U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Immigration Reform News 2014: Obama Administration to Scale Back Deportations on Nonviolent Undocumented Workers

The Obama administration is expected to announce a new policy initiative that would decrease the number of deportations of nonviolent undocumented workers.

Immigration Reform News, Update & Law: Changes to Program Could Reduce Deportations of Nonviolent Criminals [Poll]

Overcrowded city and county jails have lead the President Barack Obama and his administration to make changes to the Secure Communities program, which ranks repeat immigration violators as high as violent offenders on the priority list for deportations.

Immigration Reform News 2014: Hundreds of Workers Face Layoffs After ICE Audit

Hundreds of workers at an apple-packaging company in central Washington are in jeopardy of losing their jobs after a federal immigration audit unveiled discrepancies in the payroll.

Cuban Fugitive Raonel Valdez Arrested in Mexico for $2.8M Gold Heist: Recruited by DEA Against Zetas Drug Cartel, US Now Seeks Extradition

After alluding capture by U.S. authorities in December 2012, the Cuban fugitive, Raonel Valdez, went on the run to the Caribbean before eventually getting arrested in Mexico where he awaited justice for allegedly participating in a $2.8 million gold heist.

Immigration News 2014: Undocumented Immigrants Deal With Limited Healthcare Options

Despite the recently launched Affordable Care Act providing limited access for undocumented immigrants to Medicaid and private health insurance companies, the federal law prohibits them from those programs.

Mexican Men Under 35-Years-Old with Traffic Violations are Most at Risk of Deportation, More than Even Those with Major Criminal Offenses

The Obama administration, immigration, and deportation have been lumped topics within recent years, and will continue to be as long as undocumented immigrants continue to be removed from the country at unparalleled rates. The New York Times reported that while the president has aimed his boot at kicking out "criminals, gang bangers, people who are hurting the community, not students... folks who are here just because they're trying to figure out how to feed their families," New York Times analysis shows that more than 60 are guilty of minor infractions.

Immigration News 2014: L.A. Hosts Nationwide Anti-Deportation Rally

The Free LA: No More ICE event was one of 10 similar rallies staged in Southern California, which were all part of about 70 #Not1More demonstrations held across the nation.

Mexican Drug War 2014: ICE, Mexican Authorities Find Two Drug Tunnels At San Diego Border

Immigration and Customs Enforcement found two new border-crossing tunnels earlier this week, which runs through the Mexico-San Diego border. The discovery, announced on Friday, marks the sixth and seventh tunnels found in the last four years.

Immigration News 2014: Hispanic Community Unites On Saturday For Nationwide Anti-Deportation Rally

During the last several months, numerous civil rights and immigration reform advocates have protested at detention centers around the nation calling for President Barack Obama to end deportations and the inhumane treatment of detainees.

Immigration News, Updates, and Reports: Study Reveals 68,000 "Criminal Aliens" Deported Last Year

Last year Immigration and Customs Enforcement rounded up 193,000 foreign nationals with criminal convictions and charges but deported only 125,000 of them while releasing 68,000, "Fox News" reported.

Immigration Reform News 2014: Latino Advocacy Organizes Immigration Detainee Hunger Strike

Since Friday, 550 Northwest Detention Center detainees in Washington state have refused to eat as part of a hunger strike.