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Immigration

Biden Plans to Use “Inclusive” Language in Future Discussions on Immigration
While the new language has been praised, advocates are calling for Biden to take concrete action: Stop deporting people.

Biden Spent Black History Month Deporting Black Immigrants. Where’s the Outrage?
Anti-Blackness is baked into the immigration system, and ICE has merely operationalized it.

Biden Rescinds Trump’s Emergency Order Diverting Tax Dollars Toward Border Wall
In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Joe Biden announced that Trump's initial order “was unwarranted.”

Despite Biden’s Moratorium, ICE Deports Dozens to Haiti — Including a Baby
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has deported at least 72 people to Haiti, including 22 children.

Immigrants Shouldn’t Have to Sacrifice Themselves to COVID for Basic Rights
Let’s push for immediate amnesty and path to citizenship for all immigrants, whether or not they are deemed “essential.”

Border Patrol Policies Are Designed to Kill Hundreds of Migrants Each Year
A new report outlines dozens of incidents in which Border Patrol left migrants en route to the U.S. to die.

ICE Has Begun Detaining Women at One of the Nation’s Deadliest Facilities
Notorious for lethal medical neglect, Stewart Detention Center has turned particularly deadly amid the COVID pandemic.

Immigration Advocates Urge Biden Administration for More Concrete Change
Hundreds have been deported in the last week, even as Biden signed several executive orders undoing Trump's policies.

Biden Plans Task Force to Reunite Migrant Families Separated by Trump
More than 600 children remain separated from their families due to the prior administration's zero tolerance policy.

Biden Is Rejecting Trump’s Border Wall — But Favors His Own Technological Wall
A “smart” wall powered by artificial intelligence, facial recognition and drones may prove worse than a steel barrier.