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2023 Legislative Session Recap
Your Guide to Discussing the Right to Seek Asylum at the Dinner Table
The fight to protect the human and legal right to seek asylum in the U.S. is at a critical juncture. Here’s how to talk about it with friends and family.
The Price of Seeking Asylum – How CBP is Trashing Migrants’ Most Cherished and Essential Belongings
By working with partner organizations, the ACLU of Arizona has raised the alarm on how CBP agents are unlawfully forcing migrants to abandon their personal property at the border.
By Noah Schramm
It's wrong to deport asylum seekers in the name of public health. We're suing to stop it
The Trump administration made unprecedented use of Title 42 to justify expelling migrants without due process. We're suing to stop the practice.
By Victoria López
As COVID-19 Cases Increase in Arizona, Local Sheriffs Must Take Initiative to Contain the Spread
Problematic even before the pandemic devastated Arizona, participation in 287(g) agreements now carries deadly consequences for people in the jails, employees and people detained alike, as well as surrounding communities.
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COVID-19 Cases are Increasing Across Arizona Detention Centers. ICE Must Release Them All.
ICE's failure to decrease the number of people in their facilities has created a crisis akin to a tinderbox, ready to explode.
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Solitary Confinement, Fear and Sexual Assault — Advocating for Alejandra's Release from ICE Detention
The suffering inside ICE detention facilities is heart-wrenching, wrong and unnecessary. ICE's own policies allow them to use their discretion to release migrants on humanitarian parole in cases where detaining a person is causing them harm and danger.
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