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Sep 24, 20214 min read
Addressing Radicalized Violence Against Migrants Requires A Complete Overhaul of Customs & Borders
Absent deep reforms, Border Patrol’s long history of racist, violent abuse means inhumanity like that displayed in Del Rio, Texas will...
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Report: Behind Closed Doors
Behind Closed Doors: Abuse & Retaliation Against Hunger Strikers in U.S. Immigration Detention, a new research report from ACLU and PHR...
Aug 26, 20212 min read
ACLU Demands Customs & Border Protection Investigate Recent Deadly Vehicle Pursuit
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and the ACLU of Texas yesterday sent a letter demanding that...
Aug 15, 20212 min read
Nine Years After DACA Went Into Effect, Congress On The Verge Of Passing A Path To Citizenship
A pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants is within reach. Congress must get it done. On this day nine years ago, the U.S....
Aug 9, 20214 min read
Border Patrol Must Stop Holding People In An Inhumane Outside Pen Under A Highway In South Texas
Border Patrol continues to detain migrants, including children, in appalling outdoor conditions under the Anzalduas International Bridge...
Aug 2, 20213 min read
Title 42 Decimates Asylum Rights And Biden Should End It
This op-ed was originally published in the Las Cruces Sun News and the Santa Fe New Mexican. Too often, our nation has learned who we...
Aug 2, 20213 min read
It's Wrong To Deport Asylum Seekers In The Name Of Health. We're Suing To Stop It
The Trump administration made unprecedented use of Title 42 to justify expelling migrants without due process. We're suing to stop the...
Jul 28, 202163 min read
Neither Safety nor Health: How Title 42 Expulsions Harm Health and Violate Rights
By PHR staff members Kathryn Hampton, MSt, MA, senior officer, Asylum Program; Michele Heisler, MD, MPA, medical director; and Cynthia...
Jul 21, 20217 min read
Secretary Mayorkas Pledged to End His Agency’s Anti-Immigrant Abuses. Here’s What He’s Delivered.
As he approaches the sixth month anniversary of his confirmation, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ progress report is...
Jun 29, 20214 min read
Cruelty and Coercion: How ICE Abuses Hunger Strikers
A new report from the ACLU and Physicians for Human Rights details ICE’s abuse and retaliation against people who initiate hunger strikes...
Jun 24, 20214 min read
Unaccompanied Children’s Well-Being Must Come First at Fort Bliss and Across Texas
Emergency steps were needed to remove children from Border Patrols facilities, but the Biden administration must now ensure the humane...
Jun 10, 20213 min read
Restoring A Humane Approach To Asylum Is A Moral Imperative
By welcoming families fleeing persecution while also investing in neighboring countries, we can strengthen our own economy while charting...
Jun 9, 20214 min read
Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the...
Jun 1, 20211 min read
Factsheet: Recommendation For San Diego County Board Of Supervisors
FACTSHEET: RECOMMENDATION FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS All people...
May 3, 20215 min read
Searching For Peace: The Difficult And Dangerous Journey To Seek Asylum In The United States Part II
Read Part I of this blog here. Lee el blog en español aquÃ. Editor’s note: This two-part blog series is a brief first-person look at the...
May 3, 20215 min read
Buscando Paz: El Viaje Peligroso Y Arduo Para Solicitar El Asilo En Los Estados Unidos, Parte II
Lee parte I de este blog aquÃ. Read this blog in English here. Nota del editor: Esta serie de blogs de dos partes es una breve mirada...
May 3, 20214 min read
Buscando Paz: El Viaje Peligroso Y Arduo Para Solicitar El Asilo En Los Estados Unidos, Parte I
Lee parte II de este blog aquÃ. Read this blog in English here. Nota del editor: Esta serie de blogs de dos partes es una breve mirada...
May 3, 20214 min read
Searching For Peace: The Difficult And Dangerous Journey To Seek Asylum In The United States Part I
Read Part II of this blog here. Lee el blog en español aquÃ. Editor’s note: This two-part blog series is a brief first-person look at the...