1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (424+ words) Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove issued a memorandum to all DOJ employees titled, "Interim Policy Changes Regarding Charging, Sentencing, And Immigration Enforcement." The memo also directs the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Forces to coordinate with DHS, as well as…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (517+ words) Acting Secretary for Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memo authorizing DOJ law enforcement officials and other employees to investigate, locate, and apprehend noncitizens in violation of Title 8, Chapter 12 or regulations thereunder and to enforce any requirements of such states and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (614+ words) The Washington Post reports that Trump officials directed senior ICE officials to increase arrests to meet daily quotas. Each field office has been instructed to make 75 arrests per day, with managers "held accountable" for failing to meet the targets. Nationally,…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (263+ words) ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) entered into a $9. 2 million contract with Clearview AI for software that "provides a unique level of detailed information of independently tested facial image search technology contained in a proprietary database of 50+ billion facial images, representing…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (705+ words) Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons issued a memo stating that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "has revisited its legal position on detention and release authorities. DHS has determined that section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (240+ words) DOL submits final rule on H-2 A labor certification process to the Federal Register. On August 26, 2024, Judge Lisa Godbey Wood issued a preliminary injunction, finding that the 2024 final rule, "Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States,…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago  (853+ words) ICE sent an email directive to Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers directing them to "carefully review for removal all cases reporting on the non-detained docket." Specifically, officers should consider whether: noncitizens granted withholding from removal or protection under the…...