Activists are organizing a nationwide effort on June 30 to protest the Trump administration’s policy of separating families caught crossing the US-Mexico border. ...
Daily Archives: June 19, 2018
The Government Has No Plan for Reuniting the Immigrant Families It Is Tearing Apart
Now the father was in an immigration-detention facility in Arizona, awaiting deportation. He had no idea where his child was. Kephart was put on the case after the father called his family, back in a small town outside o ...
Motherhood and the Morality of Trump’s Immigration Policy
“Americans pride ourselves on being a moral nation, on being the nation that sends humanitarian relief to places devastated by natural disasters or famine or war,” she continued. “We pride ourselves on acceptance. If we ...
Weaponizing Children
In 1977, the public school system of Tyler, Texas, a small city 100 miles southeast of Dallas, began expelling students who couldn’t prove they were in the United States legally. The state had passed a law cutting off ed ...
They flee terrifying violence in Central America, and arrive in a country that barbarically rips children from parents
Jessica, whose young son played nearby at a South Los Angeles health clinic, put her hands over her face to cover her tears. ...
Texas Border Patrol center where immigrant families are separated draws lawmakers, protest
Such crying is not unusual, said John Lopez, acting deputy patrol agent in charge. ...
Fear of ‘collateral’ arrests hangs over ICE sweeps
Instead, they encountered Sonia, a 52-year-old mother who makes a living selling pupusas from the front porch. ...
$4,000 a minute pours in to help reunite separated immigrant families
Charlotte and Dave Willner were inspired to start the campaign when they saw the viral image showing a frightened, crying 2-year-old girl looking up to the adults around her after crossing the border. The girl, who was w ...
Spread across 2 countries and 3 states, a Guatemalan immigrant family waits for ICE to decide their future
But only the face of his 13-year-old filled the screen. "They don't want to talk to me?" Ignacio asked about his two other sons, ages 2 and 6. "No," the boy said, avoiding eye contact with his father. "But are they OK? T ...
Bus Driver Tells Passengers Only U.S. Citizens Can Ride As Border Patrol Agent Looks On
Originally published by The Huffington Post https://www.facebook.com/acluofnewhampshire/videos/2057391861000872/ A bus driver in Maine told passengers they needed to be U.S. citizens to ride on a bus while an immigrati ...