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540 Bipartisan Elected Officials From All 50 States Urge President Trump to Welcome Refugees

Today, 540 local and state elected officials from all 50 states and the District of Columbia expressed their strong support…

September 17, 2020

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Reports of Forced Sterilization of Women in ICE Detention Deeply Alarming

Responding to reports that there have been hysterectomies performed on immigrant women detained in the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Georgia,…

September 16, 2020

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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh must participate in decisions affecting their lives

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh must be given the right to participate in decisions affecting their lives and speak for themselves,…

September 15, 2020

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New Billboards Call on ICE to Stop Detaining Families and Children

Residents of Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and the Washington D.C. area will see billboards across their states and districts for four…

September 15, 2020

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Human Rights Organizations Urge Court to Safeguard Children’s Rights and Family Unity

As the United States District Court for the Central District of California prepares to hear arguments on September 4 in…

August 31, 2020

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Coalition demands release of Trump administration documents on the detention of families during the COVID-19 pandemic

Today, a coalition of organizations submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…

August 4, 2020

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NO BAN Act Passage a Critical Step to Undoing Muslim Ban and Years’ Worth of  Discriminatory Immigration Policies

In response to the passage of the NO BAN Act (H.R. 2214) in the House of Representatives, Ryan Mace, Grassroots Advocacy and…

July 22, 2020

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Leading NGOs call on ICE to Stop Family Separation

120 NGOs advocating for immigrant and refugee rights called today for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to free all families…

July 17, 2020

A demonstrator holds a placard reading 'Refugees welcome' during the Citizen and Solidarity March from Place de la Bastille to Place de la Republique in Paris on June 17, 2018, in support of migrants and refugees. - Some 60 people, gathered on April 30, 2018 in Ventimiglia at the French and Italian border, to start a solidarity march called by French association from Calais

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As COVID-19 Risk Continues, Immigrant Rights Groups Increase Actions Calling for Release from Detention to Protect Immigrants

Leading up to World Refugee Day today, more than two dozen human rights, immigrant rights, and civil rights advocates along…

June 20, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 18: DACA recipients and their supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Thursday morning, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, denied the Trump administration's attempt to end DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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United States Supreme Court Upholds Immigrant Rights by Ruling Rescinded DACA Program As Unlawful

In response to the Supreme Court rejecting the Trump administration's attempt to end the DACA program, Charanya Krishnaswami, Advocacy Director…

June 18, 2020

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Trump Administration Making Clearest Attempt Yet to Redefine Who Qualifies for Asylum Amid National Turmoil

Responding to a new Trump administration regulation that radically restricts who qualifies for asylum, Charanya Krishnaswami, the advocacy director for…

June 10, 2020

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MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/09/14: A total of 76 protesters were arrested after shutting down the Microsoft retail store in Manhattan and blocking traffic on Fifth Avenue on September 14, 2019 in an act of non violent civil disobedience, while more than 500 members of a large coalition of immigration advocates targeting businesses profiting from the crisis in the border rallied outside. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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New hearing confirms ICE chooses family separation over family unity

In the midst of a global pandemic, ICE has a choice to either let families stay together and free or to…

May 22, 2020