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Caitlin Dickerson

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Uganda New York Times world
3 Oct 2019
The Trump administration is moving to begin collecting DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people booked into federal immigration custody each year for entry into a national criminal database, an immense expansion of the use of technology to enforce the nation’s immigration laws.
New Front in Immigration Fight: Collecting DNA
Uganda New York Times world
3 Oct 2019
The Trump administration is moving to begin collecting DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people booked into federal immigration custody each year for entry into a national criminal database, an immense expansion of the use of technology to enforce the nation’s immigration laws.
Government Plans to Begin DNA Testing on Detained Immigrants
Uganda New York Times world
15 Jul 2019
A small number of coordinated federal raids targeting undocumented migrant parents and their children took place over the weekend, the beginning of President Donald Trump’s plan to swiftly enforce deportation orders against thousands of recently arrived migrants who are not eligible to remain in the country.
ICE Launches Low-Key Raids Targeting Migrant Families
Uganda New York Times world
15 Jul 2019
A small number of coordinated federal raids targeting undocumented migrant parents and their children took place over the weekend, the beginning of the Trump administration’s plan to swiftly enforce deportation orders against some 2,000 recently arrived migrants who are not eligible to remain in the country.
ICE Plan Unfolds, With Late Switch From Wide Sweep to Targeted Raids
Uganda New York Times world
14 Jul 2019
Coordinated federal raids targeting migrant parents and their children who are in the United States illegally began over the weekend, part of President Donald Trump’s pledge to swiftly enforce deportation orders against thousands of recently arrived migrants who are not eligible to remain in the country.
ICE Launches Low-Key Raids Targeting Migrant Families
Uganda New York Times world
17 Apr 2019
It was Jose Arturo Gonzalez Carranza’s 22nd birthday when he found himself suddenly alone to take care of his 3-year-old daughter. Army officials called him at work to tell him that his wife’s military police unit had been attacked in Kunar province, Afghanistan. She didn’t survive.
An Afghan war widower is caught up in a 'chronic problem': Wrongful deportation
Uganda New York Times world
17 Apr 2019
It was Jose Arturo Gonzalez Carranza’s 22nd birthday when he found himself suddenly alone to take care of his 3-year-old daughter. Army officials called him at work to tell him that his wife’s military police unit had been attacked in Kunar province, Afghanistan. She didn’t survive.
Uganda New York Times world
13 Feb 2019
After prompting the longest government shutdown in history, President Donald Trump’s divisive proposal for a border wall has taken a back seat in recent days for negotiators in Congress who are seeking to avoid another crippling closure. The latest talks have focused on another immigration issue that has quietly exploded in recent months: Record numbers of migrants being held in cramped detention centers.