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DHS claims that the additional $271 million is necessary to deal with a rise in single adults crossing the southern border. The department is making this claim despite the fact that their own numbers indicate a significant decline in apprehensions across all demographics over the past five months. By Jorge Loweree | Read More »
Tent Immigration Courthouses Are Being Built at the Texas Border The challenges of using a tent for a courthouse include notoriously spotty video teleconferencing with a judge thousands of miles away, and the likelihood that few people will have access to an attorney to guide them through the process. This makes a person’s chance at receiving asylum protections even slimmer. By Melissa Cruz | Read More »
Immigrant Children With Cancer, HIV, Cerebral Palsy Threatened With Deportation This abrupt change in policy leaves the future of many children in doubt. Children who are now receiving treatment for illnesses such as epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and muscular dystrophy will be forced to return to countries where the medical treatment they need to survive may not exist. By Walter Ewing | Read More »
DOJ Moves to Further Politicize Immigration Court System A new rule gives the director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review - a Trump political appointee - the power to adjudicate cases and appeals. The rule turns the immigration court system into a law enforcement agency and undermines any semblance of judicial independence within the immigration court system. By Katie Shepherd | Read More » US Government May Be Illegally Transporting Would-Be Asylum Seekers Back to Danger The Assisted Voluntary Return program may be violating international law by returning asylum seekers to countries where they could face persecution. This is especially concerning because those who received a “free ride” home likely never received the opportunity to have either the United States or Mexico review their asylum claims. By Melissa Cruz | Read More » |
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