Gov. Reeves Signs Law Requiring Citizenship Checks For Voting in Mississippi
Mississippi may be less likely to wrongly remove naturalized immigrants from the voting rolls under a new bill Gov. Tate Reeves signed into law today.
Mississippi may be less likely to wrongly remove naturalized immigrants from the voting rolls under a new bill Gov. Tate Reeves signed into law today.
In an April 11, 2022, press conference, advocacy groups called for the release of 28-year-old Lladi Ambrocio-Garcia from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Lumpkin, Ga.
Before the University of Mississippi terminated Dr. Garrett Felber, an anti-racist history professor, his public criticisms of its ties to the private-prison industry drew concern from administrators on campus who had monitored social-media activities, emails this publication obtained show.
Since mid-April, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed more COVID-19 cases among detained immigrants at a private prison in Natchez, Miss., than ICE had reported during the prior 13 months since the pandemic began.
Mauricio J. Quijano unpacks causes and effects of undocumented migration into the United States from crime, to corruption, to poverty in counties the people fleeing leave behind.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to shut down 39 ICE detention facilities—including the Adams County Detention Center east of Natchez.
U.S. House Rep. Steven Palazzo sent mixed signals on his two Facebook pages this week as he criticized President Joe Biden’s handling of immigration issues from two seemingly conflicting angles.
Local law enforcement’s “entanglement” with federal immigration agencies instills “fear across Mississippi’s immigrant communities” and introduces “a host of public safety hazards,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi said today while announcing “Unalienable,” a statewide campaign designed to change that dynamic.
You tell us in no uncertain terms that you want real truth-to-power journalism in Mississippi fully focused on solutions over political gamesmanship. We hear you. We’re on it, Mississippi Free Press editor and co-founder Donna Ladd writes as both MFP and the pandemic turn a year old in the state.
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