Hamed Aleaziz
Hamed Aleaziz is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in San Francisco.
Contact this reporter at hamed.aleaziz@buzzfeed.com
The ACLU Has Sued The Trump Administration For Keeping Migrants Seeking Asylum In Mexico
The first asylum-seeking Central American families — five families made up of four women, one couple, and 10 children — were sent back to Mexico from the US on Wednesday.
Hamed Aleaziz
• 16 hours ago
Being An Immigration Judge Was Their Dream. Under Trump, It Became Untenable.
“It has become so emotionally brutal and exhausting that many people I know are leaving or talking about finding an exit strategy,” said one immigration judge. “Morale has never, ever been lower.”
Hamed Aleaziz
• One day ago
ICE Wanted To Deport 21 Savage On An “Aggravated Felony” Charge — But They Just Dropped It
The rapper, whose real name is She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, is still going through deportation proceedings.
Hamed Aleaziz
• One day ago
A Record Number Of Immigrants Are Detained In The US. Blame Trump’s “Draconian” Policies, A Former ICE Official Says.
“This record high number results entirely from the draconian enforcement policies of the Trump Administration."
Hamed Aleaziz
• 3 days ago
No One Has To Prove The Allegations In An Interpol Red Notice. But They Were Enough For ICE To Separate This Mother From Her Family.
The US agrees that a so-called “red notice” from Interpol isn’t an arrest warrant and can often be abused. Yet ICE used the existence of one as the reason to detain a mother from El Salvador.
Hamed Aleaziz
• 18 days ago
The Trump Administration Will Start Sending Some Asylum-Seekers Back To Mexico
A US official critical of the policy said it would lead migrants to “revert to sneaking in rather than going to ports of entry” and cause “more deaths in the desert.”
Hamed Aleaziz
• 21 days ago
Immigration Staffers Were Warned Not To Leak Information To The Public
One USCIS official said the directive was puzzling. “If they want to stop people from talking to the press, they got to stop being so scandalous.”
Hamed Aleaziz
• 22 days ago
US-Born Marine Veteran Detained By ICE Was Carrying His US Passport When He Was Arrested
Jilmar Ramos-Gomez also was carrying a driver’s license and military ID, said the ACLU, which wants to know how he ended up in ICE custody for three days.
Hamed Aleaziz
• 22 days ago
The ICE Detention Of A US-Born Marine Was The Last Straw For A Michigan Sheriff
The Kent County Sheriff's Department says it will no longer honor ICE requests to hold a prisoner unless a judge has signed a warrant.
Hamed Aleaziz
• 27 days ago
The Trump Administration Still Doesn't Know How Many Thousands Of Immigrant Children DHS Separated From Their Parents
Although the family separation policy became public in 2018, a new report reveals the government was actively separating children from summer 2017.
Amber Jamieson
• 28 days ago
He Was Born In Grand Rapids And Fought In Afghanistan, But The Local Sheriff’s Office Still Turned Him Over To ICE
“This is what immigration enforcement has come to in this country.”
Hamed Aleaziz
• 29 days ago
An Iraqi Man Deported By ICE Must Be Returned To The US, A Judge Ordered
“It was terrible. There was a court order saying don’t deport him and they deported him,” said an attorney representing Iraqi immigrants in a lawsuit against ICE.
Hamed Aleaziz
• One month ago
ICE Might Be Violating Federal Law By Keeping Immigrants Detained During The Shutdown
ICE has likely run out of money to pay for detention space, potentially violating a law that could require the release of some immigrants and constrain enforcement.
Hamed Aleaziz
• One month ago
5 Things You Need To Know About The Southern Border Right Now
President Donald Trump delivered a national address about the southern border. Here is the reality.
Adolfo Flores
• One month ago
Kellyanne Conway Admitted Sarah Sanders Was Wrong About How Many Terrorists Were Stopped At The Southern Border
White House counselor Conway said Sanders made “an unfortunate misstatement” when her stats were off by 3,994 people.
Talal Ansari
• One month ago
Oakland's Mayor Warned Her City Of An ICE Raid. She Doesn't Regret It.
When your community lives in fear every day, warning it about an upcoming ICE raid is really all you can do, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tells BuzzFeed News.
Hamed Aleaziz
• One month ago
The Homeland Security Secretary Called The Deaths Of Migrant Children "Deeply Concerning" And Promised More Medical Checks
Kirstjen M. Nielsen also blamed an increase in families illegally crossing the US–Mexico border for pushing the immigration system "to a breaking point."
Amber Jamieson
• One month ago
Trump's Plan To Make Asylum-Seekers Wait In Mexico Is Likely To Be Challenged In Court
The announcement is a massive shift in immigration policy.
Hamed Aleaziz
• One month ago
A Judge Has Once Again Blocked The Trump Administration's New Restrictions On Asylum
“This ruling will save lives,” said an attorney with the ACLU who argued the case.
Hamed Aleaziz
• One month ago
The Trump Administration Is Slowing The Asylum Process To Discourage Applicants, An Official Told Congress
In a letter to Customs and Border Protection, senior Democrats said the closed-door testimony raised questions about whether the administration is obeying the law.
Hamed Aleaziz
• One month ago