We Won’t Trade E-Carceration for Detention – We Must End All Immigrant Incarceration
Far from being the “alternative to detention” it’s sold as, e-carceration is booming right alongside a growing number of immigrant detention beds.
Beyond the Enforcement Paradigm
A vision for a transformative budget for U.S. immigration.
Biden FY 2023 Budget Maintains Trump-Era Spending on ICE and CBP
Over the span of 20 years, spending on ICE and CBP more than doubled alongside steady growth in other forms of militarized spending.
It’s Farmworker Awareness Week. Here’s What Those Who Feed Us Deserve.
The workers who put food on our tables face poverty, deportation, and extreme heat. These are policy choices—and they can be changed.
Stopping Traffic to Fund Excluded Workers
New York’s essential workers have been excluded from relief and benefits. The Fund Excluded Workers Coalition is fighting to change that.
Temporary Relief for Millions of Essential Immigrant Workers Could Be a Reality — Fingers Crossed
Immigrant rights advocates continue to pressure elected officials to make good on their campaign promises for a pathway to citizenship.
Two Years After the Largest Workplace Raid in U.S. History, a Path Forward for Undocumented Workers
Democrats just passed a budget framework that could make millions of immigrant workers less vulnerable to exploitation.
Paving a Pathway to Citizenship Also Means Paving a Pathway to Recovery
Immigrants played a key role in keeping families and the economy functioning during the pandemic. Congress must ensure these essential workers share in the benefits of recovery.
There Is No “Border Crisis”
Discussing the border in nativist terms obscures the real crises that propel migrants to seek asylum in the United States.
Immigrants to the Rescue
For countries facing a demographic crisis, immigrants are the answer.
If Impoverished Countries Can Host Millions of Refugees, the U.S. Can Welcome a Few Thousand
The factors that drive displacement are often complex, but welcoming refugees isn’t.
Biden Needs to Keep His Promises on Immigration
The new administration has made some welcome changes, but Biden isn’t living up to all his promises — especially on detention.
Dismantle the Deportation Machine
Those who make it to the United States will face wretched conditions living in the shadows, even as they form the backbone of the U.S. economy.
The Victory of DACA Is a Reminder that Nothing Will Put Us Down
The passion organizers poured into DACA galvanized me and many others to keep organizing—and to aim for the collective liberation of all.
Open the Borders. Open the Prison Gates. Don’t Sacrifice a Single Person to This Virus.
Closed borders and ICE raids mean crowded detention centers and camps, which is always inhumane. In a pandemic, it’s a global public health threat.