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Immigrant Rights Advocacy

The advocacy efforts of organizations such as ITEP and CLASP to extend the federal EITC to ITIN filers and narrow inequities given undocumented workers’ tax contributions.

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Jan 27, 2026
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Were Obama’s ICE raids in the middle of the night

The short answer is: operations did take place "in the middle of the night," most notably a multi-state round-up of recently arrived families in early January 2016 during which agents reportedly remov...

Jan 30, 2026
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Do undocumented immigrants qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in 2025?

Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in 2025 under current federal law: the EITC requires a valid Social Security number and that a filer be a U.S. ...

Jan 15, 2026
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Deportation rates were higher under obama

By multiple commonly used metrics — annual removals, interior removals, and removals as a share of the estimated unauthorized population — deportation activity was higher during Barack Obama’s preside...

Jan 13, 2026

How did DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson and ICE Director Sally Yates shape deportation strategy under Obama?

Jeh Johnson steered DHS toward a narrowly prioritized deportation strategy that emphasized removing noncitizens who posed threats to public safety, national security, or border integrity while using p...

Jan 22, 2026

We’re young children taken by ICE in Columbia heights mn and sent to Texas

school officials say federal immigration agents detained at least four students in recent weeks — including a five‑year‑old named and his father — and that Liam and others were transferred to a detent...

Jan 18, 2026

How many people were detained by ICE in 2023 in total?

The question “How many people were detained by ICE in 2023 in total?” depends on which metric is meant: a daily average, a snapshot at year‑end, or the cumulative count of unique individuals booked in...