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Women on the Border was founded in 2001 to support the empowerment of women working in the NAFTA factories (maquiladoras) at the U.S.-Mexico border.
In recent years, as U.S. policy has become more hostile than ever to migrants, workers, and people of color, Women on the Border has sought to promote scholarship and activism calling for freedom, justice and human dignity.
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Two deaths is how we begin 2026. In 2025 alone 34 deaths were caused by ICE either during arrests or at the detention centers, operated for DHS by private prison companies like Geo-Group, which is currently enjoying substantial profits from the Trump anti-immigrant...
ICE behavior and due process of the law
DOES DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW APPLY TO THE REMOVAL BY IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) OF NON-CITIZENS? Of course it does. What is due process? Due process requires just and fair treatment of everyone, regardless of background or immigration status, if their...
The defunding is hurting
THE FOLLOWING IS A MESSAGE FROM AUSTIN JEWS AND PARTNERS FOR REFUGEES TO DONORS. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CUTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY HELPED REFUGEES HAS CREATED A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. LINKS ARE INCLUDED FOR WAYS TO HELP WITH EITHER DONATIONS OR...
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Houston Is Testing Whether Trump’s ICE Is Above Texas Law
www.texasobserver.org
After the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, local authorities have struggled to stake their claim on an investigation into a killing within the most populous Texas city’s limits.
Breakneck pace in immigration courts is driving up deportation orders
apnews.com
The Trump administration is packing immigration courtrooms and giving less lead-time on hearings in an effort to clear a decades-long backlog.
ICE Detained Them, and Then They Vanished
www.themarshallproject.org
Under Trump, the U.S. increasingly sends immigrants all over the nation with little warning, leaving families and attorneys unsure where they are.