Beyond the Border: Officers charged with assault, the 17th in-custody death this year and a vote on Haitian TPS
Here's what happened this week in immigration news.
Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited by Lauren J. Mapp
Welcome to another edition of Beyond the Border, which summarizes immigration news from across the country in a weekly roundup. Did I miss something? Message me via kate@daylightsandiego.org or on Instagram.
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Note: Kate's at a journalism conference next week, so there will be no news roundup. We'll return to our normal schedule the following week.
Officers charged with assault
The Hennepin County Attorney's office has charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official with assault, saying that he pointed a gun at two motorists in February, ABC News reported. The office is asking Gregory Morgan Jr. to turn himself in.
A Colorado district attorney has charged a Customs and Border Protection officer with assault after a protester said he pulled her by the hair and put her in a chokehold, the Associated Press reported.
Custody conditions and deaths
The number of deaths in ICE custody rose to 17 after the agency announced that a Cuban man had died on April 12 in Florida, CBS News reported.
NBC News reported that the amount of information ICE releases about detainee deaths is decreasing.
The increasing deaths in ICE custody have made their way into the medical journal JAMA, NBC News reported, with an analysis of death rates by year.
Bloomberg Law took a close look at how difficult it has become for people in ICE custody to get released on bond by immigration judges.
For Voice of San Diego, I had a conversation with the Mexican Consul General in San Diego about monitoring conditions in ICE custody.
A federal judge ordered ICE to release an Egyptian family of six who are believed to be the longest held at a family detention center in Dilley, Texas, The Texas Tribune reported.
Arrests and the aftermath of ICE operations
ICE redetained a man who had paid bond to be released from custody after he brought a class action lawsuit about the raids in Los Angeles, L.A. Taco reported.
Voices of Monterey Bay has been investigating questionable immigration arrests at Fort Hunter Liggett.
Hyperallergic reported that ICE detained the father of Chicana painter Criselda Vasquez.
ICE arrested an 85-year-old French woman after her stepson reported her in an ongoing dispute over her late husband's estate, The New York Times reported.
Immigration officials detained more than 70 children during Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, Sahan Journal reported.
Sahan Journal wrote about a consequence of immigrants staying at home to hide from ICE during cold, winter months — hefty power bills. Groups are raising money to help neighbors pay them off.
ICE is increasingly using tactics of immigration court arrests in Chicago in a switch from the street aggression seen during Operation Midway Blitz, Block Club Chicago reported.
A disabled U.S. citizen whom ICE pulled from her car in Minnesota has filed a lawsuit demanding monetary compensation, Mother Jones reported.
Coerced deportations
A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop using coercive and threatening language to make children choose to be deported, LAist reported.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Venezuelans trying to take the Trump administration up on its offer of free flights home are having trouble leaving.
Other stories to watch
The House passed a bill to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians after the Trump administration tried to end it, NPR reported. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case over the program's end on April 29.
Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, is resigning, The Washington Post reported.
KPBS posted a video on Instagram explaining that the Trump administration has stopped processing visa applications from 90 countries, but it continues to accept applications and keep the fees.
ICE is looking to contract a 150-space parking lot in New York City, The Intercept reported.
Chicago Sun-Times reported that the city's Little Village neighborhood cancelled its Cinco de Mayo parade for the second year in a row over immigration enforcement concerns.
Two Home Depot shareholders are forcing a vote at their next meeting about whether Flock cameras are endangering customers by helping ICE find them, Migrant Insider reported.
Acacia Justice posted a video on Instagram alerting immigrants that an immigration court location in San Francisco is closing in May.
Latino USA spoke with the co-creators and stars of “Mexodus,” an off-Broadway show about a path of the underground railroad that brought formerly enslaved people to Mexico in the 1800s.
Thanks for reading! Take care and stay well.
— Kate
