Tag: immigration
“We don’t want another President Obama”: Activist urges democrats to reframe...
Democratic candidates also sparred on immigration policy, from decriminalizing border crossing to providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. We hear excerpts of Senators...
The US is quietly opening shelters for babies and young kids....
One of the infants is just 2 weeks old and was born in the United States, making the child a U.S. citizen in the custody of the federal refugee agency.
Japanese-American internment survivors protest plan to jail migrant kids at Fort...
"There’s a historical pattern of detention and separation of families that we’re seeing across the United States, affecting immigrant communities and affecting communities of color."
“Somebody is going to die”: Lawyer describes chaos, illness & danger...
"They’re breaking the law by taking the children away from their families."
Migrants will pay the price of Mexico’s tariff deal with Trump
More migrants, less money, extreme violence and a recalcitrant, unpredictable northern neighbor – these are the ingredients of a refugee crisis, not a diplomatic victory.
Overcrowding, rotten food & nooses: DHS watchdog confirms horrific conditions at...
Now Homeland Security’s own inspector general has revealed how detained immigrants are subjected to rotten food, severe overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and broken and overflowing toilets.
How ICE and other DHS agencies mine social media in the...
Through its vast and deeply flawed social media monitoring, the Department of Homeland Security jeopardizes the rights of travelers, immigrants, refugees, and many others.
Humanitarian faces 20 years in prison for giving water to migrants...
Warren has been charged with three felony counts for "harboring" undocumented immigrants.
DHS is locking immigrants in solitary confinement
Immigration detention is expensive, inhumane and unnecessary.
How ICE is using solitary confinement to punish asylum seekers, including...
The United Nations special rapporteur on torture says solitary confinement should only be used in exceptional circumstances, and defines extended use of solitary as “inhuman and degrading treatment.”