDA; ICE; Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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ICE quietly relaxes ban on using stun gun on jailed detainees
MPR "brought to light the troubling story of an immigrant detainee shot in the testicle with a Taser gun while in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a Minnesota jail. They further revealed ICE retroactively changed its ban on jails using stung guns against ICE detainees due to pressure from local law enforcement. ICE continued to send hundreds of detainees to jails rated "deficient" and quietly reversed the failing grades."
Tags: Immigration and Customs Enforcement; ICE; immigrants; detainees; stun gun; Taser; Minnesota Department of Corrections
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Deportation Nation
The series found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is deporting and freeing potentially dangerous immigrants before they can be held accountable in local courts. Those accused of serious crimes were able to return to their homelands and escape the U.S. justice system.
Tags: immigration; illegal immigration; justice system; deportation; Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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"Immigrants and the California Economy"
In this four-part series, Ron Campbell investigates the complicated topic of immigration in California. Campbell reveals that California relies on immigrant labor and "brains" more than "any other state." He also finds that California's economy is "closely tied" to immigrants and that education levels play a huge part in wages and quality of life for Californians.
Tags: FOIA; PUMS; Government Accountability Office; Department of Homeland Security; Immigration & Customs Enforcement; Reagan; illegal immigration
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Deported: Until we meet again
For many Ohio jails and retention offices, illegal immigrants can mean big bucks. Contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement could allow some sheriff departments to create revenue by keeping immigrants who are waiting to be deported. Many deportees who are eventually deported say they will come back to the U.S.
Tags: Immigration and Customs Enforcement; deportation; deportees; El Salvador; taxpayers; illegal immigration
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"Deporting Justice"
In an ongoing television series, WFAA-TV reveals that thousands of felons accused of murder, rape and assault are often deported instead of standing trial. In Dallas, many of the accused felons are Mexican citizens who, instead of facing criminal trial in the states, are put on a bus and shuttled back to Mexico where they are set free. Deporting the accused felons also decreases the chance of "jail overcrowding."
Tags: deportation; Dallas County; immigration; ICE; Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
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Death by Detention
Boubacar Bah slipped into a coma at an immigration jail in New Jersey after hitting his head while in custody and then shackled in a disciplinary cell for 13 hours.
Tags: Central Falls; Rhode Island; customs enforcement; skull fracture; comatose;
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Reasonable Doubt
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office was found to violate federal civil rights regulations when deputies began focusing on immigration enforcement. The arrest rate plummeted and response time on life-threatening emergency calls slowed dramatically as spending soared to help crack down on illegal immigrants.
Tags: customs; Joe Arpaio; criminal investigation; Phoenix police; human smuggling