This weekend, the Miami Herald managed to get a list of prisoners who are already being held in this Everglades prison camp or who are slated for transfer into it. Of the number of people that they found on this list, the Herald found that a huge proportion of them have no criminal convictions at all or any pending charges in the United States. They keep saying it's the worst of the worst, but these are people with no criminal convictions and no pending charges.As the Everglades immigration prison has sprun ...

With new funding for detention centers, advocates worry that child "wellness checks" by federal agents are a prelude to deportations across the US https://t.co/43IVnJnKC5 ...

With new funding for detention centers, advocates worry that child "wellness checks" by federal agents are a prelude to deportations across the US https://t.co/KpmAbsyiHy ...

Immigration Policy & Enforcement - ICE officials privately react to unrealistic demands from Trump's top immigration advisor, Steven Miller, regarding arrest numbers [1] - Miller's focus on daily arrest numbers is allegedly forcing agents to abandon serious criminal cases, leading to low morale [1][2] - A Gallup poll indicates that only 35% of the American public approves of Trump's immigration policy, with only 28% approval among independents [4] - A new ICE memo allegedly allows the agency to deport migrants with as little as six hours' notice without confirming their safety from persecution or torture [5][6] Political & Social Impact - Critics describe conditions at an internment camp as appalling, with 32 detainees per cage [3] - The administration's strategy is perceived as a deterrence tactic to encourage self-deportation due to fear [8] - The administration has not been able to meet the goal of deporting 3,000 people a day [9] - Some believe the administration is targeting a political "other" rather than focusing on criminals [19][20] Economic Considerations - Immigrants are considered a vital part of the economy and culture [16][17] - Undocumented deportations are reportedly down, and violent crime is at historic lows [17] - Immigrants contribute to the economy by paying taxes, even without receiving earned benefits [23]

Nigeria has 'enough problems' and can't take deportees from US, minister says https://t.co/AKCpn2j309 ...

They can do that to anyone. Many people have said that since Donald Trump has ordered people snatched out of their homes or off the streets in this country and shipped off to foreign countries, sometimes countries that that person has never visited. I for one wasn't sure that that was true the first time I heard that statement.Surely that couldn't happen to someone who was in the United States legally. But then it did. And then I said that it could happen to anyone.I never would have thought that it would h ...

Trump’s administration discussed sending deported migrants to Africa with five of the continent’s leaders holding a summit with the US President in Washington https://t.co/7CMrklwkU7 ...

Breaking: The White House is pushing five West African countries to accept migrants deported by the U.S. https://t.co/HoI4GnZ8nB ...

South Sudan took in eight deportees from the US in a bid to normalize relations, the African nation’s foreign affairs ministry said https://t.co/8fXzsEyDwI ...

The Trump administration’s curbs on immigration and ramped-up deportations will lower US economic growth by almost a full percentage point this year, according to a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. https://t.co/94QprwOZiQ ...