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With helicopters in the air and detentions rising, some legal immigrants are afraid to leave home.
Alfredo Caminata saw the United States as a safe place free from the authoritarianism and persecution he suffered in his home country. Until he was stopped by ICE agents.
A letter sent to Mason, Tennessee officials says a vote to approve a contract for the detention center is invalid.
The Ghanaian government has made $1 million payment toward its debt at the University of Memphis for 185 students there but still owes $2.2 million.
“They’re taking our aunts, our neighbors who have no criminal record. This (presidential) administration has criminalized being brown, being an immigrant.”
Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members voted to affirm access for students regardless of immigration status, but the district’s number of Spanish-language registration sites has been cut in half.
The move diminishes the chances for the bill to pass this year as lawmakers prepare for a likely adjournment this week.
Shelby County’s five state senators voted down party lines for a bill that would allow school districts to deny education to students based on immigration status.
The bill passed narrowly in an 11-7 vote, with three Republicans, including Memphis Republican Mark White voting against it alongside all four of the committee’s Democrats.
The decision will affect hundreds of children in the Memphis area who have legal representation through groups such as Latino Memphis, Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Mid-South Immigration Advocates.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen holds a town hall meeting Tuesday night, blasting President Donald Trump and Elon Musk while trying to calm nervous constituents.
“Educating children helps society to flourish. Denying education is a recipe for stagnation, more crime and increased misery for all.”
The bill gives local education agencies the ability to deny enrollment to students unlawfully present in the United States.
The proposed legislation would allow public school districts to charge thousands of dollars in tuition if students can’t prove they are U.S. citizens or are in the country legally.
DeSoto County officials have adjusted the wording of legislation in hopes of Mississippi law enforcement assisting with detaining illegal immigrants.
A hold order on federal funding for lawyers who represent youngsters who arrived in the United States without a parent was rescinded Friday. It would have affected local groups like Advocates of Immigrant Rights and Latino Memphis.
When immigrants are detained in Memphis, they are typically sent to a detainment facility in Louisiana quickly afterward. From there, the outcomes can range from swift deportation to, eventually, legal residence in the United States.
The legislation would directly challenge a more than 40-year-old precedent that ensures all children access to a free public education regardless of immigration status.
“These days I spend a lot of time thinking about President Donald Trump’s pledge to deport between 11 million and 20 million people.”
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that creates a state Centralized Immigration Enforcement Division and makes it a class E felony for local officials to vote in favor of sanctuary city policies.
Tennessee lawmakers fast-tracked Gov. Bill Lee’s $5.5 million proposal to create a state immigration division and allocate funding for training grants for local law enforcement agencies seeking immigration agreements to cooperate with federal authorities.
House Bill 1484, or the Mississippi Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program, would offer a $1,000 reward to registered bounty hunters for each successful deportation they help to facilitate.
Critics of Tennessee’s voucher proposal allege the program is financially unsustainable in the long term and will siphon funds away from public schools.
Moderator Michael LaRosa’s latest book, cowritten with a Memphis attorney, will be released the same day.
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