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RAICES Response to #PittsburghSynagogue Terrorist Attack

October 30, 2018

Our hearts go out to the Jewish community in Pittsburgh and across the country and world. We’re in solidarity with you against hate. We cannot know your pain, but we will be here for you as you have been there for us. Trump must denounce the white nationalism he’s stoked, enabling attacks like the

As Caravan of Asylum Seekers Approaches the US, Immigrant Rights Groups Condemn Session’s Threat to Keep Immigrants Indefinitely Detained

October 29, 2018

Over 50 Immigrant Rights Advocacy Groups filed an Amicus Brief Condemning Jeff Sessions’ Effort to Increase the Power of ICE, Take Away Power from Judges, in Deciding Immigrant Detention Read the brief here. Washington, DC – As a caravan of thousands of people seeking asylum approaches the United States, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is preparing

Mariela Jasso, RAICES Social Worker photo by Spencer Selvidge for The Guardian

Behind the viral fundraiser: meet the aid group reuniting families

October 18, 2018

When splitting parents and children at the border became explicit White House policy in the spring – creating outrage, anguish and chaos – Raices was among the aid groups urgently seeking to locate and help families. In June a federal judge ordered families to be reunified, but about 3,000 children, mostly from Central America, were

RAICES Legal Representation, Education, and Advocacy Fund (LEAF)

May 27, 2018

The Legal Representation, Advocacy, and Education Project will provide universal representation for released unaccompanied kids in Texas. Last year, there were over 13,000 kids who were not represented in immigration court in Texas.

Sign the petition today to support the Sierra Blanca Survivors

March 25, 2018

Attorneys representing the survivors of horrific abuse at the West Texas Detention Facility have learned that the men are bein targeted for immediate deportation. Many have been moved over the weekend to the El Paso Processing Center with the intention of deporting the men imminently.

Immigrant Rights Groups Demand Investigation of Civil Rights Abuses Against African Men at West Texas Detention Facility

March 22, 2017

SIERRA BLANCA, TX – “Monkeys,” “animals,” “stupid motherf****ing Africans,” and “terrorists.” Today, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), Texas A&M School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, and University of Texas School of Law Immigration Clinic jointly filed complaints demanding the U.S. Attorney investigate the abuse of approximately 80 African men