A federal judge found Border Patrol agents engaged in “a pattern and practice” of violating people’s constitutional rights after they detained and arrested dozens in a Central Valley raid in January.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have deported a breastfeeding Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl, as well as three children — all U.S. citizens — along with their Honduran-born mothers.
A government lawyer said the federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S.
Situated at the nexus of the face-off between the executive and judicial branches is a little-scrutinized arm of the federal government: the U.S. Marshals Service.
Under U.S. law, noncitizens may be detained and deported, but they can’t be punished and imprisoned without a trial.
Families of detained children find themselves in an ‘impossible bind’ as tough new rules make it harder to reunite. Advocates worry about the mental health of children waiting in custody.
