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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

Read Part II 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...