The Chilling Effect of Trump’s Indiscriminate Immigration Arrests & Propaganda
As we near the one-month mark of the new Trump administration, it is clear that the president’s...
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Category: Abuses
Sending Migrants to Guantánamo Bay Is a Costly, Abusive Shift in Immigration Detention
Last week, President Trump ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand immigration...
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ICE’s Inadequate Recordkeeping on Treatment of Detained Asylum Seekers Threatens Their Lives
By Anne Peterson, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies As the Trump administration prepares for a...
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FOIA Documents Show Troubling Gaps in Transparency at Torrance County Detention Facility
The Torrance County Detention Facility, located in the remote deserts of New Mexico, is notorious...
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Border Patrol’s 100th Anniversary Offers Chance to Look Back at Its Disturbing Origins
The U.S. Border Patrol turned 100 years old on May 28. Its troubled origins and history form the...
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Borderland: The Line Within Takes Viewers Through CBP’s Raid on a Humanitarian Aid Camp
Borderland: The Line Within, a documentary directed by Pamela Yates and produced by Skylight...
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Volunteers Needed for Credible Fear Interview Preparation in CBP Hotline
When someone crosses the border to seek asylum in the United States, they often first go through a...
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Despite Progress, the Tragedy of Family Separation Can Never Be Undone
Six years ago, a man came to the U.S./Mexico border with his five-year-old daughter, looking for...
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Showdown Between Texas Authorities and the Federal Government Headed to the Supreme Court
By Kate Melloy Goettel and Juan Avilez A Texas law that allows local law enforcement to arrest...
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The State of Texas Isn’t Just Creating Chaos and Cruelty at the Border—It’s Trying to Break the Things That Work
For decades, the Catholic nonprofit Annunciation House has worked to support migrants in El Paso,...
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