ICE blocked from re-detaining immigrants freed from two California facilities due to pandemic

Detained immigrants and their advocates scored a major court victory this week, reaching a “groundbreaking” settlement in a lawsuit filed nearly two years ago over unsafe pandemic conditions.

Under an …

Here's your chance to demand justice for families cruelly separated at the border

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in December announced that it was requesting public input on preventing the inhumane and traumatic separation of children and parents at the southern border. …

Majority of voters want Biden admin to stop pursuing new private immigration detention contracts

New polling finds that an overwhelming number of voters oppose the Biden administration’s expansion of private immigration detention contracts. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and …

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem releases national ad targeting transgender student athletes

With the start of the new year, at least seven states across the U.S. have threatened to pass legislation that would limit the rights of transgender and nonbinary youths in sports and other everyday …

Disturbing New York Times' report shines light on Border Patrol's deadly car chases

22 people were killed as a result of Border Patrol’s high-speed chases in 2021, including one passenger who was ejected from a vehicle on Christmas Day. For comparison, there were two deaths in 2019, …

Citing quickly spreading omicron variant, advocates renew calls for release of detained immigrants

Immigrant and civil rights advocates are again urging the release of people from dangerous federal immigration detention facilities as omicron spreads across the U.S.

Immigrants in detention are …

Inglewood Police Department stopped in its tracks as it attempted to destroy years of records

Just as we’ve bid goodbye to the trash fire that was 2021, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge did the right thing and issued a temporary order barring the Inglewood Police Department from destroying …

In devastating blow to family separation victims, Justice Department ends settlement negotiations

In a devastating development for thousands of children and parents who were forcibly separated and traumatized by the previous presidential administration, the Justice Department has ended settlement …

'Fuels the flames of racist, anti-immigrant sentiment': Coalition urges DOJ probe into Texas scheme

Ten state and national civil rights organizations have filed a Title VI discrimination complaint urging Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to formally investigate …

Last week was a truly horrible week for asylum-seekers and U.S. asylum law

Last week was a truly horrible week for asylum-seekers. On Thursday, the Biden administration announced it had reached an agreement with the Mexican government to restart Migrant Protection Protocols …

ICE is blocking Haitian asylum-seekers from accessing legal groups: 'It's racist, it's wrong'

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have refused to allow Haitian asylum-seekers detained at a New Mexico detention facility access to legal services that could determine their futures …

White House clarifies Biden 'perfectly comfortable' with settlements for separated families

President Joe Biden this past weekend said he supported financial settlements for asylum-seeking parents and children who were forcibly separated at the southern border by the previous administration …

Immigrants go through hell trying to access legal help while in ICE detention—and it's on purpose

When detained immigrants are able to access legal help and gain representation, they are up to 10 times more likely to be able to stay in the U.S., the Vera Institute of Justice said earlier this …

Trans teen sues Tennessee over discriminatory anti-trans sports bill that's keeping him on sidelines

As Daily Kos has continued to cover, Republicans have been more than happy to jump into anti-trans hate as a way to distract people from their failures in office. While some state-level legislation …

Biden says reported six-figure settlements for some family separation victims 'not going to happen'

President Biden on Wednesday shot down reports that his administration has been in talks for possible settlements of up to $450,000 for family separation victims who have sued the federal government …

CBP ends 'metering' policy at ports of entry. But what does it mean with Title 42 still in place?

The Biden administration on Wednesday rescinded a policy more widely used by the previous administration that limited the number of asylum-seekers who could ask for protections at a port of entry …

Three Supreme Court justices say they would have heard trans health care case. Guess who?

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case, Dignity Health, Inc. v. Minton, concerning Mercy San Juan Medical Center, a Catholic hospital in the Sacramento, California area, which …

Honolulu police handcuffed and arrested a 10-year-old Black girl for drawing picture of peer

It’s no surprise that law enforcement often treat people of color differently. However, in the case of children, it’s far worse: Law enforcement and other authorities often treat children of color, …

Remember when officials claimed they couldn't process asylum-seekers due to capacity? That was a lie

Federal immigration officials lie, and they do it all the time. The latest confirmation stems from a lawsuit launched by journalist Bob Moore and his outlet, El Paso Matters, that sought further …

Biden admin wins shameful effort to save Stephen Miller's anti-asylum Title 42 policy

On Thursday, a federal appeals court allowed the continued use of the Title 42 policy, pushed initially through the previous administration by Stephen Miller, that’s used the novel coronavirus …