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And We Knew We Were Kidnapped

April 22, 2019

Earlier this month, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered a stop to this administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. Asylum seekers should not be forced to wait for days, weeks or months at the border when fleeing persecution, violence, and war in their home countries. The “Remain in Mexico” policy has implications far greater than

Bond Denied | Barr Sets His Sights On Indefinite Detention

April 19, 2019

On Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr issued an order that reverses current immigration policy. This order directs immigration judges to deny migrants a chance to post bail. This would affect adult asylum seekers traveling alone who enter this country at a place other than an established port of entry from being allowed a bond hearing

Karnes Detention Center with RAICES legal staff

RAICES Urges ICE to Release Families Currently Detained in Violation of Flores Agreement

March 13, 2019

Today, RAICES filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on behalf of several fathers with children — the youngest just five years old — who have been held at Karnes Detention Center between 41 and 58 days with no word from ICE about their release. These

RAICES LAUNCHES ABOLISH ICE BOX CAMPAIGN AT SXSW IN AUSTIN, TEXAS

March 8, 2019

RAICES is launching a campaign calling on CBP and ICE to abolish the ice box at SXSW today in Austin, Texas. We’ve re-created a hielera — an “ice box,” similar to those used on the border to incarcerate migrants when they first cross into the country. The hielera will be a large room with -10

Lack Of Language Access Separates Families; Results in Deportation

February 21, 2019

Photo Courtesy of the Houston Chronicle This morning, Sara Caal was reunited at the George Bush International Airport in Houston, Texas with her five-year-old daughter, Alida, after being involuntarily separated from her for nine months. Though the separation was difficult, Sara’s story begins long before she crossed the border. At 21 years old, this indigenous

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