Uncategorized – RAICES

RAICES responds to Trumps recent cut of refugee admissions

July 19, 2019

President Trump is considering essentially shutting down our country’s refugee program. It’s been reported that the administration is seeking to lower the number of refugees we take into zero. Refugee resettlement is a crucial aspect of our obligations under international law. Historically, the United States has resettled more refugees than any other country, by total

July 17, 2019

RAICES filed a pro bono lawsuit yesterday afternoon seeking relief from a sweeping new federal rule that bars asylum eligibility for individuals and families entering the United States unless they have first sought protection in a third country through which they have traveled. The rule “radically rewrites” the laws governing asylum eligibility, states the complaint

IRAP & RAICES File Challenge to Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Asylum Seekers

July 1, 2019

(Washington, D.C.) – Last week, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) filed a lawsuit on behalf of several asylum seekers who have been deported or are at imminent risk of being returned to the countries from which they fled. The lawsuit challenges new

RAICES, Arent Fox LLP, and Aldea PJC Sue The GEO Group for Forcefully Re-Separating Immigrant Families

May 28, 2019

On May 24th, RAICES, Arent Fox LLP, and Aldea PJC filed suit in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on behalf of a group of 26 plaintiffs – 13 noncitizen children and their 13 noncitizen fathers – who fled life-threatening violence in their home countries to seek asylum in the United

Five dead children is five too many.

May 21, 2019

Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) is responsible for a fifth child’s death while in their custody at the Southern border. This is the fifth child who’s lost their life in recent months. We’re in El Paso right now where we have met countless families who were dumped at the local bus station. The children we

Children Should Not Be “Apprehended” At The Border.

May 16, 2019

Right now in McAllen, Texas hundreds of migrants are locked up in what are akin to disaster relief camps the day after an earthquake. Families are cramped together, porta-potties and mylar blankets are strewn across an industrial wasteland. Cleaning facilities appear non existent and families are forced to wait outside throughout the day in sweltering