Tag: U.s. Immigration And Customs Enforcement
Brown labor union divesting $500K from Citizens over ICE prison financing
PROVIDENCE – A labor union at Brown University announced Thursday it plans to pull roughly $500,000 in deposits from Citizens Financial Group Inc., citing...
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Everybody’s Business: Helping formerly incarcerated individuals move on
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Protests across eastern U.S. criticize Citizens Bank over private prison financing
PROVIDENCE – About 100 protesters gathered outside the Citizens Bank branch at 120 Waterman St. on Providence’s East Side on March 7, as part...
Businesses face pressure to respond to immigration enforcement while also becoming...
From family-run cafes to retail giants, businesses are increasingly coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it's public pressure for them...
Providence City Council approves tougher rules on police interactions with ICE
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved stricter limits on how police interact with federal immigration authorities.
The revised rules, part of the...
Providence officials want to further prohibit police cooperation with ICE
As the Trump administration increases pressure on states and cities to have police assist with federal immigration enforcement, officials in Rhode Island’s capital are...
Providence police union slams finding that officers inappropriately helped ICE agents...
PROVIDENCE – The union for city police is disputing a civilian oversight panel’s judgment that the police department broke the law while assisting a...
Panel: Providence Police broke city laws assisting ICE in July raid
PROVIDENCE – The police department broke the law while assisting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in July, The Providence External Review Authority...
Providence businesses sign on as ‘defense zones’ against deportation
PROVIDENCE – At Down the Road Movers, a business driven by a team of formerly incarcerated Black, Indigenous and people of color, "we've seen...
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