Federals Banned From Arresting Immigrants in Courts

TUESDAY, JULY 7
PROGRAM #11194 12:00 PM PT

Federals Banned From Arresting Immigrants in Courts. 

A federal judge in California blocked immigration agents from making arrests inside immigration courts nationwide, calling the practice “arbitrary and capricious”, halting one of the most aggressive tactics in Trump’s mass deportation plan. What does the ruling entail? What has been the impact of this practice? How has it changed the dynamics of going to court? What should people who use the immigration courts know?

Guest: Carolina Castañeda, Senior Staff Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center-ILRC, Merced, CA.

Deported and Buried. 147 Venezuelans were deported by the Trump administration on the same day as the catastrophic twin earthquakes in Venezuela. Shortly after arriving in their country, they were trapped under the rubble of a hotel. The group is among the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans left without legal protection after the government revoked their TPS. Their families are demanding answers. What happened to them? Who were they? What is known about their fate? And how does this tragedy impact the debate over TPS?

Guest: Carla Gloria Colomé, Cuban Journalist, Co-founder of the independent magazine *El Estornudo* and Reporter, “El País”, New York, NY.

A Registry of Immigrants in the South. Mississippi has passed a law authorizing state authorities to compile personal information about undocumented immigrants, including names, addresses, countries of origin, and criminal histories. Advocacy organizations warn it could become a new tool for persecution and deportation. What does the law contain? What are the concerns? What do the most affected communities need to know?

Guest: Yanira Arias, Advocacy and Leadership Coordinator, Alianza Americas, San Juan, PR.

Photo:  USCIS/Facebook

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