The Department of Homeland Security reimburses trained police officers' salaries, bonuses, overtime, and promises up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to departments that sign up for the most extreme version of the immigration enforcement program.
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GRITA's analysis also found that Benton County Jail likely underreported the number of Hispanic or Latino individuals booked into the jail.
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Counselor Monica Vallejo held the first in a series of free workshops recently in Northwest Arkansas specifically for Hispanic families distressed by the growing presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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Arkansas law enforcement officials said Wednesday 48 people have been held on immigration detainers due to state police’s participation in a federal immigration program since September.
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A significant presence of Arkansas State Police officers in Springdale this week could put community members at risk for deportation.
Some people deported to the Marshall Islands had lived nearly their entire lives in northwest Arkansas.
At least one Springdale police officer held pepper spray as he observed an anti-ICE high school student walkout on Tuesday.
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Multiple Northwest Arkansas high schools held protests against ICE after two Har-Ber High School students were photographed wearing pro-ICE t-shirts during a school celebration. No corrective actions were taken.
The use of Flock systems in ICE operations has alarmed immigration and privacy advocates in recent months.
Dozens of local businesses took action in solidarity with impacted communities across the country by donating profits and posting to social media.
"I pray that we will begin to look at the immigrants and refugees in our midst not as enemies or as 'other.' Not as different in color or in accent. Not as dangers or risks. But as created in the image and likeness of the same true God — as the stranger in our midst — as Jesus."
State law now mandates that Arkansas county sheriffs apply for a 287(g) partnership, which deputizes local law enforcement agencies to act as federal immigration enforcement. These are all the agencies in Arkansas with active partnerships.
District officials say students were taken to the wrong building.
Local organizers and volunteers met to celebrate the one year anniversary of the founding of the Alliance for Immigrant Respect and Education in December.
“We do not get to step away when it’s not comfortable. We do not get to claim neutrality in the face of injustice.”
The Alliance for Immigrant Respect and Education offers 13 suggestions for people to remember when interacting with law enforcement or immigration enforcement.
