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Immigration
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exposes Horrific Conditions at Migrant Jails
The revelations come one day after ProPublica exposed a dehumanizing Facebook group made up of border patrol agents.
The US War on Immigrants Is a Public Health Crisis
Conditions in the migrant prisons are setting the stage for a multigenerational health catastrophe.
Democrats Are Complicit in Trump’s Fearmongering About Immigrant Youth
Democrats' new immigration bill includes provisions targeting youth alleged to be “public safety threats.”
Nationwide Demonstrations Announced to Protest Immigrant Detention Centers
Protests against the appalling conditions at immigrant detention centers are set to take place Tuesday, July 2.
Families Torn Apart by the US’s Deadly Immigration Policy
Six migrant children have died in U.S. detention since Trump took office. Six families will never be reunited.
Julián Castro Challenges Democrats to End the Criminalization of Immigration
Julián Castro, former HUD secretary, criticized the immigration policies of fellow Texan Beto O'Rourke.
The Problem With Child Detention Isn’t That It’s Private. It’s That It Exists.
Child detention and mistreatment are long-established practices in jails run by U.S. Border Patrol.
Trump Thinks Migrants Should Have No Rights
This government is planted firmly on the wrong side of history.
Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids
Five Japanese-American elders engaged in civil disobedience Saturday outside the Fort Sill Army post in Oklahoma.
Chaos, Illness and Danger Pervade Migrant Child Jail in Texas
Lawyers who visited the facility said children are unable to shower or change into clean clothes for weeks on end.