Topic: Migration Policy Institute

Some local police using new program for immigrant crackdown

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News - 385 days ago
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Around half of local police forces partnering in a federal immigration enforcement program are using it to arrest illegal immigrants for traffic and other small offenses rather than targeting dangerous criminals, according to a study released on Monday.The report ...

The Use Of Spanish In The United States Is Increasing

ArticlesBase - 698 days ago
The use of Spanish in the United States is increasing 19.7% of people now speak a foreign language, compared to 17.9% in 2000WASHINGTON ? According to statistics from the American Census Office, the number of American homes where a foreign language ...

Report: ICE needs better database to track detainees

Federal Computer Week - 892 days ago
Migration Policy Institute recommends further review. A Homeland Security Department agency should make a comprehensive review of the databases and information systems it uses for tracking the 32,000 detainees it has in custody, according to a new report from the Migration ...

Report urges more thorough ICE detention records

AP News - 894 days ago
Report urges US immigration officials to keep better records on sprawling detention systemBetter record-keeping could ensure U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement keeps dangerous immigrants in custody while operating its sprawling detention system safely and lawfully, according to a new report from ...

Immigrant roundups snare nonviolent offenders

AP News - 1111 days ago
Report says immigration agency targeted nonviolent immigrants instead of convicted criminalsOver the past six years, federal immigration agents assigned to track down violent criminals who were in the country illegally have also rounded up thousands of nonviolent offenders.A Washington think tank ...