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Trump Administration’s Surveillance of Family Separation Protests Follows a Pattern of Harassment
Newly released government records reveal that the Department of Homeland Security monitored protest preparations across the United States and internationally in June 2018, as communities organized to oppose the Trump administration’s separation of children and parents at the southern border. The discovery follows other recent revelations that the government has been secretly monitoring activists, journalists, and immigrant rights defenders. Read More
United States v. Hernandez-Becerra – Ninth Circuit
In this case, the Federal Defenders of San Diego argue that the court should have conducted a deeper inquiry into the voluntariness of a guilty plea offered by 18-year-old Claudia Hernandez-Becerra because she spent three days detained in an “hielera” before her arraignment for entering the United States without permission. Read More
Statement for the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on “Oversight of Immigration Enforcement and Family Reunification Efforts”
The statement shares our analysis and research regarding the nation's asylum system and the obligations of the U.S. government to asylum seekers, as well as our deep concern around the administration's family separation policies and increased prosecution of migrants. Read More
Statement for the House Judiciary Committee on “Oversight of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
The statement calls to attention our concerns about over-broad enforcement actions and detention of asylum seekers and families. Read More
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