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 …

Biden’s first year in office left roadblocks for BIPOC progress

This article was originally published at Prism

President Joe Biden was lauded a year ago for being the first president to directly address white supremacy as one of the country’s major crises during …

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 …

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 …

Immigration policy experts slam 'misleading' mainstream reporting on latest border numbers

When Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in particular have a certain narrative they want to promulgate, they know exactly where to go. Example: the unpublished numbers obtained by The …

Civil rights group files complaint on behalf of nearly 50 Haitian families abused in U.S. custody

Nearly 50 people who fled threatening conditions in Haiti, only to be detained under a bridge by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials for as long as ten days, have launched a civil rights …

After news of travel restrictions to be eased, border shops ready to welcome back Mexican customers

While Canadian and Mexican visitors have been allowed to enter the U.S. for purposes deemed essential by the government, only in the coming weeks will fully vaccinated travelers be allowed to enter …

Biden admin to ease pandemic restrictions and allow fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico

People from Canada and Mexico who provide proof they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will soon be permitted to again travel via land to the U.S. for purposes including visiting family and …

Schumer, Menendez lead senators in slamming 'cruel treatment' and 'summary deportations' of Haitians

A letter from a coalition of senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Menendez has become the latest condemnation of the Biden administration’s …

Four U.N. agencies appeal to 'countries in the Americas' to uphold human rights of Haitians

In a rare joint statement issued this week, four United Nations (U.N.) agencies appealed on “countries in the Americas” to “uphold the fundamental human rights of Haitians” and urged nations to …

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 …

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 …

Frustration, dismay over Biden admin's asylum stance coming from inside the house, too, report says

Advocates and legislators alike have been angered and devastated over the mistreatment and deportation of Haitian asylum-seekers and migrants at the U.S. southern border. “Asylum is and always will be …

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 …

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 …

'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 …

'This is a disgrace': Advocates slam Biden admin's appeal of ruling that dealt blow to Title 42

The Biden administration is now fighting to keep in place the cruel and unsound public health order implemented by the prior administration that’s used the novel coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to …

'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 …

Court orders Biden admin to stop deporting families under Stephen Miller-pushed Title 42 policy

A federal judge ordered the Biden administration on Thursday to stop deporting asylum-seeking families under the Title 42 policy, the unsound public health order implemented by the prior …