COLORLINES - Deportation Dragnet

How Did 15-Year-Old Jakadrien Turner, a U.S. Citizen, Get Deported?

by Julianne Hing on January 11 2012, 9:53AM

Detainees navigate the immigration system largely on their own, and young people become uniquely vulnerable.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet, Immigration

Dispatch From Detention: A Rare Look Inside Our ‘Humane’ Immigration Jails

by Seth Freed Wessler on January 4 2012, 9:19AM

Deporting 400,000 people a year means big business for the rural towns and private prison contractors that warehouse many detained immigrants. Colorlines.com’s Seth Freed Wessler takes a rare, troubling look inside their facilities.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet, Dispatches, Immigration

Report: Half of Nation’s Undocumented Adults Have Kids

by Seth Freed Wessler on December 7 2011, 10:00AM

And the federal government’s deportation program is ripping families apart.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet

Georgia Immigrant Couple Fights to Regain Custody of Kids

by Seth Freed Wessler on November 30 2011, 10:00AM

Why? Because they are undocumented immigrants who speak Spanish, according to advocates.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet, Immigration

Obama Knows Families are Shattered by Deportation. Now What? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on November 21 2011, 10:00AM

President Obama responded to our publisher’s report on children of deportees getting stuck in foster care; now, our readers respond to him.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet

Obama: Kids Stuck in Foster Care Due to Deportation a ‘Real Problem’

by Seth Freed Wessler on November 14 2011, 2:53PM

President Obama says his administration must “make sure that children aren’t torn from their parents without due process.” A Colorlines.com investigation concluded at least 5,100 kids are stuck in foster care because their parents are detained or deported.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet, Immigration, Shattered Families

How Can We Stop ICE from Shattering Families? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on November 7 2011, 9:40AM

Readers discuss ARC’s new report, which lays out how children are being taken from undocumented parents.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet

New York Rep. José Serrano Blasts ICE Over Foster Care Stats

by Jorge Rivas on November 3 2011, 1:07PM

He called on the Department of Homeland Security to halt and review all deportations in which kids could be impacted.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet

U.S. Deports 46K Parents With Citizen Kids in Just Six Months

by Seth Freed Wessler on November 3 2011, 9:30AM

Data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request reveals nearly a quarter of people deported in first half of 2011 were parents with U.S. citizen children. That’s a dramatic increase from the 10-year period before the Obama administration.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet, Immigration, Shattered Families

Thousands of Kids Lost From Parents In U.S. Deportation System

by Seth Freed Wessler on November 2 2011, 8:00AM

A yearlong investigation by Colorlines.com’s publisher, the Applied Research Center, found more than 5,000 children stuck in foster care because their parents were detained by ICE. One in four deportees have U.S.-born kids and face total loss of parental rights.

Topics: Deportation Dragnet, Immigration, Shattered Families