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Immigration office to stay in Berks

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement family shelter is staying in Berks County after ICE officials reversed course on a planned move to Texas.

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Immigration backlog could be eased after pilot program, Valley lawyers say

BROWNSVILLE – Prosecutors with Immigration and Customs Enforcement have completed a sweeping review of pending deportation cases in Baltimore and Denver – part of a pilot program that local attorneys said if applied here could alleviate the backlog of immigration cases.The program, which started…

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Chicagoland: Cook County jail bans federal immigration officers

An official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement told The Daily Caller that ICE agents are no longer allowed in Cook County jail, and haven’t been permitted to enter the premises since the beginning of last summer.

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Good Immigration Policy, on Hold

The union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could slow an overdue change in the way the agency catches and deports illegal immigrants.

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Federal immigration chief: Cook County jail policy may be illegal

Cook County’s controversial illegal immigration policy, which critics say paved the way for a suspect in a deadly drunken driving crash to bond out of jail and disappear, may very well violate federal law, the nation’s immigration director said in a letter to County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.“This ordinance undermines public safety in Cook County,” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

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New hotline for immigration detainees

New hotline for immigration detainees express-news Copyright 2011 express-news. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Immigration authorities push compliance program for businesses as enforcement actions rise

ATLANTA — In the past few months, the roster of companies in a revamped, voluntary immigration enforcement program has expanded by nearly one-fifth as the Obama administration steps up employer audits. It may seem counterintuitive for a company to voluntarily open its books to the scrutiny of federal agents, but officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement say the benefits of its …

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Immigration laws spark more drug smuggling

Relaxing immigration laws allowing more Chinese to move to New Zealand has also meant more illegal drugs being imported by Chinese criminal gangs, Customs says.

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U.S. immigration authorities boost efforts to hunt war criminals

The U.S. government — Immigration and Customs Enforcement in particular — steps up efforts to find, prosecute and deport people accused of human rights violations who try to hide here. When Carlos de Graca Lopes took over as director of Sao Martinho Prison in Cape Verde in 2001, he arrived with a warning for inmates: He had one hand made of velvet and another made of iron

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Suspended Florida immigration enforcement chief arrested

MIAMI (Reuters) – The suspended chief of the U.S.

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