Im/migrants and Refugees

¡Liberación Sí! ¡Traslados No! Liberation Yes! Transfers No!

After years of protests, York Prison, near Philadelphia, will no longer be housing ICE detainees after Aug. 12. But instead…

July 16, 2021

Abuse continues as Texas repurposes prison for migrant detention

Houston On July 16, by order of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) began clearing…

July 7, 2021

Atlanta: ‘No Pride in Detention’

Members of several trans and Latinx organizations assembled at the Atlanta ICE headquarters June 15 to declare “No Pride in…

June 22, 2021

Kamala Harris goes to Central America − and so does Wall St.

In 1973, Eduardo Galeano wrote what was then a groundbreaking book, “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the…

June 16, 2021

U.S.-led ‘African Lion 21’ hunts for new prey

Published June 8 in Il Manifesto; translation by John Catalinotto. The African Lion, the largest military exercise on the African…

June 11, 2021

Monthly vigil: Demand human rights at Tacoma immigration prison!

Since the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., opened in 2004, detainees and their families, civil rights activists and the…

June 11, 2021

‘Good riddance’ to ICE detention in Ohio’s Butler County

Cleveland Ohio immigrant rights organizations and attorneys held a virtual press conference May 28 to announce a win: Immigrants will…

June 4, 2021

Victory in closure of Georgia detention center

Atlanta On May 20, Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas released a statement that Georgia immigrant rights advocates, current and…

May 25, 2021

Caravans protest immigrant detention

Tacoma, Wash. Im/migrant-led caravans from the Pacific Northwest region came to protest the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Wash.,…

May 14, 2021

DREAMERS Confront Texas Senators Demanding Citizenship NOW!

Young activists with United We Dream held demonstrations outside the office of Texas Sen. John Cornyn and the house of…

April 14, 2021