Amika's AEH blog

This is something that caught my attention because I've never heard of it before so I thought to blog about it. According to the article that I found, ICE will no longer automatically release pregnant immigrants from detention facilities. This is replacing a previous policy that was made by Obama which said that ICE could not detain pregnant women except under only "extraordinary circumstances". After Trump made an executive order in January 2017 that required immigration officers to target all undocumented immigrants, the agency decided to change the way they "dealt" with pregnant women. Pregnant immigrants will still be eligible for release on a "case-by-case" basis according to the ICE website. The agency said that they will detain pregnant women "whose detention is necessary to effectuate removal, as well as those deemed a flight risk or danger to the community". It also said that pregnant women during their third trimester "absent e

Students in Arizona that are protected under DACA will no longer be eligible for in-state college tuition. The Supreme Court ruled this decision on Monday, 4/9/18. This decision will affect more than 2,000 students the article says, it will affect students in community colleges and three public universities. The fee changes will take effect immediately and in some cases, the fee will be triple the annual cost of attendance. Arizona DACA students are also ineligible for federal or state financial aid. Other states that are also prohibiting in-state tuition for Dreamers are Georgia and Indiana, Alabama and South Carolina has completely banned DACA students from enrolling in any public postsecondary institution. Since this has been happening, other states including Utah have allowed public universities to use private sources of funding to support financial aid to unauthorized immigrant students. In Connecticut, they are currently offering scholarships through the Dream.UsScholarship progr

A California Congressman on Tuesday speculated that the shooter at the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno could be an "illegal immigrant". "Would anyone be surprised? We have a state government in California that's trying to prevent our law enforcement people from working with the federal law enforcement people to get together the criminal illegal aliens, to deal with criminal illegal aliens". The shooter was later identified as a white adult woman who died at the scene. Her immigration status was not immediately disclosed. A Conservative stalwart it says in the article tried to draw a line between the gunfire at YouTube headquarters near San Francisco and sanctuary cities (sanctuary cities are communities that do not fully cooperate with feds to enforce immigration laws). https://nypost.com/2018/04/03/congressman-speculates-youtube-shooter-was-illegal-immigrant/