Immigration And Customs Enforcement

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.

Flowers and candles are placed at a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019.

Crime & Justice

She Witnessed The El Paso Walmart Shooting And Cooperated With Police. Last Week, She Was Deported.

Mallory Falk

Rosa helped with an investigation into the 2019 white supremacist attack and is currently applying for a special visa to protect undocumented victims of crime.

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.

Jaromy Floriano Navarro says she was coerced into having unwanted reproductive surgery while in immigration detention and alleges that she was deported for speaking out about it.

Crime & Justice

Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody

Joel Rose

More women are coming forward to say they were coerced into having reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.

Protesters gather for a news conference in Atlanta earlier this year, shortly after the release of a complaint by whistleblower Dawn Wooten, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga.

Crime & Justice

U.S. Agrees To Pause Deportations For Women Alleging Abuse At ICE Facility

Colin Dwyer

Dozens of immigrant women have said they received unwanted gynecological procedures at Irwin County Detention Center. Yet even as authorities investigate, the accusers have been in danger of removal.

Texas

Calls For Closure, Investigation After Allegations Of Forced Hysterectomies At ICE Detention Center

From Texas Standard:In September, a disturbing report came out about alleged forced hysterectomies on women in custody at the Irwin County Immigration and…

Texas

Civil Rights Group Wants To Stop ICE Detentions It Considers 'Blatantly Illegal'

From Texas Standard:Last week, a video circulated widely on social media showing security guards shoving a man into an elevator at a McAllen hotel holding…

UT Austin students pass by the main building on campus on their way to and from classes.

Education

In Reversal, ICE Will Let International Students Stay In U.S. While Taking Only Online Classes

On Tuesday, the Trump administration walked back recent guidance that would have deported international college and university students if they were…

Texas

Texas Universities Scramble In Response To New International Student Rule

From Texas Standard:An Immigration and Customs Enforcement rule announced last week requires international students to return to their home countries if…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a new set of rules for foreign students in light of the coronavirus pandemic. International students cannot enter or stay in the U.S. if their college offers courses only online in the fall semester.

ICE: Foreign Students Must Leave The U.S. If Their Colleges Go Online-Only This Fall

Rachel Treisman

New federal rules will prohibit international students from completing fully online courses of study while in the U.S. Monday's announcement comes as more colleges release their plans for the fall.