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Nov 28
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The El Paso Experiment: A Public Defender’s Lonely Fight Against Family Separation

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The El Paso Experiment: A Public Defender’s Lonely Fight Against Family Separation 

Melissa del Bosque, The Intercept (November 1, 2020) 

Sergio Garcia had been a federal public defender for the Western District of Texas in El Paso for five years when a U.S. Magistrate judge assigned him to help families separated after seeking asylum in the United States. Unbeknownst to Garcia, he was to become the first lawyer to take on the Trump administration’s initial “zero tolerance” pilot project of family separation. In the years since, Garcia, an immigrant from Mexico, has fought tirelessly to reunite families ripped apart by this draconian policy.   

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Nov 01
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Mexico Identifies Two Women Who May Have Received Non-Consensual Surgeries in ICE Detention

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Mexico Identifies Two Women Who May Have Received Non-Consensual Surgeries in ICE Detention

Natalie Gallón, CNN (October 13, 2020)

Mexico’s foreign ministry released a statement that an investigation has found that two women have alleged receiving non-consensual surgeries while they were being held by US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  This was found during a larger investigation of a privately-run ICE detention center, Irwin County Detention Center, located in Ocilla, Georgia.  ICE has stated that these are serious concerns that warrant an investigation.

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Nov 01
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Trump Administration Adds Criminal Disqualifiers to Asylum

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Trump Administration Adds Criminal Disqualifiers to Asylum

Elliot Spagat, Associated Press News (October 20, 2020)

A new rule will go into effect on November 20, 2020 that will cause asylum-seekers to lose their opportunity to seek asylum in the United States if they are convicted of driving under the influence or are found to be involved in crimes that appear to support gangs.

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Nov 01
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Lawyers Say They Can’t Find the Parents of 545 Migrant Children Separated by Trump Administration

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Lawyers Say They Can’t Find the Parents of 545 Migrant Children Separated by Trump Administration

Julia Ainsley & Jacob Soboroff, NBC News (October 20, 2020)

A filing from the American Civil Liberties Union stated that a federal judge had appointed lawyers to find families that had been split up by the Trump administration and that they were unable to locate the parents of 545 children, which is around two-thirds of parents that were separated from their children and deported to Central America.

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Nov 01
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ICE Moves to Quickly Deport More Immigrants Without Court Hearings

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ICE Moves to Quickly Deport More Immigrants Without Court Hearings

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (October 21, 2020)

The Trump administration announced plans to increase the number of undocumented immigrants that would be eligible for quick deportation without a court hearing.  This is a policy that was typically only used in border areas, but the recent announcement provides instructions to federal immigration agents nationwide.

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Nov 01
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Study Finds No Crime Increase in Cities that Adopted ‘Sanctuary’ Policies, Despite Trump Claims

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Study Finds No Crime Increase in Cities that Adopted ‘Sanctuary’ Policies, Despite Trump Claims

Nick Miroff, The Washington Post (October 21, 2020)

A Stanford University report did not find a documented increase in crime for cities that implemented “sanctuary” policies.  This seems to contradict the Trump administration’s belief that the “sanctuary” policies would have a negative impact on public safety.  Researcher David K. Hausman made these findings in one of the first attempts to measure this impact by analyzing data on property crime and violent crime.

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Nov 01
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US ICE Officers ‘Used Torture to Make Africans Sign Own Deportation Orders’

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US ICE Officers ‘Used Torture to Make Africans Sign Own Deportation Orders’

Julian Borger, The Guardian (October 22, 2020)

There are allegations that immigration officers in the United States used torture to make Cameroonian asylum seekers sign their deportation orders ahead of the elections in the United States.  The Cameroonian asylum seekers that were deported were from a minority of English-speakers that had been targeted by the security forces of their government.

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Nov 01
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ICE Plans to Target Undocumented Immigrants Who Didn’t Voluntarily Leave the US

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ICE Plans to Target Undocumented Immigrants Who Didn’t Voluntarily Leave the US

Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (October 22, 2020)

CNN acquired a draft memo stating that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is developing a plan to locate and deport undocumented immigrants that have not voluntarily left the United States after previously stating their intentions to leave.

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Nov 01
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‘Kids in Cages’: It’s True That Obama Built the Cages at the Border. But Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy had No Precedent.

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‘Kids in Cages’: It’s True That Obama Built the Cages at the Border. But Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy had No Precedent.

Nick Miroff, The Washington Post (October 23, 2020)

The recent presidential debate discussed issues of immigration.  The presidential debate moderator, Kristen Welker, asked President Trump about the president’s “zero tolerance” policy and he accused former president Obama of building the cages.  Presidential candidate Biden stated that was correct but that the Obama administration did not separate parents and children.  This article provides a brief history of the development of the detention center and the role that the recent United States presidents have played in the policies that impact individuals that end up in the detention centers.

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Nov 01
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Inside the Refugee Camp on America’s Doorstep

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Inside the Refugee Camp on America’s Doorstep

Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times (October 23, 2020)

President Trump has limited opportunities for asylum in the United States (U.S.).  Tent camps have developed on the border as individuals wait in hopes of seeking asylum in the U.S.  The coronavirus pandemic has made already difficult conditions worse for children and families living in these camps.

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