Authorities detain migrants protected by program that offers help to victims of crime
An NPR report highlights a troubling enforcement shift: migrants who applied for U visas as crime victims — a program meant to encourage cooperation with law enforcement — are still being detained by ICE. Attorneys warn the policy change could chill crime reporting and undermine public safety. Read the full report →
Kansas Immigrant Qualified for Protection Gets Arrested by ICE Anyway: ‘Always Been About Racism & Hatred’
The Nerd Stash reports that Rekha Sharma-Crawford is representing Jose Madrid-Leiva, a Kansas City, Kansas father seeking U visa protection after a 2022 armed robbery, who was detained by ICE after an April 2025 traffic stop despite being told he could live and work while his application was pending. \ Read the full story → […]
Authorities told this Kansas immigrant he was protected. ICE detained him anyway
A KAKE report highlights the case of Jose Madrid-Leiva, a Kansas City, Kansas father who applied for U visa protection as a crime victim and was told he qualified to remain and work while his case was pending — yet he was detained by ICE after a traffic stop, signaling a sharper turn in immigration […]
Building Safer Communities Through Mutual Trust, U and L.E.O.
In many places in the world, the police and the public are anything but friends. Each remains suspicious of the other. These fears and mistrust often come packed in the bags of immigrants and take up residence in their new homes in the US. It may have been to help bridge an understanding, that the […]