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The Future of the Border, Part 1: The State of ICE

November 22, 2008 – 6:50 pm

Former ICE head Julie Myers. (Wikipedia photo)
Since its creation in 2003 as part of the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has earned a reputation for controversy. It is perhaps best-known by the news-consuming public for the series of high-profile raids on employers, the most infamous of which was the Postville, Iowa raid [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Columbia, detention, ice, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration raids, obama | Comments

Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 11/9

November 9, 2008 – 7:51 pm

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 raids [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged Columbia, deportation, GEO Group Inc., Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration detention center, immigration raids, Texas | Comments

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