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Black immigration groups file civil rights complaint over Haitian abuses, seek halt to deportations

A coalition of Black immigration advocacy groups has filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), following the recent abusive …

Mon Sep 27, 2021

Black lawmakers meet with White House over Haitian abuses, urge halt to deportations and Title 42

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members including Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty were among the legislators meeting with White House officials on Wednesday, when they voiced …

Thu Sep 23, 2021

Alejandro Mayorkas says reporters are ‘assuming the facts,’ border agents use reins not whips

 A White House press conference was held Monday after disturbing images and video surfaced online in regards to the massive Haitian deportations in Texas over the weekend. The footage appeared to show …

Wed Sep 22, 2021

'Humanitarian crisis on the island': Lawmakers call on Biden admin to halt Haitian deportations

Dozens of lawmakers led by Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley and New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez are calling on the Biden administration to immediately halt mass deportations to Haiti, writing in a …

Mon Sep 20, 2021

Texas begins arresting migrants under 'emergency' declaration rejected by Rio Grande Valley counties

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has begun his plan to arrest migrants who have recently crossed the U.S./Mexico border into the state, jailing three individuals at the Briscoe Unit in Dilley on …

Thu Jul 22, 2021

Abbott's plan to finish wall, detain migrants panned as 'ridiculous piece of political theater'

Fresh off threatening to further displace vulnerable children who fled from Central America to the U.S. in search of asylum, full-time troll and part-time Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is now claiming he’ll …

Fri Jun 11, 2021