Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has determined that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and New York Department of Corrections (NYDOC) ignored hundreds of ICE detainers early in 2018, releasing suspected criminal aliens from custody without notifying ICE. “Within the three months, from January to mid-April this year, ICE prepared more than 440 detainers […]
Immigration
What is the National Guard Doing at the Border?
Brig. Gen. John Hoefert, Arizona’s Joint Task Force commander, was sitting in a meeting with Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan of U.S. Army North and Mexican military representatives on a Wednesday in early April. Such meetings were commonplace and nonpolitical, Hoefert told Homeland411, and were a great opportunity for information sharing and working through any border […]
Report: Immigrants Deserve IDs, Legal Support
A report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) says immigrants, regardless of legal status, deserve guaranteed legal representation, U.S. identification, and occupational licensing ease. The recommendations were part of CAP’s 142-page Bold Ideas for State Action report, which presents “a new progressive vision for shared prosperity” and covers numerous social and economic topics. “As […]
Caravan Migrants Count on Backlog for Long Stay
On April 29, approximately 400 migrants from Central America arrived in Tijuana, Mexico after traveling for weeks in a caravan from Honduras. Their goal was to present themselves to U.S. immigration officials and request asylum in the United States at the San Ysidro port of entry. However, that evening, Border Patrol commissioner Kevin McAleenan released […]
CBP Drone Use Raises Privacy, Effectiveness Questions
After more than a decade of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone use, a May 1 CATO Institute report recommends either discontinuing the program or curbing drone use to ensure Americans’ privacy. “Drones have led to only 0.5 percent of apprehensions at a cost of $32,000 per arrest,” wrote David J. Bier and Matthew Feeney […]