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These Incarcerated Organizers Won Their Freedom. Now They Face Deportation.
After decades in prison, they were paroled and organized for immigrant rights. Pardons would prevent their deportation.
![Immigrants wait to enter a shelter at the Sacred Heart Church on December 17, 2022, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1220-migrants-400x300.jpg)
Chief Justice Roberts Grants GOP Request to Halt End of Title 42 Policy
The Biden administration and rights advocates have until 5 pm ET on Tuesday to respond.
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El Paso Declares Emergency Over Influx of Asylum Seekers Amid Freezing Weather
The federal government needs to provide massive resources for migrants at the border, says one human rights organizer.
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Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Is Building Illegal Border Wall
“It’s quite amazing that there’s simply been no [federal] law enforcement response,” says Myles Traphagen.
![Immigrants walk along the U.S.-Mexico border barrier in the early morning hours on their way to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing from Mexico, on May 23, 2022, in Yuma, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1206-border-immigration-400x300.jpg)
Senators Set to Propose Legislation to Help Dreamers With Pathway to Citizenship
The legislation would seek to protect Dreamers, but would also increase funding for enforcing border patrol.
![Selena watches as her father Luis (only first name was provided) works on changing the battery in his ankle monitor as they are cared for in an Annunciation House facility after they were reunited on July 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1201-monitoring-400x300.jpg)
Number of Immigrants Under Punitive Surveillance Quadrupled on Biden’s Watch
Surveillance technologies like ankle monitors and cellphone apps are not harmless “alternatives” to immigration jails.
![Immigrants wait in the early morning hours to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing from Mexico, with the U.S.-Mexico border barrier in the background, on May 23, 2022, in Yuma, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1116-title-42-400x300.jpg)
Judge Strikes Down Title 42, Which Helped Expel Millions of Asylum Seekers
The judge found that officials never had solid reasoning for enforcing the cruel anti-immigrant policy.
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Video Footage Shows Asylum Seeker in ICE Detention Being Force-Fed
ICE's response to peaceful hunger strikes continues to expose the cruelty of the immigration detention system.
![A Los Angeles County voter puts his ballot in the dropbox the day before Election Day at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder on June 6, 2022, in Norwalk, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1104-drop-box-400x300.jpg)
Dangerous Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Spiked This Election Season
Immigration advocates worry the lies perpetuated by Republicans this election cycle could spur some to violence.
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Stakes Are High for Workers, So Unions Are Mobilizing for Midterms
SEIU President Mary Kay Henry discusses how unions are organizing to empower working people ahead of Election Day.