Billionaires Cash In On Abusive Farm Worker Scam
To staff their agricultural properties, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, and other tycoons are using a controversial visa program linked to labor abuses and human trafficking.
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“People Are Being Hunted Down” – ICE Launches Rights-Busting Onslaught Against Sanctuary Cities
Rights are routinely being violated as hundreds of ICE agents storm New York City and other sanctuary cities in a fresh attempt to round up undocumented immigrants.
Border Patrol Arrest Reports Are Full of Lies That Can Sabotage Asylum Claims
On December 29, 2017, the night his daughter was born, Augusto left the hospital and rode his motorcycle to his home in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, to pick up a change of Read More…
U.S. Vastly Expands Invasive Social Media Requirements in Visa Screening
Yesterday the U.S. State Department began implementing its requirement that nearly all U.S. visa applicants submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers as part of the application process. The new requirement, which could affect up to 15 million would-be travelers to the U.S., is part of a broad expansion of enhanced screening under the Trump administration.
US Supreme Court Rules Government Can Indefinitely Detain Immigrants Years After Release From Criminal Custody
The U.S. Supreme Court rules immigrants with criminal records from years before can be detained pending deportation hearings.
WikiLeaks hosts ICE officer database banned by GitHub, Medium & Twitter
The transparency organization WikiLeaks has published a database of ICE employee information compiled from publicly available data submitted by the employees themselves to professional networking site LinkedIn, after it was previously taken down by several other sites.
ICE Acquires Access to Track License Plates Across the Country
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency recently signed a contract with private company Vigilant Solutions to officially secure agency-wide access to its massive nationwide license plate recognition Read More…
Tens of Thousands of ICE Detainees Allegedly Forced Into Labor, A Violation of Anti-Slavery Laws
A 2014 lawsuit filed against GEO Group, one of the largest private prison contractors, alleges that as many as 60,000 immigrants detained by ICE were forced to work for $1 a day or no money at all, under threat of solitary confinement — a violation of federal anti-slavery laws. In March, the lawsuit reached a historic class action status.