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LATAM Asylum Seekers Flood Shelters as NYC Mayor Declares State of Emergency

Sofía AguilarOctober 12, 2022

by Sofía AguilarOctober 12, 202203811

Over the past few days, asylum seekers from all over Latin America have been facing difficult living conditions after they were recently bused from Texas and other states to New York City and dropped off without clear instructions or assistance....

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Border Patrol Agents Seen Whipping Haitian Refugees + How to Help

Virginia IsaadSeptember 22, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 22, 202104477

Photos and video footage of Haitian migrants at the border getting whipped by Border Patrol have gone viral and now people are calling for reform and aid for the migrants. Last week NBC News reported that there were more than...

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Biden Pauses Deportations, Preserves DACA and Halts Border Wall Construction

Virginia IsaadJanuary 21, 2021January 21, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJanuary 21, 2021January 21, 202104737

The newly inaugurated President Joe Biden got right to work mainly focusing on undoing the work of former President Donald Trump. Biden signed several executive orders centered on immigration in the U.S. One of the orders pauses deportations in the...

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Immigrants Escorted by Julián Castro Denied Entry to U.S. in Violation Of Due Process

Araceli CruzOctober 8, 2019July 24, 2020

by Araceli CruzOctober 8, 2019July 24, 202001736

Yesterday, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro walked the path that many migrants have walked before. Castro went to Mexico and met with migrants seeking asylum at a refugee encampment in Matamoros, Mexico in a move of solidarity and in...

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Salvadoran Transwoman Dies After Six Weeks in ICE Custody

Virginia IsaadJune 5, 2019August 4, 2020

by Virginia IsaadJune 5, 2019August 4, 202001601

Transgender asylum seeker Johana Medina Leon died June 1 after being held for six weeks at a private Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in New Mexico. Leon was a 25-year-old from El Salvador who requested asylum at the...