The shooting yesterday at University of Texas-Austin provides a good example of how funding emergency preparedness efforts improves safety. The Austin-American Statesman reports today that the early reviews of the response to the incident, in which only the shooter himself perished, are good. Part of the reason for More…
There is a debate brewing in San Diego over how much schools should teach students about their rights in immigration raids and deportation proceedings, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported this weekend. As immigration enforcement efforts grow, some schools across the country have handed out guides telling More…
The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI is searching the homes of anti-war activists during terrorism raids:
The home of Minneapolis anti-war activists Mick Kelly and Jess Sundin were among those searched, they told the AP.
“The FBI is harassing anti-war organizers and leaders, folks who opposed U.S. intervention
Part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s much-touted strategy switch has been to focus on deporting illegal immigrants deemed dangerous rather than undocumented people quietly living in the U.S. But immigrants rights groups argue that some of the agency’s enforcement programs, most notably Secure Communities, too often sweep up More…
After Obama signed a $600 million border security bill into law earlier this month, security experts cautioned it was not enough to prevent spillover violence in the U.S. from Mexican drug cartels. Experts argued the cartels, which have been engaged in bloody turf wars in Mexico for years, More…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced last week a record number of arrests of gang-affiliated illegal immigrants in Utah, netting 158 people alleged to have gang ties. But some of the individuals have neither criminal charges nor previous criminal records, The Salt Lake Tribune reported today. An More…
A series of exceptions to normal immigration laws are built into the system to protect victims of abuse, natural disasters and oppression. For illegal immigrants who are victims of crimes in the U.S., these visas are meant to encourage cooperation with prosecutors and law enforcement. But they are More…
New data came out today to reinforce the Obama administration’s claims that they are increasing immigration enforcement: Federal prosecutions in Arizona are at an all-time high, with 20,818 prosecutions filed in the state during the first eight months of the fiscal year, according to a report More…
After Florida Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum proposed Arizona-style immigration legislation, his primary opponent argued he proposed the bill as a political stunt. New polling data indicates that McCollum’s new tough-on-immigration stance may be winning voters: Two polls this week indicate McCollum is in the lead More…
The Department of Homeland Security wants to prioritize dangerous criminals for deportation, and state laws that fast-track undocumented prisoners are helping. Oklahoma, Arizona, Puerto Rico, New York and Rhode Island all have methods on the books that hasten the deportation of illegal immigrant criminals — and save space More…
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