You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

U.S. To Begin Detaining All Immigrants Ordered Deported

HeadlineSep 17, 2003

Federal agents in Connecticut are now arresting all illegal immigrants as soon as they are issued orders of deportation marking a major policy shift. Until now most immigrants have been allowed to remain free while they appeal their deportation order. The Department of Homeland Security is testing a pilot program in Connecticut which is scheduled to begin nationally on Sept. 30. The Department estimates there are 400,000 cases where immigrants in the US have ignored deportation orders.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top