Barnstable County’s detention agreement with the Dept. of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arm won’t expire. It’s in place permanently until either ICE or Barnstable Sheriff James Cummings […]
ICE
COLD CASE
Sheriff Cummings’s Contract With ICE Is Renewed Again
Data show the program affects Jamaican men disproportionately
Last summer, at the end of the fiscal year, Barnstable County Sheriff James Cummings’s detention agreement with the Dept. of Homeland Security lapsed. He renewed it. But this year, the […]
IMMIGRATION
Efforts Mount to End Sheriff’s Deal With ICE
Lawmakers and civil rights lawyers work to scrap 287(g) agreements
Barnstable County Sheriff James Cummings continues to defend his partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as political and legal moves to overturn the controversial agreements, which deputize local […]
IMMIGRATION & COVID
Immigrants at Risk, yet Left Behind
Undocumented communities find little support in a time of crisis
The Mass. Dept. of Public Health reports that people of color are disproportionately affected by coronavirus, with Latinos and blacks accounting for 23 and 18 percent of Covid-19 cases despite […]
