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Sep 14, 2018

Trump’s Border Wall Obsession Is a Threat to the Southwest Border Region

Given all the false rhetoric and rage that drive President Trump’s fixation on building his border wall, it’s critically important to step back from that noise and think about people and places that would...

Aug 24, 2018

‘My Son is Traumatized’: One Separated Family’s Reunion

Inside a Texas detention center, 3-year-old Sammy* was asleep next to his father, Ever Reyes-Mejia, on the ground with a tin foil emergency blanket when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official told...

Aug 7, 2018

Jeff Sessions’ Illegal Attacks on Asylum Seekers

Grace,* an indigenous woman from a small village in Guatemala, came to the United States seeking protection from beatings, sexual assault, and death threats. Grace made the long and treacherous...

By Cody Wofsy, Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, Katrina Eiland, Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project

Grace,* an indigenous woman from a small village in Guatemala, came to the United States seeking protection from beatings, sexual assault, and death threats. Grace made the long and treacherous...

By Cody Wofsy, Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, Katrina Eiland, Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project