“We came here because we believed that America respects our rights. We were robbed, raped and exploited by gangs. We watched our friends and family members be killed. But we always believed in America.”
Category: Immigration
Will the Trump Administration End All Refugee Admissions?
At a time when the United Nations has identified more than 25 million refugees worldwide—people who cannot return to their home countries for fear of persecution or other dangers—the Trump administration is contemplating setting a zero refugee admissions target for fiscal year 2020.
The Daughters Left Behind
In her new memoir, Knitting the Fog, chapina writer Claudia Hernández reflects on the impact of her mother’s difficult decision to flee domestic violence and poverty in Guatemala and immigrate illegally into the U.S.
The Trump Administration is Fighting to Indefinitely Detain Migrant Children and Families
It is indisputable that barring exceptional circumstances, jailing children is wrong. Child welfare experts agree that detention, even for short periods of time, has profoundly adverse impacts on children’s long-term health and development. But the Trump administration is still fighting to hold migrant children in detention—indefinitely.
Trump’s “Public Charge Rule” Will Only Make America Worse
The Trump administration’s new “public charge rule” will make it harder for immigrants who use public benefits to obtain a green card. This is wrong. No person, let alone an immigrant, has succeeded without the help of a community.
Untold Pain: Shedding Light on the Abuse of Detainees by ICE
As thousands of civil immigration detainees continue to be “sentenced” to solitary confinement, where they are denied proper medical care and attention, each of us face a fundamental question: Will we permit through inaction, or dedicate our efforts to halt, ongoing violations of law and policy?
How Trump’s New Public Charge Rule Will Hurt Citizen Children and Survivors
When we discuss and understand the Public Charge Rule, let there be no question that it will harm some of the very most vulnerable in our society—including U.S. citizen children, survivors of domestic violence and recently arrived refugees and asylum-seekers who need a small measure of social support as they bravely make their way in a new country.
Trump’s War on Migrants Isn’t Just Unfolding Along the Border
Last year, over 100 children in Ohio started their summer break reeling from immigration raids. This year, children in Alabama and Mississippi started their school year begging for their parents to be returned to them.
“Never Again” Means Holding the Trump Administration Accountable
The Trump administration needs to be held accountable for the atrocities happening at the border, in the same way that all nations must be accountable for crimes against humanity.
‘Obvious’ Sexual Assault: Abuse Claim Against Detention Center Official Permitted to Continue
On July 1, a former detainee’s sexual assault claim against an ICE-related family detention center was allowed to continue. In the midst of terrifying conditions at border facilities, this small victory for sexual assault victims is wholly welcome.