Immigrant rights groups say ICE officers ‘ambush noncitizens’ in courthouse arrests, ask judge to intervene

Immigrant rights groups say ICE officers ‘ambush noncitizens’ in courthouse arrests, ask judge to intervene

Immigrant rights groups are asking a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to provide “emergency relief” and bar the Trump administration from continuing to ramp up its use of expedited removal. The motion, filed on Tuesday, is part of an ongoing lawsuit that is challenging the administration’s expansion of the process which allows the government to … Read more

Travel ban: Trump’s one trick for blocking entire groups of immigrants

Travel ban: Trump’s one trick for blocking entire groups of immigrants

President Donald Trump can’t stop using — and abusing — his legal authority to block the entry of noncitizens into the country. When he issued a travel ban on citizens of Muslim-majority countries early in his first term, he did so by invoking Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows him to … Read more