Washington, DC — On a virtual event hosted today by America’s Voice, leading experts and advocates gathered to discuss the harms for our economy, public safety, and families and communities should the immigration portions of the budget reconciliation bill pass intact. The discussion took place as Congress debates and... Continue »
Washington, DC — Congressional Republicans and the White House are careening forward with their budget reconciliation bill, seeking to deliver more than $70 billion to fund mass deportations for the rest of Trump’s term on top of the more than $170 billion windfall just last year for Stephen Miller... Continue »
Washington, DC — This week, congressional Republicans are careening forward with their budget reconciliation bill, seeking to deliver more than $70 billion for mass deportation, on top of the more than $170 billion windfall for immigration enforcement just last year. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive... Continue »
Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are demanding $70 billion more on top of the $191 billion Congress already handed DHS last year – pouring more money into mass deportation with zero accountability, zero reform, and zero regard for the rule of law being flouted every day in the communities... Continue »
Washington, DC — As the GOP moves forward on a budget gifting more than $70 billion for Stephen Miller and mass deportation (on top of the more than $170 billion windfall from last year), accountability and reform measures to rein in ICE and CBP’s dangerous abuses and impunity are... Continue »
Washington, DC — As the GOP moves forward on a budget to gift an additional more than $70 billion on top of the more than $170 billion funded last year to fund mass deportation, the cruelty and chaos is built-in by design. This aspect of the Trump and Miller... Continue »
Washington, DC — New reporting from Mother Jones that an Alabama construction worker and U.S. citizen, Leonardo Garcia Venegas, has now been detained by ICE three separate times despite repeatedly proving his citizenship underscores a growing and dangerous reality under the Trump administration: no one is off limits. His... Continue »
Washington, DC — Yesterday, at the Border Security Expo in Arizona, White House border czar Tom Homan pledged that mass deportations would escalate next year. As NPR reports, Homan said: “If you think last year’s historic number is good, wait till next year and we have 10,000 more agents... Continue »