Jun 4, 2018
This is an urgent petition to David Marin, Adelanto ICE Field Director, to release Udoka Nweke on parole so he can access life-saving treatment for his dire mental health condition and suicidality. Udoka, a 29 year old gay man and asylum seeker from Nigeria has been caged in Adelanto...
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Solo la necesidad extrema, el terror absoluto, la certeza total de que sus vidas y las de sus seres queridos están en riesgo llevan a los migrantes a lanzarse a diario a realizar travesías llenas de peligros y vicisitudes que, hoy por hoy, no todo mundo estaría dispuesto...
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America’s Voice With No Transparency and Accountability, the Trump Administration Continues to Harm Children In Spite of Overwhelming Concern by Pediatricians ICYMI: CNN, “How One Month Reshaped the US Immigration Landscape” Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Strategy: Unaccountable, Un-American and Increasingly Unlawful ICYMI: “Taking immigrants kids from parents shows contempt for...
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In response to the Trump Administration’s continued separation of families at the border, thousands of advocates across more than 30 locations rallied today against the cruel and inhumane practice, which has kept children as young as 2 years old away from their mothers for months. Advocates from Washington to...
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The Emergency Request is on behalf of five parents who were separated from their children in South Texas A recording of the call can be found here Read the Request for Precautionary Measures here. Read the stories of the petitioners here. McAllen, Texas — Yesterday, the Texas Civil Rights Project,...
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Implications of Termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras Wreak Havoc on Families and Communities Countdown to TPS Decision Deadline for Yemen and Somalia: 5 Weeks In an interview for KDLG, Jeremy Hobson sat down with Marta Connor, a TPS holder from Honduras, and Martin Pineda, an organizer...
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Parents Describe Fear and Anguish Under Trump’s Family Separation Policy In just the first two weeks under Trump’s new family separation policy, 658 children have been taken from parents, almost 46 children per day. At this rate, thousands of children could be taken from parents within months as a result...
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The latest episode of our podcast, “A is for America”, features an interview with Amy Rose, Legal Director of the ACLU of Nevada, who spoke to us about an anti-immigrant ballot initiative that advocates managed to keep off the ballot this fall in Nevada. It’s been another crazy week in...
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In a new must-read, Washington Post’s DeNeen Brown connects the forced separation of African American children from their parents during slavery to strip them of their dignity and the forced separation of Native American children from their parents to strip them of their culture to the forced separation of...
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It is increasingly clear that the animating principle of Trump’s presidency is abject cruelty and inhumane policies towards immigrants and people of color. Below, we excerpt just some of the most recent commentary on this administration’s radicalism. The New Republic’s Matt Ford: “Cruelty Is Trump’s Only Immigration Policy”:...
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