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ICE Arrest Strategies Draw Scrutiny Print E-mail
Thursday, 05 March 2009
Data from studies and investigations is piling up to confirm what many immigrants and advocates witnessed for the past several years: cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can lead to racial profiling and does not make our communities safer.
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The Business of Immigrant Detention in Wisconsin Print E-mail
Saturday, 23 February 2008

A recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal has some interesting statistics - and quotes - about how local governments in the state are working with federal immigration agencies to deport immigrants. The sheriff of Kenosha County, which expects to make $5.5 million in 2008 from its federal contract to hold immigrant detainees, described his county's role like this: "We are a warehouse for the people who are here."

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How the tense immigration enforcement environment affects real people Print E-mail
Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Milwaukee's new police chief says he will not change the city's policy that prohibits local police from inquiring about witnesses' immigration status.

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NY Times: Hiding in Waukegan Print E-mail
Friday, 18 January 2008

"Over the last year, thousands of illegal immigrants and their families who live here have retreated from community life in Waukegan, a microcosm of a growing underground of illegal immigrants across the country who are clinging to homes and jobs despite the pressure of tougher federal and local enforcement," reports The New York Times.

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ICE Deports Pregnant High School Student Following Traffic Ticket Print E-mail
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
U.S. immigration officials deported a pregnant high school senior in Roswell, New Mexico, after she was pulled from class by a local police officer regarding a traffic ticket issued days before.
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