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Homan’s Appointment as Trump ‘Border Czar’ Will Continue the Administration’s Cruel Border Policies
While it is still unclear what Homan’s new position entails, his record should disqualify him from any position in the federal government—and particularly one that will once again put him in a position to subject children and families to unconscionable treatment.
Floridians’ Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Would Be Better Off If Legislative Session Had Ended Earlier
On voting rights and immigration, the Legislature chose to traffic in misinformation and extremism in order to go back to a time before the constitution protected the rights of all people, and that is shameful.
By Micah W. Kubic
New Homeland Security Secretary, Same Anti-Immigrant Agenda
Personnel changes are meaningless without changes to the Department of Homeland Security’s anti-immigrant, and frequently illegal, policies. The administration and the department are as dedicated as ever to its campaign of refusing asylum for credible refugee claims.
The 2019 Florida Legislature: An Attack on Civil Liberties
The 2019 Florida Legislative Session was the most dangerous and threatening to Floridians’ civil liberties and civil rights in over a decade.
Asylum Officers Are Being Replaced By Border Patrol Agents
By replacing neutral asylum officers with law enforcement officers, the Trump administration's proposal for CBP officers to conduct credible fear interviews is a blatant effort to rig the system against asylum seekers and drive down the number of people who pass their screening interviews.
Kirstjen Nielsen’s Brutal and Calamitous Leadership of the Department of Homeland Security Comes to an End
Late yesterday, President Trump announced that Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Trump said that Kevin McAleenan, the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will serve as Acting Secretary.
We Sued CBP to Release Records About How It Enforced the Muslim Ban in Florida
Despite the historic judicial defeat for civil rights in Trump v. Hawaii, the fight against the Muslim ban continues. Floridians should mobilize again to tell their representatives in Congress to rescind the Muslim ban.
Miami-Dade’s ICE 'Detainer' Program Shows Why SB 168 Is a Bad Bill
U.S. citizens cannot be deported or held by immigration authorities. And yet we know that federal agents working for U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, or ICE, have been indiscriminately targeting them on a regular basis. SB 168 would lead to countless U.S. citizens being held for ICE.
Rampant Abuses in Immigration Detention Prove ICE Is Rotten to the Core
Last Friday, a Honduran asylum seeker suffered an unthinkable tragedy when she had a stillbirth while in ICE detention in Texas. While the facts of this case are still coming to light, it is only one of many tragic incidents involving immigrants detained by the federal government in recent months.
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