immigration

  • As a journalist who has covered both the drug trade and immigration for most of my career, I’ve been struck by the parallels in how the [Trump] administration has handled these two issues. Read this article in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • Law enforcement authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of three suspects and charges in California federal court against more than a dozen others in what they called the first-ever federal case against a “birth tourism” ring… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.  

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  • The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear oral arguments over evidentiary disputes in a case related to the Trump administration’s inclusion of a question about citizenship status on the 2020 census, according to a Friday docket entry… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.  

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  • In our February 8 Facebook Live session, Senior Investigator Héctor Silva Ávalos and Senior Editor Mike LaSusa discussed the release of a major, groundbreaking investigation by InSight Crime that delves into the much-feared, yet little-understood MS13 gang… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime. Watch the full videos below. Part 1: Part 2:

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  • A new report shows the extent to which insecurity negatively affects the daily lives of Central American citizens, and provides further evidence that crime and corruption are important factors driving emigration from the region. The findings suggest current policies aimed at addressing these issues may lack an adequate emphasis on preventive, rather than reactive measures…

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