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"We will not tolerate unscrupulous employers who exploit unauthorized workers," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said, as he ordered a halt to mass workplace raids. Here, special agents with Homeland Security Investigations lead a worker away from a workplace raid in Ohio in 2018, part of a string of such operations during the Trump administration.

Homeland Security secretary orders ICE to stop mass raids on immigrants' workplaces

Bill Chappell

The announcement is part of a shift in strategy under the Biden administration that puts a new emphasis on going after businesses and employers that violate labor laws.

Texas

New ACLU Report Reveals Dozens Of Hunger Strikes, Retaliation At Texas ICE Facilities

Elizabeth Trovall | Houston Public Media

There were at least 46 hunger strikes — by individuals and groups — at Texas ICE facilities between 2013 and 2017, according to ACLU data shared with Houston Public Media.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents escorted a group of migrants near the Paso del Norte International Bridge in El Paso in 2019.

Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Files Lawsuit Challenging Biden Administration’s Pause On Deportations

Julian Aguilar | Texas Tribune

President Joe Biden issued an executive order calling for a 100-day moratorium on some deportations as part of a sweeping review and reset of immigration and enforcement policies.

Crime & Justice

Exclusive: Video Shows Controversial Use Of Force Inside An ICE Detention Center

In the early morning of June 12, 2017, a group of eight Central American migrants decided to go on a hunger strike to protest conditions at the…

Crime & Justice

Some Houston Churches Will Open Doors To Immigrants During ICE Raids

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee met with faith leaders in Houston on Saturday to invite undocumented immigrants to seek refuge in churches, mosques and…

The raids will target immigrant communities in 10 major cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Houston.

ICE Raids Expected To Target Recently Arrived Migrant Families In 10 Cities

Joel Rose

Immigrant communities are once again bracing for nationwide raids targeting migrant families that are expected to begin Sunday.

In many cases, federal agents can request access to state DMV records by filling out a form. This is an example of a Homeland Security request that was made to the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles in 2017.

ICE Uses Facial Recognition To Sift State Driver's License Records, Researchers Say

Bill Chappell

Some of ICE's efforts target undocumented immigrants who have legally obtained driver's licenses, says Alvaro Bedoya of Georgetown Law's privacy and technology center.

Texas

ICE Says It Arrested 52 People In Texas Immigration Raids Last Week

Andrew Weber

Federal immigration authorities say they arrested 52 people in Central and South Texas last week.The arrests came before telegraphed operations in 10…

Crime & Justice

ICE Arrests More Than 100 Workers At North Texas Plant

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested over 100 workers at a trailer manufacturing plant in the north Texas town of Sumner on Tuesday. ICE expects…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they arrested a man, who was on the way to the hospital with his pregnant wife for a scheduled cesarean section, because of an arrest warrant for him in Mexico related to a homicide case.

ICE Detains Man Driving His Wife To Hospital For Planned C-Section

Wynne Davis

A pregnant woman had to drive herself to the hospital and deliver her baby after U.S. immigration officials took her husband into custody because of an arrest warrant related to a homicide in Mexico.