Immigration at the Border

Immigration at the Border

New Report: Trump’s Second Term Ushers in Extreme Immigration Overhaul that Threatens Our Democracy 

New Report: Trump’s Second Term Ushers in Extreme Immigration Overhaul that Threatens Our Democracy 

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2025 — A special report released today offers a sweeping analysis of the Trump administration’s first six months back in office, revealing an unprecedented transformation of the U.S. immigration system that strikes at the foundation of American democracy. While some voters may have supported a… Read More

Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration's Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America

Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America

The first six months of President Trump’s return to office have marked the most extreme changes to the immigration system in modern U.S. history. Read More

After Detaining People in El Salvador Torture Prison for 125 Days, the U.S. Government Must Be Held Accountable for Disappearing Migrants

After Detaining People in El Salvador Torture Prison for 125 Days, the U.S. Government Must Be Held Accountable for Disappearing Migrants

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2025 — After 125 days imprisoned in El Salvador’s notorious “mega-prison,” the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), Venezuelan nationals Edicson Quintero Chacón and Jose Manuel Ramos Bastidas were released yesterday and placed on a U.S.-brokered flight to Venezuela, alongside approximately 250 other Venezuelans whom the United States… Read More

Impugnando el Cierre del Acceso al Asilo en los Puertos de Entrada

Impugnando el Cierre del Acceso al Asilo en los Puertos de Entrada

El 20 de enero de 2025, la Administración Trump canceló el acceso al proceso de asilo estadounidense en los puertos de entrada de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Ese mismo día, canceló aproximadamente 30,000 citas de inspección en los puertos, programadas a través de la aplicación móvil CBP… Read More

Senate Approves Unprecedented Spending for Mass Deportation, Ignoring What’s Broken in our Immigration System

Senate Approves Unprecedented Spending for Mass Deportation, Ignoring What’s Broken in our Immigration System

Washington DC, July 1, 2025 — On July 1, the U.S. Senate passed a budget reconciliation bill that includes an unprecedented allocation of funds for immigration detention and enforcement while simultaneously stripping healthcare from millions of Americans. The bill, passed today with Vice President JD Vance contributing the tie-breaking vote,… Read More

Challenging Tennessee’s Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law

Challenging Tennessee’s Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law

This lawsuit challenges Section 5 of Tennessee’s new anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 392, on behalf of the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, a local landlord, and a long-time Tennessean who shares his home with his son-in-law who is seeking asylum. Section 5, which takes effect on July 1,… Read More

Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee “Anti-Harboring” Law that Criminalizes Providing Shelter to People who are Undocumented

Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee “Anti-Harboring” Law that Criminalizes Providing Shelter to People who are Undocumented

WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2025  — On June 20, a coalition including a religious organization and two individuals filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a newly enacted Tennessee law that criminalizes providing shelter to people who are undocumented, even when there is no intent to conceal them. The Institute… Read More

District Court Blocks Unlawful Removal of Venezuelan Asylum Seeker Under Alien Enemies Act

District Court Blocks Unlawful Removal of Venezuelan Asylum Seeker Under Alien Enemies Act

In a May 21 decision, a federal district court in Georgia ordered the federal government to refrain from disappearing a Venezuelan man under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA). Read More

Challenging the Shutdown of Asylum Access at Ports of Entry

Challenging the Shutdown of Asylum Access at Ports of Entry

On June 11, 2025, asylum seekers, Al Otro Lado, and Haitian Bridge Alliance filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to challenge the asylum shutdown policy and the cancellation of CBP One appointments. Read More

At Graduation Time, ICE Targets Young Dreamers

At Graduation Time, ICE Targets Young Dreamers

As young people and their families are celebrating graduations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been ramping up enforcement across the country. One new tactic: arresting teenage students. Marcelo, a member of his high school volleyball team and the school band, who has attended Milford, Massachusetts schools since he… Read More

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