ORR hardened language about unaccompanied children, removed information about services, and reacted defensively to criticism Children at the ORR facility... View Article
Continue readingICE Online Detainee Locator Plagued by Problems, Attorneys Say
As the Trump administration ramps up arrests of undocumented immigrants, the number of individuals incarcerated on immigration charges has increased... View Article
Continue readingNew InfoMod Appointment System Creates Confusion and Delay for Immigrants and Attorneys
USCIS replaces an overloaded online system with an overloaded phone system A new appointment system launched by United States Citizenship... View Article
Continue readingState Department Removed from Its Website Authoritative Refugee Factsheets Cited in Court Filings
The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program FAQ factsheets were regular and widely-cited publications with origins that date back to the Bush... View Article
Continue readingOffice of Refugee Resettlement Website Alterations Foreshadowed Changes in Policies Toward Unaccompanied Children
Changes made to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) website before May 23, 2019, foreshadowed policy changes relating to unaccompanied... View Article
Continue readingRemoval of ICE Speeches Collection Demonstrates Weaknesses in Federal Agencies’ Archiving Practices
An Internet Archive Wayback Machine capture of the “Speeches and Testimonies” page from late in the evening of January 19,... View Article
Continue readingUSCIS Removed Asylum Training Documents from Website at Direction of Top Brass
A FOIA response provides an unusual look at the removal of a series of asylum officer training documents, and a... View Article
Continue readingUSCIS takes down 26 PDFs for training asylum officers from its website
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) removed a cache of materials on its asylum process shortly after President Donald... View Article
Continue reading2016 ads hitting the web, public left in the dark
A new series of political ads by SEIU, a powerful liberal union, targets four Republican Senators up for re-election in 2016. Carefully crafted as "issue ads," the expenditures don't have to be disclosed like normal campaign advertisements.
Continue readingAd spotlight: GOP family feud
The rift in the Republican party is turning into an air war.
Usually, video attacks are reserved for election opponents or members of the opposite party but as members of Congress returned home for their August recess, members of the GOP appear to be gleefully violating the late President Ronald Reagan's "11th commandment" -- the one that said you shoul never speak ill of a fellow Republican. What we've spotted so far:
Freedomworks is going after John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican leader in the Senate leadership. The Tea Party-affiliated think tank is accusing the Texas Republican of betraying ...
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