Newly obtained data on the unprecedented surge of border crossings over the past decade is shedding light on who entered the U.S. and where they went. Here is some information on the crossings, the data on 4.5 million migrants, and how The Associated Press obtained and analyzed it. Millions of migrants crossed the border from […]
Read MoreAn unprecedented surge in border crossings over the past decade reshaped America: Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the U.S. immigrant population to its highest levels ever. Now, data obtained exclusively by The Associated Press paints a picture of who these migrants are, where they went, and what happened after the […]
Read MoreThe sprawling snack-food factory in upstate New York appeared to be closed when a small army of immigration officers arrived after 9 a.m. Following a brief discussion of whether to force their way inside, a manager opened the front door. Over the next several hours, body cameras were running as federal authorities from several agencies […]
Read MoreA supervisor overseeing background checks warned last year that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was hiring many new officers who had not undergone basic vetting, violating federal rules and putting the agency at risk of misconduct, a newly released whistleblower complaint shows. The official was a unit chief in ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility, where background […]
Read MoreHundreds of civil rights groups wrote the federal government to criticize status checks on international students during a Calgary protest. Over 250 organizations signed a letter sent on Sept. 2, calling for an investigation into allegations that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) issued removal orders to several people protesting changes to work permit eligibility. […]
Read MoreThey are thousands of kilometres from their home country, but the Colombian diaspora in Canada remains connected to their roots and has coordinated efforts to help, sending money to local organizations in Colombia rather than sending supplies directly from Canada to speed the process. Montreal resident María José Contento’s family lives in Cali, one of […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures. The spike in immigration arrests shows that the administration has continued to advance its mass deportations agenda despite a shift in approach earlier this year from […]
Read MoreThe Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office must hand over hundreds of anonymized health records of immigrant detainees following a Massachusetts court ruling. Judge James Budreau issued the order, released Wednesday, a month after attorneys for the sheriff and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts sparred in Suffolk County Superior Court. “I think this is a […]
Read MoreAn Austrian man who has been permanently banned from the United Kingdom for promoting extremist narratives said this week he hopes Canada won’t deny him entry ahead of a conference he’s set to speak at in Hamilton this month. Martin Sellner is being marketed as a keynote speaker for an Aug. 29 conference of the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Saturday it expects every officer and agent in the field to be equipped with a body camera by the end of August, a rapid expansion that could provide an unprecedented visual record of the federal government’s immigration enforcement operations. But whether the public will get to […]
Read MoreRazan Abu-Ghoush filed her Canadian citizenship application on July 2, 2024. Two years later, she’s still waiting. That shouldn’t be happening. IRCC’s own published processing-time data shows citizenship grants — the standard path for permanent residents applying to naturalize — have been improving this year, even as the separate citizenship-by-descent queue has ballooned. Application decisions […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security says a Canadian woman was charged after allegedly assaulting a teenager in “pro-Trump memorabilia” over the Independence Day long weekend in a New Jersey borough. In a post to social media Wednesday, the department said Kaitlyn Tracey allegedly struck a teenage girl on a boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach […]
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