Trump delays ICE raids on migrants, citing Democratic requests
From Newsmax President Donald Trump put off for two weeks the start of a a planned nationwide roundup of undocumented immigrants, tempering a vow made earlier Saturday to have them “removed from the country.” He said he was acting “at…
US: ICE claims that sexually abusing a detainee isn’t a federal crime
By: Llowell Williams A woman publicly identified as E.D. was in an ICE detention center in Pennsylvania with her 3-year-old son when she says staff member Daniel Sharkey sexually assaulted her. E.D., 19 and seeking asylum in the United States…
Police trial of Amazon facial recognition tech doesn’t seem to be going very well
BY MATT BINDER From Mashable Amazon’s facial recognition technology, Rekognition, continues to cause controversy. In documents recently obtained by BuzzFeed News, we now have a behind-the-scenes look at how Orlando police have been using the technology. After the city let…
US: ICE is deporting Mauritanians back to modern-day slavery
From Freedom United The West African nation of Mauritania has tens of thousands of citizens trapped chattel slavery, with darker-skinned Mauritanians being treated as the property of their lighter-skinned Arab and Berber countrymen. It is for this reason that undocumented…
NYSE owner announces Bitcoin venture with Starbucks, Microsoft
From Newsmax One of the world’s biggest exchanges is finally diving into Bitcoin, teaming up with Starbucks Corp. and Microsoft Corp. and announcing a futures contract on the cryptocurrency. Intercontinental Exchange Inc., which owns some of the biggest futures markets…
These Caribbean immigrants were pardoned by a U.S. Governor
From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. July 25, 2018: Six Caribbean immigrants with minor criminal convictions that could have gotten them deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, have been pardoned by a U.S. governor. New…
US City of Fear
This story is a collaboration with The Marshall Project. From New York Mag 20,000 of New York’s immigrants have been identified for deportation since Trump took office. The rest worry they’ll be next. An estimated half a million New Yorkers are…
Caribbean immigrant remembered by ICE
From NAN News Americas, MIAMI, FL, Thurs. Mar. 1, 2018: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, (ICE), may be scaring a lot of immigrants currently with their raids and enforcement round-ups, but the agency took time out this week…
You Can’t Deport a Movement rally at Foley Square
BY TEQUILA MINSKY From Caribbean Life The tone, Saturday morning, Feb. 11, began a bit lighter than might have been as immigration rights activists filled Foley Square in the shadow of Manhattan courts at the “You Can’t Deport a Movement”…
Caribbean-American legislator arrested for protesting detention of Trinidadian community leader
From Jamaica Observer NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — A Caribbean-American legislator was arrested in New York on Thursday while protesting the detention of Trinidadian community leader Ravi Ragbir. “Many people were taken away by law enforcement today,” New York…
