by Elvia Arriola | Sep 20, 2019 | Advocacy and Activism, Migrants and Human Rights, Organizations, Post-Detention Assistance, Resources
This is a donation opportunity intended to for getting Christmas toys and clothing or household items to migrant families at a shelter for women and children in Austin and operated by CASA MARIANELLA. FINANCIAL DONATIONS – Send a check or donate online. TOYS...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 26, 2019 | Anti-immigrant law and policy, Further Study, Immigration ABCs, Immigration and Detention Timeline, Legal Resources, Migrants and Human Rights, News resources
Congressional Oversight and Reform Committee Critically Examines Trump Administration’s Child Separation Policies (2019) From the Executive Summary: On February 26, 2019, the Committee on Oversight and Reform voted on a bipartisan basis to authorize...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 24, 2019 | Advocacy and Activism, Anti-immigrant law and policy, Further Study, Immigration ABCs, Migrants and Human Rights
IMMIGRATION ABC’s Family Separation The number of children separated from their parents at the border increased sharply after the Zero Tolerance policy went into effect between April and June of 2018. Children were taken into the custody of the Office of...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 22, 2019 | Advocacy and Activism, Anti-immigrant law and policy, Immigration ABCs, Legal Resources, Migrants and Human Rights, Organizations, Post-Detention Assistance, Resources
Know Your Rights as a Refugee (ENGLISH) (pdf) Asylum and the Rights of Refugees (IJRC)
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 21, 2019 | Anti-immigrant law and policy, Migrants and Human Rights
HRW (2018) REPORT ON DONALD J. TRUMP: “[H]e has targeted refugees and immigrants, calling them criminals and security threats; emboldened racist politics by equivocating on white nationalism; and consistently championed anti-Muslim ideas and policies. His...
by Elvia Arriola | Sep 13, 2018 | Anti-immigrant law and policy, Human Rights Violations, Immigrant Detention, Immigration ABCs, Migrants and Human Rights
There are over 250 detention centers operating throughout the U.S. (see Detention by the Numbers) Most immigration processing centers are managed by a few private prison corporations such as GEO GROUP. Detained immigrants who aren’t citizens, lack documentation...