News & Commentary
Asylum Seekers Stranded in Mexico Face a New Danger: COVID-19
If COVID-19 becomes widespread in Northern Mexico, asylum seekers from Central America and elsewhere are unlikely to be at the front of the line for a health care system with limited resources.
Living with COVID — in an Immigration Jail
Each of the 37,000 people currently detained by ICE are at severe risk of contracting COVID-19. We must immediately reduce the numbers of people in immigration detention, starting by releasing the most vulnerable to serious illness or death.
The Military Should not be Searching Cars or Checking Documents at the Border
We need to protect rights and liberties at the border to keep communities safe.
Trump is Sending Special Forces-style Agents into Pro-Immigrant Cities
Two new tactics in the administration’s attack on the prerogatives of state and local governments to focus their resources on local public safety and welfare needs, rather than on federal immigration enforcement.
Defending Immigrants’ Rights and Reproductive Freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court
We will be in front of the Supreme Court to join partners in the fight for abortion rights, and to defend the rights of asylum seekers and others whose civil liberties are under attack.
Stopping the Anti-Abortion Ordinances of East Texas
In seven Texas cities, anti-abortion politicians have named those who advocate for abortion access as “criminal organizations.” We’re suing.
Family Separation, Two Years After Ms. L
Family separation is just one of the ways the Trump administration has deliberately tried to stop people from seeking asylum here.
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