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REAL ID Act: Frequently Asked Questions
Published Jul 9, 2025 This FAQ explains which categories of immigrants may be eligible for a REAL ID license, outlines alternative forms of identification for travel or accessing federal facilities, and highlights potential risks for immigrants without a REAL...
How ICE Blurs the Line between Enforcement of Civil Immigration Violations and Enforcement of Criminal Laws
Published Aug 27, 2019 When Congress heads back to Washington, DC, after its long August recess, it will resume the ongoing debate over how many taxpayer dollars the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should be allocated to do its work. Much of that debate...
How ICE Uses Driver’s License Photos and DMV Databases
Published Aug 6, 2019 Local, state, and federal law enforcement, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have long relied on driver’s license databases to obtain information (such as addresses) about drivers and car owners. For many years, the...
Redacted National Vetting Center Implementation Plan Raises More Concerns Than It Answers
Published Jan 31, 2019 The Trump administration recently released a redacted version of its implementation plan (dated August 2018 but not released until December 2018) for a newly created National Vetting Center (NVC). The NVC project was first announced by...
Information Vacuuming: Massive Collection of Data for Government’s Surveillance and Deportation Machine
Published Aug 22, 2018
How ICE Uses Databases and Information-Sharing to Deport Immigrants
Published Jan 25, 2018 Immigrants’ rights advocates are concerned about how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the larger agency of which it’s a part, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), use databases and information-sharing systems to...
Updates on REAL ID and Increased Information Sharing by Departments of Motor Vehicles
Published Jan 4, 2018 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that, as of Jan. 22, 2018, airports may begin requiring travelers from certain states to present REAL ID–compliant driver’s...
DHS Is Collecting Information on Immigrants’ and Citizens’ Social Media Use and Making It Part of Their Permanent Records
Published Nov 30, 2017 If you’re an immigrant—whether you’re authorized to be in the U.S. or not—or a naturalized U.S. citizen, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to track your...
Untangling the Immigration Enforcement Web
Published Sep 12, 2017 This resource shares basic information for advocates about databases and information-sharing among federal, state, and local agencies.
Blazing a Trail: The Fight for Right to Counsel in Detention and Beyond
Published Mar 1, 2016 Making the right to counsel a reality is an imperative for all immigrants in removal proceedings, but the situation is even more critical for detained immigrants. As this report shows, the very circumstances of detention make that right a legal...
Inclusive Policies Advance Dramatically in the States
Published Oct 6, 2013 The 2013 state legislative sessions witnessed a significant increase in pro-immigrant activity, gaining considerable traction for immigrant-inclusive policies.
How the Trump Deportation Machine Relies on Inaccurate Databases and Unregulated Data Collection
Joan Friedland
Published Nov 1, 2019 In a groundbreaking decision, a U.S. district court in California recently concluded that the immigration databases U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) relies on are too unreliable to form the basis for probable cause to issue...