October 7th, 20220— This article, by Sunita Sohrabji for Ethnic Media Service, has been edited for style
Last week, the Biden administration gutted the signature Trump-era policy known as public charge, which effectively imposed a wealth tax on people seeking to gain permanent residency in the U.S.
The new rule will go into effect on Dec. 23. It...
October 5th, 20220DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department said it was proud to announce that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had appointed Police Chief Issa Shahin to its Faith-Based Security Advisory Council.
The Council is made up of 25 of the most distinguished leaders from various faith communities, who will meet for the first time...
March 30th, 20220DEARBORN — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has agreed to create a Detroit-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) community relations position that will be dedicated to building trust and working with Michigan’s Arab and Muslim American communities, and other impacted communities.
The liaison position comes after...
March 26th, 20200WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as directed by President Trump, has extended the REAL ID enforcement deadline to 12 months beyond this year’s deadline, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new deadline is now October 21, 2021.
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf said in a statement that the department...
December 4th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On a cold Monday morning, community leaders stood with the family and friends of Dearborn Heights resident Median El-Moustrah, who is slated for deportation to Lebanon despite the country’s inability to treat his many serious health conditions.
Hours before Thanksgiving Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
October 12th, 20190YPSILANTI – Attorneys from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) have shared information about the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new public charge rule ahead of its implementation this month.
Following the August 14 publishing of new changes to the ground of admissibility of immigrants to the U.S. based on the...
July 29th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to documents released on Wednesday, July 25, the Trump administration's decision to end temporary protection for immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua could worsen efforts to combat drug trade and gang violence, the U.S. State Department warned last October.
The senior Democrat on the...
July 8th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government is moving some immigrant parents to detention sites closer to the young children from whom they were separated while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to meet a court-imposed deadline to reunify families, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said on Thursday.
last month, U.S. Judge...
April 13th, 20180DEARBORN – Even as the city looks to a new dawn of economic prosperity with a wide range of major investments, it could be dealt a blow two in two years.
Residents, city officials and community advocates are anxious about the implications of a proposed question on the 2020 Census that would ask people if they’re citizens.
They...
February 9th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Homeland Security called on authorities in a draft report from late January to continuously vet Sunni Muslims coming into the U.S. who fit an "at-risk" demographic profile.
The report, obtained by Foreign Policy Magazine, reviews 25 terrorist attacks in the United States between October 2001 and...
February 9th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration is considering making it harder for foreigners living in the United States to get permanent residency if they have received certain public benefits such as food assistance, in a move that could sharply restrict legal immigration.
The Department of Homeland Security has drafted rules seen...
January 26th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — Targeted by the Syrian government after providing humanitarian supplies to civilians fleeing air strikes, Mohammad Alala and his wife escaped in 2012, eventually obtaining student visas to enter the United States.
They received a form of temporary protected status (TPS) extended to Syrians in the United States...
October 4th, 20170With a large population of Muslim and Arab Americans, Dearborn has the most per capita residents on a shadowy and unaccountable watchlist. It is nearly impossible to find out if you’re on it, let alone get your name off.
By Christopher Mathias, Rowaida Abdelaziz, Hassan Khalifeh, and Afaf Humayun
DEARBORN, Mich. — There’s...
September 29th, 20170Starting Oct 18, the Department of Homeland Security will begin collecting social media data from naturalized citizens and permanent residents.
Last week, there were additions to the Federal Register which require the collection of “social media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information, and search...
September 29th, 20170WASHINGTON/NEW YORK—The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed admitting a maximum of 45,000 refugees next year, the lowest cap in decades, which officials said was necessary to ensure U.S. security, although Democrats and humanitarian groups blasted the decision as an abandonment of American moral authority.
That figure is the...
September 29th, 20170The LA Times reported that hundreds were arrested in places where elected officials and local law enforcements have chose not to impose federal immigration laws.
ICE reported that they arrested 167 people in the Los Angeles and nearby areas.
Other cities targeted were San Jose and San Francisco.
In the last few days, ICE said...
March 28th, 20170DEARBORN – A meeting on Monday, March 27 with community activists and Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly turned antagonistic, when a local attorney and civil rights advocate pressed Kelly about orders and harassment that target Arabs and Muslims.
The meeting, held at The Arab American National Museum, was a second...
March 21st, 20170Washington, D.C.-Large electronics such as laptops, tablets, e-readers, and portable video players are among the devices that will be banned from flights from eight-majority Muslim countries.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security declared any electronic device larger than a mobile phone would be banned from airlines from these...
January 29th, 20171
DEARBORN- After the Department of Homeland Security awarded Dearborn’s Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities a Countering Violence Extremism (CVE) grant, the group ended up declining it Thursday night, according to a press release.
The community group sought funding for existing programs, focused on youth development,...
January 21st, 20170
DETROIT – As Arab and Muslim Americans prepare to reciprocate Donald Trump’s harsh scrutiny following the fruition of promised policies, a group of federal law enforcement officers are working to bridge the gap between themselves and a community critical of government.
The Middle Eastern Law Enforcement Officers Association...
