Border agents lied about boy's in-custody death. We still don't know if anyone was held accountable

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general confirmed last September that border agents lied about the in-custody death of a 16-year-old boy in May 2019. They’d claimed they’d checked …

Biden admin says it supports legal status for asylum-seeking kids and parents separated at border

The Biden administration has said that it supports legal status for the thousands of asylum-seeking children and parents cruelly ripped apart at the southern border by the previous administration …

Far-right extremists plotting to take down power grids in order to ‘cause chaos,’ DHS warns

The self-described “death squad” of neo-Nazi ex-Marines who had moved from the East Coast to Idaho had a plan: They would take their high-powered rifles to power substations around the region and …

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. …

Biden admin doesn't have to repeat past mistakes. It should release immigrants amid omicron surge

The number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 while in unnecessary federal immigration detention continues to skyrocket. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported 900 confirmed …

'Crisis in Central America is urgent': Democrats ask Biden admin to extend deportation protections

Citing “extreme drought conditions” and “social and economic crises exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Robert Menendez leads more than 30 senators in calling on the Biden administration to extend …

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, …

'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 …

Conservative appeals court's decision keeping Remain in Mexico in place slammed as 'nonsensical'

As expected, a conservative appeals court this week rejected the Biden administration’s second attempt to end the policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait for their U.S. immigration court dates in …

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. …

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 …

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 …

Migrants already jailed for months under Texas' border scheme may see even lengthier detention

Is it really possible that Texas’ Greg Abbott’s legally dubious border scheme locking up hundreds of migrants for weeks and months at a time without any charges could get even worse? Unfortunately, …

Human rights organization calls on DOJ to 'act swiftly' and halt Greg Abbott's border scheme

Human Rights Watch says that more than 1,500 migrants have been arrested and detained under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “discriminatory and abusive” Operation Lone Star scheme. As previously noted, many …

DHS secretary questioned on possible Remain in Mexico return, border abuses during Senate hearing

Sen. Alex Padilla during a Senate hearing Tuesday addressed some of the most pressing issues raised by immigrant and human rights advocates in recent weeks, including the possible court-ordered return …

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 …

Lawmakers urge Biden admin to end Customs and Border Protection detention of pregnant immigrants

The Biden administration this past summer issued a policy limiting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of pregnant individuals. Now, a group of Senate Democrats is calling on …

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 …

Joaquin Castro leads lawmakers in calling on DHS, DOJ to investigate Greg Abbott's border scheme

Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro leads two dozen House Democrats in calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ( to open a federal investigation into Gov. Greg …