Hundreds of Thousands of People in Limbo as They Wait for Justice

The TPS program was created 30 years ago to provide safety to immigrants at risk in their countries of origin. Today, we await a decision that will determine its fate.

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What’s it Like to be in Immigration Lockup During a Pandemic?

A combination of lawsuits and public pressure eventually forced ICE to release more than 1,000 people from detention because of concerns over the spread of COVID-19 between mid-March and early May.

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Border Patrol Violently Assaults Civil Rights and Liberties

Ending Border Patrol’s long-standing abuses and impunity requires divestment, accountability, and removing the agency from U.S. communities.

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Students, Colleges, and Universities Win Against the Trump Administration’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Attack

After a week of chaos, international students were able to relax after the Trump administration agreed to rescind its latest attack on immigrants: an attempt to ban international students whose classes would be entirely online this fall.

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After Years of Advocacy, the House of Representatives Finally Cuts Funding to Trump’s Deportation Force

Congress' FY21 Department of Homeland Security funding bill significantly reduces ICE detention, takes meaningful steps to hold ICE and CBP accountable for their wasteful spending, and rescinds money for Trump’s border wall.

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After 17 Months of Unlawful Detention, Court Orders Release of U.S. Resident Wrongfully Detained Under Patriot Act

For well over a year, the U.S. government has held Adham Hassoun in a detention facility without trial, without criminal charge, and without end in sight. Today, a court ordered the government to release him.

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DHS Watchdog Confirms: ICE is Failing to Protect Detained People From COVID

ICE continues to claim it is adequately protecting people in its custody from COVID. A new report shows how patently untrue that is.

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ICE’s Lack of Transparency About COVID-19 in Detention Will Cost Lives

ICE has been demonstrably dishonest with the courts and public about matters related to COVID-19 — so we're filing a FOIA request to uncover more information.

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How to Co-opt a Pandemic to Ban Asylum

The Trump administration is exploiting a public health crisis to achieve its long-held goal of ending asylum at the border.

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