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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 …

Thu Nov 11, 2021

'No testing being done': Black immigrants file complaint over harmful conditions, anti-Black abuses

Nine Black immigrants currently jailed at a Florida detention facility with a long history of inhumane conditions have filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …

Thu Oct 7, 2021

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

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

'We are in utter disbelief': Biden admin faces condemnation over deportation flight to Haiti

Immigrant and human rights advocates expressed outrage on Thursday amid news that the Biden administration deported nearly 90 people—including a number of children under age 3, advocates said—back to …

Fri Sep 17, 2021

Advocates call on Biden admin to halt deportation of Haitian asylum-seekers following earthquake

Advocates are appealing to the Biden administration to halt the deportation of asylum-seekers to Haiti, following the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the nation on Aug. 14. They said …

Tue Aug 17, 2021