Today, Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS), RAICES, and ACLU of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) are announcing the launch of the “While They Wait” (whiletheywait.org) campaign, which includes a new fund and call to action to help raise awareness and support for immigrants, particularly those seeking asylum and/or facing family separation. There are over 1 million immigrants,

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We’ve had a busy year at RAICES. We are grateful to our community, staff and supporters throughout these difficult times. As the year draws to a close, we wanted to share an update from the ground. Our mission has always been the same: We provide legal services to refugees and immigrants, and we advocate for

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We are ashamed by Jakelin’s death. A rational and just immigration system would leave no room for the death of any asylum-seeker entering our country, let alone a seven-year-old girl. Our thoughts are with Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin’s family, and our actions will be too. For too long, our country has disincentivized presenting at

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Washington — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen have continued to violate the Federal Records Act (FRA) by failing to create records linking immigrant families and failing to establish an adequate agency-wide records management program, according to an amended lawsuit filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)

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