Category: deportation

Supreme Court Won’t Lower Bar for Immigration Detainees to Sue Government

In a pair of rulings on June 13, the Supreme Court made it harder for those held in immigration detention to bring legal challenges. In Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez, court file 19-896, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote (pdf) for a unanimous court that the federal government is not required to conduct a bond hearing for noncitizens detained…


ICE Announces It Will Consider Military Service in Deportation Decisions

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday announced it will take into account noncitizen person’s U.S. military service when determining whether they should be deported. ICE Acting Director Tae Johnson said in a statement that the agency “values the incredible contributions of noncitizens who have served in the U.S. military.” “Through this directive, ICE will…


Deportations of Illegal Immigrants Convicted of Crimes Plunged Under Biden, Records Show

Newly released records from President Joe Biden’s administration show that deportations of criminal illegal immigrants have plunged since Biden took office. Over 72,300 convicted criminals living in the United States were deported in fiscal year 2019, according to the records. That number dropped to about 54,000 in fiscal year 2020, and to just 29,326 in…


UK Deportation Flight to Jamaica Takes Off With Just 7 Onboard

A UK deportation flight to Jamaica took off with just seven of the 112 people expected to be onboard as a result of “last-minute claims” facilitated by lawyers and MPs, the government has said. In a statement to the House of Commons on May 18, Home Office minister Tom Pursglove said the individuals who were…


Handyman Charged With Stabbing His Married Queens Lover Faces Eventual Deportation

By Kerry Burke and Larry McShane New York Daily News NEW YORK—The knife-wielding handyman accused of stabbing his married lover dozens of times during a lethal late-night fight inside her Queens home was living illegally in the United States, immigration officials said Friday. David Bonola, held in custody after a Thursday night court appearance in…


US Considering Deferring Deportation for Some Illegal Immigrant Minors Over Abuse, Neglect Concerns

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Monday said they are considering deferring the deportation of illegal immigrant children who are subject to state juvenile court proceedings related to “abuse, neglect, abandonment” to better protect them. The policy update will expand the number of children in the United States who are eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ)…


Deportations Drop to New Lows Under Biden

Deportations of illegal immigrants have dropped to new lows under President Joe Biden, newly released data show. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), tasked with removing illegal aliens, removed over 20,000 each month in 2019 except for January. Deportations in the first five months of 2019 totaled 186,089. Deportations in the first five months of 2020…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Sept. 20)

The Biden administration begins deportation flights to Haiti,  as an illegal immigrant crisis brews in Texas. And the United States is blocking the Mexican border at one town to try to stop more migrants from coming in. Hundreds of protesters turned out in Washington D.C. They’re asking for equal treatment of non-violent protesters on January…


Immigration Court Decision Banning Judges From Pausing Deportation Cases is Overturned

Attorney General Merrick Garland on July 15 overturned an immigration court decision that banned judges from halting the hearing of deportation cases they deem to be low priority. Thursday’s ruling would allow immigration judges to practise a docket management tool called “administrative closure” to remove cases from their docket without declaring them closed, if deemed appropriate. Administrative closure does not terminate…


Already Deported Illegal Aliens Have no Right To Seek Release on Bond, Supreme Court Rules

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 this morning that previously deported illegal aliens again facing deportation who claim a fear of persecution or torture if they are removed to their countries of origin may be indefinitely detained by the government. Over the dissents of the three liberal members of the court, the court ruled those noncitizens…