Our Immigration Police State
As I have long argued, a system of immigration controls necessarily comes with an immigration police state. Warrantless searches of farms and ranches near the border. Domestic highway checkpoints. Roving Border Patrol checkpoints. Immigration raids on private...
Signed as Law: New Jersey Bans State and Local Participation in Immigration Detention
TRENTON, N.J. (Aug 23, 2021) – Last Friday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law to prohibit state or local entities from detaining individuals for federal civil immigration violations. A coalition of 13 Democrats introduced Assembly Bill 5207...
Signed as Law: Illinois Limits State and Local Cooperation With Federal Immigration Enforcement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Aug. 10, 2021) – Earlier this month Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law limiting state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Sen. Omar Aquino (D-Chicago) sponsored Senate Bill 667 (SB667). The new law expands the Illinois...