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Family Separation
Deportations of US Citizen Children Raise Fears for Mixed-Status Families
“These children were taken without any choice,” the lawyer of a 2-year-old deported citizen said.
NJ Activists Brace to Fight Trump Immigration Agenda After Setbacks Under Biden
Activists who fought ICE detention under Trump and Biden are bringing their experience into Trump’s second presidency.
Abolition Work Shows Us There’s Joy to Be Found Even as the World Is on Fire
Care work and parenting work are not an accessory to abolition — they are core to the struggle itself.
Undocumented Families Are Fighting for Our Future. Will You Join Us?
As an undocumented mother, I can’t help but worry for my son’s safety first. As an organizer, my worry turns to resolve.
Victims of Family Policing Are Leading a Movement to Abolish It
In Colorado and nationwide, a powerful movement against family policing is coalescing.
As Immigration Policy Shifts Rightward, Families Like Mine Are Being Torn Apart
My first thought when I wake up and my last thought every night is how to keep my dad from being deported.
We Can’t Trade a Path to Legalization in Exchange for More Border Militarization
Author Silky Shah says immigration enforcement and the prison-industrial complex are intertwined systems of oppression.
Family Separations and Other Anti-Migrant Horrors Haven’t Stopped Under Biden
The president is considering an executive action that will worsen death and destruction across the immigration system.
ACLU Wins Settlement on Behalf of Migrant Families Separated During Trump Era
Victims of Trump’s “family separation” settled a lawsuit for damages, but cruel U.S. laws still break up families daily.
Judge Orders Trump Officials to Testify on Family Separation Policy
The suit was filed in 2021 by three families from El Salvador and Guatemala whose kids and parents were separated.