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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a groundbreaking new directive to curb longstanding inconsistencies and abuses in Border Patrol’s handling of migrants’ personal belongings. The new directive makes clear that Border Patrol is obligated to safeguard migrants’ personal belonging
Immigrants’ rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Arizona State Legislature’s passage of HCR 2060, a ballot referral that would create a state immigration legal scheme and permit enforcement of immigration laws by local law enforcement.
Today, the Arizona State House passed HCR 2060, a sweeping anti-immigrant ballot referral that will bypass the governor’s desk to be placed on the 2024 ballot for voter consideration in November. Noah Schramm, border policy strategist for the ACLU of Arizona, shared the following reaction.
Today, Arizona State Senators voted to advance HCR 2060, an extreme, unconstitutional, and anti-immigrant ballot referral that would apply new state penalties to violations of federal immigration law. It will next be considered in the House.
After weeks of unwarranted delay, the Arizona State Legislature successfully passed a full repeal of the state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban.