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This is the True Crisis At The Border

February 15, 2019

This morning Trump signed a government funding bill that provides $1.375 billion for his proposed border wall, rather than the $5.7 billion he has been pushing for. After signing the bill, he declared the “crisis at the southern border” a National Emergency. He even admitted live on TV that this is a fake emergency by

Force-Feeding Is Torture

February 4, 2019

In an ICE processing center in El Paso, Texas, 11 immigrants are being force-fed through plastic nasal tubes after refusing nine consecutive meals in a hunger strike demonstration. And a federal judge authorized this torture. The asylum-seekers are participating in the hunger strike to raise awareness and improve their situation inside the detention center. Instead,

Remain in Mexico Policy Affects 10,000 Asylum Seekers

January 25, 2019

Maryori is a 26-year-old transgender woman currently in Tijuana. Before RAICES staff found her, she was sleeping on sidewalks and in shelters, with all the dangers that brings. Once, after being assigned to sleep in a bathroom alongside men, she woke to find her hair in clumps all around her on the floor. Someone had

Afghan Interpreter, Mohasif Motawakil, Released from ICE Custody

January 17, 2019

Today, our client Mohasif Motawakil, the 48-year-old Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military who was almost deported by Customs and Border Patrol after being detained at the Houston International Airport and held at an ICE Detention Center for seven days has been released from custody. His family — his 46-year-old wife and five children —

RAICES Seeking Sponors and Hosts for LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers

January 17, 2019

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