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ICE Expelled 33 Immigrant Children Back to Guatemala After A Judge Said They Couldn’t

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ICE Expelled 33 Immigrant Children Back to Guatemala After A Judge Said They Couldn’t 

Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed News (November 24, 2020) 

Despite a preliminary injunction issued on November 18th that blocked the Trump administration from turning back unaccompanied children at the border, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flight with 33 children took off for Guatemala. ICE officials claim that they were not aware of the ruling at the time the flight departed. However, immigration advocates have stated that the children should be brought back to the United States due to the judge’s decision.   

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Nov 28
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The Real Border Crisis: Childhood Trauma from Family Separations

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The Real Border Crisis: Childhood Trauma from Family Separations 

Jessica Blatt, Borgen Magazine (November 15, 2020) 

In this piece, Jessica Blatt traces the intersecting traumas that immigrant children experience from the countries they leave behind to their detention at the border of a country they believed they could seek refuge in. The longstanding, compounding traumas these children face are, according to Blatt, tantamount to a mental health emergency. However, through collective action in support of legislative measures, including the Keep Families Together Act and electing legislators concerned about immigrant children’s welfare, the United States can work to mitigate continued harm.   

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Nov 28
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Biden might need years to reverse Trump’s immigration policies on DACA, asylum, family separation, ICE raids, private detention and more

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Biden might need years to reverse Trump’s immigration policies on DACA, asylum, family separation, ICE raids, private detention and more 

Alan Gomez and Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today (November 13, 2020) 

During its tenure, the Trump administration enacted more than 400 policy changes aimed at immigration. While many of these regressive policies can be overturned by the incoming Biden administration through executive orders and directives, Gomez and Gonzalez indicate that others could take months or years to undo. A list of possible actions Biden could take in the first 100 days, like halting construction on the border wall, raising the refugee cap, and preserving and expanding DACA, are all seemingly within reach. However, immigration advocates contend that rescinding policy is one thing, but hoping to undo the damage is another task entirely.   

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Nov 28
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How America’s Immigration System Can Work Again

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How America’s Immigration System Can Work Again 

Gregory Chen, The Hill (November 11, 2020) 

In this opinion piece for The Hill, Gregory Chen, the senior director for government relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), explains the glaring lack of attention paid to how the judicial system has been seismically changed under the Trump administration. Chen states that any comprehensive plan to reverse this course under a new administration will mean seeking to restore the nation’s courts’ independence and fairness.   

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Nov 28
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Lawyers Can’t Find the Parents of 666 Migrant Kids, a Higher Number Than Previously Reported

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Lawyers Can’t Find the Parents of 666 Migrant Kids, a Higher Number Than Previously Reported 

Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley, NBC News (November 9, 2020) 

New information regarding the number of children separated at the border under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy who have yet to be reunited with their parents has climbed from 545 to 666. According to an attorney working at the forefront to reunite families, the new number includes those “for whom the government did not provide any phone number.” Almost 20 percent of these children were under 5 when they were separated.   

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Nov 28
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Biden Plans Immediate Flurry of Executive Orders to Reverse Trump Policies

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Biden Plans Immediate Flurry of Executive Orders to Reverse Trump Policies 

Matt Viser, Seung Min Kim, and Annie Linskey, Washington Post (November 7, 2020) 

Describing it as potentially one of the “most startling” transitions of power in American history, Viser, Kim, and Linskey discuss the executive actions that Biden has promised to undertake once he is sworn into office on January 20th. Of those executive actions involving immigration, Biden has vowed to repeal the Muslim Ban, which barred travel from several mostly Muslim countries, as well as restoring the DREAM Act.   

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Nov 28
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Migrant Families Were Confused When U.S. Expelled Children into Mexico

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Migrant Families Were Confused When U.S. Expelled Children into Mexico 

Caitlin Dickerson, New York Times (November 3, 2020) 

Arduous journeys led young people like Esther and Nahum to the United States border seeking asylum and a chance to meet with their awaiting family members on the other side. However, their families were dismayed and confused when these children not only never crossed the border but were expelled into Mexico. Going against U.S. policy and diplomatic agreements with Mexico, Caitlin Dickerson describes how the Trump administration improperly removed minor children by shutting down the border to asylum applicants because of the pandemic. 

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Nov 28
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The U.S. Separated Families Decades Ago, Too. With 545 Migrant Children Missing Their Parents, That Moment Holds a Key Lesson

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The U.S. Separated Families Decades Ago, Too. With 545 Migrant Children Missing Their Parents, That Moment Holds a Key Lesson 

Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez, TIME Magazine (November 2, 2020) 

In the 1970s, The United States attempted to deter unauthorized immigration by prosecuting coyotes, who transported individuals and families across the border. However, this policy resulted in the detention of thousands of minor children and families. Placing an uncomfortable spotlight on the history of the United States, separating immigrant families, losing children, and obscuring the truth from the American people, Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez argues that this oft-ignored part of history should serve as a warning to advocates and concerned citizens today.   

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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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