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Rights Groups Find ICE Detention Reforms Lacking

By | 08.06.10 | 1:53 pm

The ACLU and other immigrants rights groups called today for an overhaul of the immigration detention system, one year after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement first announced major reforms.

Some groups were skeptical when the reform measures were announced, arguing they would not go far enough More…

Immigration Program Expands, Despite Abuse Record

By | 07.23.09 | 6:00 am

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has made a name for himself using controversial tactics targeting illegal immigrants in Arizona. The chief law enforcement officer of Maricopa County and author of the book “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” Arpaio boasts that he’s arrested some 30,000 undocumented immigrants, many More…