Caribbean nationals detained during US immigration sweep
From St Lucia News Online (CMC) – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) says several Caribbean nationals were among 55 immigrants detained in New York during a six-day operation conducted by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). ICE…
Over 41,000 Caribbean nationals arrested in the US since trump’s immigration laws
From Times Caribbean The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says in the 100 days since US President Donald J Trump signed Executive Orders (EOs) regarding immigration enforcement priorities, immigration agents have arrested more than 41,000 Caribbean and…
Caribbean Immigrant Dies In ICE Custody
From NAN News Americas, NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Thurs. Mar. 16, 2017: A 47-year-old Caribbean immigrant who was transferred to the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency only this January has died. Roger Rayson, who was born in…
Caribbean American legislator introduces ICE body camera bill
From Jamaica Observer WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke has introduced the ICE Body Camera Act of 2017 in the United States House of Representatives that would require the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents…
Family of Honduras immigrant mother beheaded by son raising money to send her body back
From NAN News Americas, RALEIGH, NC, Weds. Mar. 15, 2017: Family and friends are raising money to send the body of the Honduras immigrant shockingly beheaded by her eldest son on Monday, March 6th, back for burial in her native…
US Judge Investigated for allegedly allowing illegal immigrant to flee
By Sandy Fitzgerald From Newsmax A county judge in Oregon is under investigation after an illegal immigrant escaped through a private entrance at her courthouse to elude Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents waiting for him after court. Court staff had…
US plans training in Caribbean, elsewhere, to combat human trafficking
From NY Carib News WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — With January recognized as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) will be conducting anti-human trafficking…
Warning to Greencard holders and other immigrants in the U.S.
By Rickford Burke Special To NAN From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. Jan. 31, 2017:In light of the change in US administration and drastic changes in US immigration policy, the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) issues the…
Mexican man charged with rape had 19 deportations, removals
From Newsmax A Mexican man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl on a Greyhound bus that traveled through Kansas had been deported 10 times and voluntarily removed from the U.S. another nine times since 2003, records obtained by The Associated…
Caribbean American Congresswoman wants safer Immigrant Detention Centers
From WiredJa NEW YORK, CMC – Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has called on the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to consider offering community-based alternatives to overcrowded detention centers, claiming that they fail to protect the…