Updates

Fifty-three lives were needlessly lost one year ago in a horrific, preventable tragedy resulting from a cruel immigration system that has wholly dehumanized and criminalized those who seek safety and freedom within our borders.

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Late Friday, RAICES, global law firm Hogan Lovells, and Am Law 200 firm Lewis Roca filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on behalf of two families separated at the U.S. border not once — but twice — to punish families who were exercising their legal and human right to request asylum.

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Justice Action Center, RAICES, and UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy Defend Humanitarian Parole Program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.

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At RAICES, we have seen first hand the irreparable harm that family detention has on children and parents. Imagine having a front row seat to your child’s rapid deterioration and being powerless to stop it. It’s folly to think that there is a right way to detain families — cruelty is the point.

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The White House re-introduced the illegal Trump-era “transit ban”. This policy is the most restrictive border measure proposed so far by the current administration. It’s another tactic with the same goal: close our nation’s borders.

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