McAleenan traveled to Guatemala to promote safe third country agreement
U.S. Homeland Security acting Secretary
One family’s gripping account after an immigration raid
The family opened the door thinking they were going to collaborate with law enforcement to help solve a crime. That is not what happened. It wasn’t local police.
US-Mexico Border and seesaw bridges
Two California professors installed
Migrant mother sues private prison company
Yazmin Juarez’s 1-year-old daughter died weeks after they were released from an immigration detention center in Texas. She filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the private prison company that operates the facility. Juarez’s lawyers allege the medical staff at the Dilley facility didn’t properly treat the infant, then wrongly cleared her to travel.
D.C. Court, asylum rules and Trump administration
Judge Randolph D. Moss, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., Friday threw out a Trump administration policy that made anyone who crossed the border outside an official port of entry ineligible for asylum.
From the Feds:
USCIS ends parole program for Filipinos and Haitians
The Trump administration is ending the Filipino World War II Veterans Parole program and the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Friday. Under both policies, individuals with approved family-based immigrant petitions were authorized to enter and work in the United States while waiting for their green card to become available.
TPS extended for Syrians
Kevin McAleenan, U.S. Homeland Security acting secretary, has extended Syria’s Temporary Protected Status designation for 18 months after reviewing the country’s current conditions. TPS recipients can remain in the U.S. with work authorization through March 31, 2021.
