As a former law enforcement officer and police ethics instructor, I worry that the number of deadly police shootings at vehicles is increasing before our eyes.
Immigration
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The immigrants killed by ICE whose names we don’t remember
The names of Renee Good and Alex Pretti echo in our national discourse. But what about Joan Sebastian Guerrero?
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Vatican-backed priest touring the US calls suffering of immigrants ‘completely unjust’
On his multi-city tour of the U.S., Rev. Mattia Ferrari described the fear, family separation and even detention experienced by immigrants as “completely unfair, completely unjust.”
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
Will the Trump administration accept a more humane policy for Haitian migrants?
“Ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians is neither merciful nor just. These are our neighbors, parishioners, coworkers and longtime members of our communities who have built lives here lawfully while conditions in their home countries remain extraordinarily dangerous.”
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‘Diversity doesn’t diminish us’: A visit to Lady Liberty as the Supreme Court rules on birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court birthplace citizenship decision was reassuring, but these days it does not feel particularly safe in America to be of immigrant stock.
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The result of dismantling asylum and TPS will be measured in lives
Asylum and T.P.S. are both legal instruments intended to keep people from being sent into harm’s way. Dismantling them does more than intensify enforcement.
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ICE detains Texas-based religious sister on her way to Mass, releases her several hours later
Sister Leticia, wearing her religious habit, had just emerged from her residence near the church when she was arrested by immigration enforcement agents.
Posted inEditorials
The Supreme Court’s Immigration Rulings Reveal a Profound Moral Failure
The hostility to immigrants enabled by yesterday’s Supreme Court decisions marks a profound moral failure in the American understanding of our national heritage.
Posted inDispatches
‘Troubles’ 2.0 in Belfast? How anti-migrant violence connects to a more complicated history
The June riots were explicitly directed toward migrants, such that some public figures suggest a more accurate term for what happened would be “pogrom.”
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What ICE plans to do with billions in funding
A $240 billion war chest for ICE and Border Patrol immigration enforcement suggests that the turmoil experienced by Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis is going to continue through the balance of Mr. Trump’s term in office, if indeed the chaos does not get much, much worse.