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BHP Video Statement Regarding MPP restart

Dec 23, 20210 min read

Addressing Radicalized Violence Against Migrants Requires A Complete Overhaul of Customs & Borders

Absent deep reforms, Border Patrol’s long history of racist, violent abuse means inhumanity like that displayed in Del Rio, Texas will...

Sep 24, 20214 min read

Report: Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors: Abuse & Retaliation Against Hunger Strikers in U.S. Immigration Detention, a new research report from ACLU and PHR...

Sep 20, 20211 min read

ACLU Demands Customs & Border Protection Investigate Recent Deadly Vehicle Pursuit

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and the ACLU of Texas yesterday sent a letter demanding that...

Aug 26, 20212 min read

Nine Years After DACA Went Into Effect, Congress On The Verge Of Passing A Path To Citizenship

A pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants is within reach. Congress must get it done. On this day nine years ago, the U.S....

Aug 15, 20212 min read

Border Patrol Must Stop Holding People In An Inhumane Outside Pen Under A Highway In South Texas

Border Patrol continues to detain migrants, including children, in appalling outdoor conditions under the Anzalduas International Bridge...

Aug 9, 20214 min read

Title 42 Decimates Asylum Rights And Biden Should End It

This op-ed was originally published in the Las Cruces Sun News and the Santa Fe New Mexican. Too often, our nation has learned who we...

Aug 2, 20213 min read

It's Wrong To Deport Asylum Seekers In The Name Of Health. We're Suing To Stop It

The Trump administration made unprecedented use of Title 42 to justify expelling migrants without due process. We're suing to stop the...

Aug 2, 20213 min read

Neither Safety nor Health: How Title 42 Expulsions Harm Health and Violate Rights

By PHR staff members Kathryn Hampton, MSt, MA, senior officer, Asylum Program; Michele Heisler, MD, MPA, medical director; and Cynthia...

Jul 28, 202163 min read

Secretary Mayorkas Pledged to End His Agency’s Anti-Immigrant Abuses. Here’s What He’s Delivered.

As he approaches the sixth month anniversary of his confirmation, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ progress report is...

Jul 21, 20217 min read

Cruelty and Coercion: How ICE Abuses Hunger Strikers

A new report from the ACLU and Physicians for Human Rights details ICE’s abuse and retaliation against people who initiate hunger strikes...

Jun 29, 20214 min read

Unaccompanied Children’s Well-Being Must Come First at Fort Bliss and Across Texas

Emergency steps were needed to remove children from Border Patrols facilities, but the Biden administration must now ensure the humane...

Jun 24, 20214 min read

Restoring A Humane Approach To Asylum Is A Moral Imperative

By welcoming families fleeing persecution while also investing in neighboring countries, we can strengthen our own economy while charting...

Jun 10, 20213 min read

Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof

Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the...

Jun 9, 20214 min read

Factsheet: Recommendation For San Diego County Board Of Supervisors

FACTSHEET: RECOMMENDATION FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS All people...

Jun 1, 20211 min read

Searching For Peace: The Difficult And Dangerous Journey To Seek Asylum In The United States Part II

Read Part I of this blog here. Lee el blog en español aquí. Editor’s note: This two-part blog series is a brief first-person look at the...

May 3, 20215 min read

Buscando Paz: El Viaje Peligroso Y Arduo Para Solicitar El Asilo En Los Estados Unidos, Parte II

Lee parte I de este blog aquí. Read this blog in English here. Nota del editor: Esta serie de blogs de dos partes es una breve mirada...