Though the election dominated last week’s news and will likely dominate next week’s as well, other things have been happening in the world of immigration. Here are a few: The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement resigned without explanation, effective November 15. Julie L. Myers, who was appointed to the position in 2005, oversaw high-profile [...]
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New Fund Helps Detained Immigrants Pay Bonds
August 21, 2008 – 7:24 am
Illegal immigrants held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement often have trouble paying the bonds necessary to get out of detention centers. But now they can turn to the National Immigrant Bond Fund, set up by the liberal non-profit Public Interest Projects last year. This week the chairman of the fund, Boston financier Robert Hildreth, announced [...]















