US judge blocks Trump administration’s effort to deport Rumeysa Ozturk
Lawyers say immigration judge found the Trump administration failed to prove Rumeysa Ozturk should be removed from US. Image: Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash Source: Al Jazeera
Lawyers say immigration judge found the Trump administration failed to prove Rumeysa Ozturk should be removed from US. Image: Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash Source: Al Jazeera
Introduction A landmark legal battle is exposing deep fissures in U.S. immigration policy, moving beyond the familiar headlines of border walls and travel bans. At its heart are American families who allege a sweeping, little-known presidential proclamation has weaponized a century-old immigration concept to effectively bar residents from 75 diverse countries, from Albania to Zambia,…
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Introduction Exclusive internal documents reveal a sweeping new strategy by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to manage migrant detention in America’s heartland. The agency is preparing to invest tens of millions in a privatized transportation web, a system critics are already dubbing a “detention railway” designed to move people in custody across vast distances with…
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