DACA Ruling: Congress Must Act, Now
DACA is hanging by a thread. The lives of young immigrants who are American in all but paperwork, are under severe legal threat. It’s only a matter of time before…
It’s Time to Pay Historic Debt to Our Agriculture Workers
Whenever summer arrives, with its intense heat waves, everyone remembers that there are millions of agriculture workers who, no matter the temperature or the circumstances, pick and process…
Humanitarian Group Reports Dozens of Migrant Deaths in Arizona Desert
The Tucson, Arizona-based non-profit group Humane Borders said Tuesday that amid the Southwest’s extreme heatwave last month, an unusually large number of migrants’ human remains were found in the desert near…
Advocates Denounce ‘Horrifying’ SCOTUS Ruling
By Brett Wilkins In a decision called “horrifying” by human rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the government may indefinitely detain previously deported immigrants who…
The Reunification of Immigrant Families Begins
David Torres It once seemed practically impossible that hundreds of families separated during the prior administration could be reunited once again. In the midst of cruel, anti-immigrant rhetoric, a…
Migrant Children ‘Dumped’ to Their Destiny
David Torres Thrust to the epicenter of one of the most incandescent political battles in the United States today, unaccompanied migrant children are, evidently, an unequivocal symptom of the…
First 500 Unaccompanied Minors Sent to Toxic Military Base Fort Bliss
Late Tuesday night, 500 unaccompanied children in immigration custody were brought to Fort Bliss, a highly contaminated and potentially hazardous military base in El Paso, TX. Fort Bliss was among…
Immigration is Breaking Through Again
David Torres After four years of intense, sadistic, and systematic attacks on immigrant communities of color, the winds are beginning to blow their way, not only through acts and…
Causing ‘Profound’ Trauma: 70,000 Children Detained in 2019
By Eoin Higgins The U.S. held a record 69,550 migrant children in detention facilities in 2019, a Tuesday report from The Associated Press and PBS Frontline found, leading to major psychological and…
Five Things You Need to know After Court Rulings on ‘Public Charge’
By Pilar Marrero Five federal courts have banned the United States government in the last few days from changing the rules on the use of public benefits for applicants…