Posts Tagged ‘ immigration and customs enforcement ’

Aclu Sues Department Of Homeland Security For Information On Deaths In Immigration Detention Centers

Jun 26th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Information

The American Civil Liberties Union today sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for refusing to turn over thousands of public documents in their possession detailing the deaths of immigration detainees held in U.S. custody.
The federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. [...]



Border Measures Pushing Migrants to Sea

Mar 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Opinion

“Anytime you put pressure on a point along the border, the traffic moves somewhere else,” said Juan Munoz Torres, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection. “The only thing left is the ocean.”A spate of recent captures and discoveries of abandoned boats off California’s coast climaxed shortly after sunrise Wednesday with a dramatic example of [...]