ICE Makes It Impossible for Immigrants in Detention to Contact Lawyers
Emma Winger and Eunice Cho “Ben G.” is a 35-year-old veterinarian from Nicaragua who fled to the United States after he was beaten and tortured by police. When…
Advocates Continue to Press for Permanent Immigration Protections
New México-based immigrant groups kicked off a statewide action last week with a rally in front of the capitol building demanding Congress and the President deliver legalization with permanent protections…
Immigration Cruelty Goes Beyond the Border
Josue de Luna Navarro Images of Border Patrol officers on horseback whipping Black migrants shocked many Americans. President Biden called them “outrageous” and “wrong” and promised an investigation….
Hundreds of Coloradans March for a Pathway to Citizenship
Hundreds of people gathered on Sept. 25, to speak to the need of a pathway to citizenship for millions across the country at the March for Citizenship. Starting at…
Colorado Immigrant Rights Leaders Respond to Parliamentarian Ruling
On September 19, the United States Senate Parliamentarian ruled that broad pathways to citizenship could not be passed through the Budget Reconciliation Process. This impacts close to 106,000 Coloradans…
The Jobs Bill Must Protect DACA Holders
Republican officials in Texas are celebrating after successfully suing the federal government over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA has been a GOP target since…
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…