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Asylum win caps immigrant’s two-year detention as courts weigh third-country deportations
Celestin Dima spent more than two years in ICE custody and came within hours of being deported to a country where he had never lived. Now he has won asylum, freeing the African immigrant as courts wrestle with the policies that shaped his case and the government’s expanding use of third-country deportations.
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Judges ruled deporting at-risk migrants home could lead to persecution or torture. ICE is detaining them anyway.
At least 120 immigrants were detained for months in Arizona ICE facilities, despite judges barring their deportation home because they would face prosecution or torture, an AZCIR analysis found. Many were held beyond six months as the Trump administration sought to deport them to countries where they had never lived, raising questions about constitutional limits…
Our methods: Inside our analysis of Arizona habeas corpus cases
More than 120 immigrants in Arizona detention facilities won protection from deportation to their home countries because they would likely face further prosecution. ICE kept them in custody while searching for a third country to send them to. Here’s how AZCIR conducted the original analysis.
Border Patrol now targeting legal immigrants for ‘carry your papers’ law in southern Arizona
The Trump administration is ramping up enforcement against legal immigrants using a decades-old law initially designed to track noncitizens. Last year, Border Patrol issued more than 100 tickets to individuals that included permanent residents, international students and work visa holders across southern Arizona.
Ukraine’s ‘battle-tested’ drones are accelerating militarization along the U.S.-Mexico border
As U.S. law enforcement agencies adopt drone systems “battle-tested” in Ukraine, experts question whether existing safeguards are sufficient to govern increasing levels of surveillance on U.S. soil. The dual-purpose, military-grade technology now getting deployed in domestic border operations comes as the Trump administration devotes tens of billions of dollars to bolster security in response to…
VIDEO: From Ukraine’s Battlefield to America’s Borderlands
In Ukraine’s war with Russia, drones have become essential tools for both warfare and border surveillance. Now, those tools and tactics from Ukraine are being deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border. AZCIR traveled to Ukraine to document how “battle-tested” drone innovations are reshaping American border enforcement.
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