GOP-led Florida House committee advances Ron DeSantis' anti-child agenda

A 12-year-old Latino child pleaded with a Florida House committee last week to stop Gov. Ron DeSantis’ agenda targeting vulnerable asylum-seeking children and other migrants. The bill, HB 1355, would …

Biden admin has now been enforcing anti-asylum Title 42 policy longer than previous admin

One-hundred organizations have plead with the Biden administration to stop its misuse of the debunked Title 42 policy, which they said in their Feb. 2 letter has deported asylum-seekers back to …

Soldiers are speaking out about Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star border scheme. They hate it

The fact is that the victims of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star also stretch beyond the Black and Latino asylum-seekers and migrants who have been cruelly swept up under the border scheme …

Texas attorney general's latest lawsuit shows how Republicans don't want any immigrants here, period

Ken Paxton, the very corrupt Republican attorney general of Texas, doesn’t want any immigrants here, period. We know this because he has filed a lawsuit seeking to block an immigration program that …

Texas House members urge federal investigation of Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star scheme

50 members of the Texas House of Representatives are urging the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security open an “immediate” investigation into Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, citing …

Florida Republicans advance anti-immigrant bill targeting asylum-seeking children

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ongoing war on children got a thumbs-up in the state’s senate this week, when a committee approved an anti-immigrant bill that includes a provision that blocks …

Lawmakers urge watchdog to probe Abbott's border scheme following string of National Guard suicides

El Paso Rep. Veronica Escobar leads a dozen members of Texas’ Congressional delegation in calling on the state’s military department inspector general to open a probe into right-wing Gov. Greg …

This court ruling could begin to dismantle Greg Abbott's racist border scheme, legal advocates say

Despite condemnation from human right organizations, a civil rights complaint, and a string of tragic military deaths, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border scheme has continued unabated …

Greg Abbott's response to Texas National Guard suicides is to complain about Joe Biden

At least five soldiers involuntarily tied to Texas’ Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border scheme have died, a number of them due to suspected suicide, reports have said. Facing bipartisan criticism …

Four National Guard sent to border as part of Greg Abbott's racist scheme die by apparent suicide

A number of soldiers forced to serve in right-wing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border scheme have died by suspected suicide in recent months, Army Times reports. 

Pfc. Joshua R. Cortez, among the four …

Some of the most important immigration news you have may missed over the holiday break

Quite a bit of news gets lost during the holidays, between vacations, staycations, visiting loved ones, or simply just tuning out for some mental health purposes. On an issue like immigration, even …

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 …

The shenanigans around Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star scheme continue

Three retired judges who have been overseeing the cases of a number of migrants arrested under extremist Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star scheme were dismissed last week, The Texas Tribune reports. …

Extremist governor Ron DeSantis targets asylum-seeking children in so-called 'emergency' order

Florida’s extremist governor continues to endanger the safety of children in his state, last week issuing a so-called “emergency” rule blocking the license renewals of federally funded facilities …

Court rejects GEO Group’s effort to reduce settlement won by immigrants forced to work for $1 a day

There are few greater pleasures in life than watching GEO Group continue to lose in court. The private prison profiteer had sought to greatly reduce, and even throw out, the millions of dollars a …

Biden admin was warned internally that Haitian deportations posed a grave human rights violation

Before resigning his post this past fall, a senior State Department official authored a memo slamming the unlawful deportations of Haitians under the anti-asylum Title 42 policy. The ongoing policy …

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 …

MPP's return would make asylum officers 'complicit in violation of U.S. federal law,' union says

The union representing thousands of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) asylum officers is denouncing the Biden administration’s court-ordered return of the inhumane Remain in Mexico …

Biden admin says anti-asylum Remain in Mexico policy will restart next week following court order

The U.S. and Mexican governments have reached an agreement to restart a policy that forced many asylum-seekers to wait for their immigration court dates in dangerous regions of Mexico. The Department …