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The incident is part of a broader trend of scams targeting vulnerable populations.
By Amy Lieu - April 13, 2021
Greg Abbott said he didn’t need to speak out against sexual abuse in immigrant detention centers during the Trump administration because they weren’t his concern then.
By Amy Lieu - April 12, 2021
Experts say words matter in the push for humane treatment of immigrants.
By Amy Lieu - April 12, 2021
The proposal includes $861 million to address the root causes of immigration from Central America.
By Amy Lieu - April 09, 2021
The $2.1 billion ‘Excluded Workers Fund’ could assist thousands of noncitizen workers affected by the pandemic.
By Amy Lieu - April 08, 2021
The vice president has been assigned to tackle the root causes of immigration from the Northern Triangle region of Central America.
By Amy Lieu - April 08, 2021
‘This continues to have a devastating impact on people in dire need of humanitarian protection,’ families of refugees wrote in a letter to the White House, citing the Trump-era ceiling that’s still in place.
By Amy Lieu - April 07, 2021
Republicans are unhappy that ICE officials are no longer issuing detainers for some people under current administration policy.
By Amy Lieu - April 07, 2021
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said border encounters with individuals on the terror watch list are in fact ‘very uncommon.’
By Amy Lieu - April 06, 2021
‘Technology under white supremacy and capitalism will continue to be used to fuel violence and harm against us,’ one immigration group said.
By Amy Lieu - April 06, 2021
Studies have repeatedly found that immigrants pay taxes and contribute heavily to the country’s revenue.
By Amy Lieu - April 06, 2021
The facility is owned by private prison company CoreCivic, which has faced allegations of understaffing, work violations, and delays in medical care in the past.
By Amy Lieu - April 05, 2021
The Florida GOP governor really wants things to go back to the good old days under Donald Trump.
By Amy Lieu - April 02, 2021
Immigration experts called applications rejected under the Trump administration’s ‘No Blank Space’ policy ‘particularly egregious.’
By Amy Lieu - April 02, 2021
GOP lawmakers are revamping the xenophobic narrative they employed ahead of the 2018 midterms.
By Amy Lieu - April 01, 2021
The media has covered GOP claims of a crisis at the southern border extensively.
By Amy Lieu - March 31, 2021
Republicans are sharing videos of themselves in front of the wall to push exacerbated rhetoric about a so-called ‘crisis’ at the southern border.
By Amy Lieu - March 31, 2021
The South Carolina senator repeatedly spouted lies about immigration in a recent interview.
By Amy Lieu - March 31, 2021
Eva Rosas is finally free but other transgender immigrants are still at risk.
By Amy Lieu - March 30, 2021
It’s not enough to just ban future contracts between the law enforcement agency and private prisons, experts say.
By Amy Lieu - March 29, 2021
‘The picture is completely devoid of context,’ one expert said of the evidence-free claim.
By Amy Lieu - March 26, 2021
Immigrants who need help the most have instead become victims of fraud.
By Amy Lieu - March 26, 2021
Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Lance Gooden claim their new legislation addresses child trafficking. History shows it’s rooted in racism.
By Amy Lieu - March 25, 2021
Republican lawmakers lashed out this week after Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono refused to confirm anymore non-diverse nominees until President Joe Biden pledged to add more AAPI appointees to his roster.
By Amy Lieu - March 24, 2021
‘When I blow my nose, blood comes out,’ one immigrant reported.
By Amy Lieu - March 24, 2021
Republican lawmakers are upset that the vice president isn’t buying into fearmongering rhetoric about a ‘crisis’ at the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Amy Lieu - March 23, 2021
Sen. John Cornyn’s same-day statements about the border don’t align with one another.
By Amy Lieu - March 22, 2021
Vaccines are slowly becoming available to immigrants in US custody. Whether they trust authorities enough to take them is another question.
By Amy Lieu - March 22, 2021
Republican Rep. Tom McClintock really wants people to think that structural racism doesn’t exist.
By Amy Lieu - March 19, 2021
Jim Jordan and Mike Johnson have histories of racist and discriminatory behavior.
By Amy Lieu - March 18, 2021