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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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Constitutionally Unconscionable: Noem v. Vasquez (2025)
"Unconscionably irreconcilable" are two words lifted from the dissent of Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor in Noem v. Vasquez (9/8/2025) where a Supreme Court majority approved of a racially based set of criteria in current use by immigration authorities to conduct...
Trump and ICE Want to Steal Her Future — Let’s Help Save It
For those who care about the rights of immigrants and the rule of law the sheer volume of bad news can be overwhelming. It’s hard to find a way to push back against the cruel policies being adopted by ICE under the Trump administration. But scrolling through Facebook...
Bring Home a Scared Kid Wrongly Deported to El Salvador
In the post inauguration frenzy of the Trump Administration on January 26, 2025, ICE agents arrested at his home in Cedar Park, north of Austin, an 18 year old young man living with his parents who are legally in the U.S. and from Venezuela. ICE agents arrested...
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An artist brought 'I.C.E. pops' to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days
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The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.
Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
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Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
A new ICE facility could speed up deportations for families and kids
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The Trump administration plans to open a 528-bed holding center for migrant families and unaccompanied children awaiting removal from the U.S., putting it next to a Louisiana airfield that has become ...