Many thousands of migrants from numerous countries around the world have been gathering at the U.S. border patiently waiting for the end of the U.S. governments Title 42 policy which expires at midnight, Thursday May 11. A then little-known 1944-era rule under the Public Health Service Act, Title 42 was put into play during the […]
Immigration reform leaders and migrants patiently waiting to seek asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico are excited that President Joseph Biden and Congressional Republicans want to lift the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration which could also end the pandemic related border restrictions known as Title 42.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and several other legal services organizations filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at four detention facilities across the U.S., including one in Ferriday, LA.
Ukrainians Denied Entry to US As the war in Ukraine continues, many Ukrainians have been denied entry to the United States due to a Covid-19 policy made in 2020. Title 42, a former US President Donald Trup-era health order, give border officials the authority to turn back asylum seekers at the border, which officials at […]
Although Louisiana, the incarceration capital of the world, has made some progress in recent years in regard to criminal justice reform, the state has also taken some notable huge steps backward with a massive expansion of immigrant detention. Through the last decade, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracted with local officials, as well as for-profit […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden recently made a comment about Latinos, in which he stated Latino voters are “an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.” Out of the many countries that constitute Latin America, 8 nationalities have the highest populations inside the U.S.: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Cuban, Dominican, Guatemalan, Colombian […]
I was 24 when I came to this country. I came following love; the love that today has given me a perfect little boy that I get to call my son. I came hoping to belong in a new family, a new community, and make new friends. It was 2015, and while I sat […]
A Richwood, Louisiana, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility, run by LaSalle Corrections, has seen a rash of Covid-19 cases. LaSalle Corrections is a privately-owned company that has businesses in Texas and Georgia, as well as in Louisiana. According to whistleblowers, the Covid-19 outbreak has been handled with lies, deceit, and apathy that goes […]
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