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Action Alert: Urge DHS to Release Mothers With Their Children
September 8th, 2015Child survivors of trauma need their mothers’ love and support outside of the restrictive and disempowering settings of family detention.
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Court Backlog Has Dire Consequences for Asylum-Seekers
August 26th, 2015Houston has one of the nation’s largest court backlogs, and the absence of just one judge can have a significant impact in the city’s chronically overrun immigration court system, according to an article published on Aug. 26 in the Houston Chronicle.
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District Judge Says Child Detention Must End Now
July 24th, 2015Victory! Read about a judge’s celebrated ruling to protect refugee children from ‘deplorable’ detention.
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New Freedom for Survivors in Detention
July 17th, 2015After a year of intensive advocacy, ICE announced it will free hundreds of mothers and children from remote U.S. detention centers. What needs to happen now in the name of justice?
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Why the Fight for Refugee Moms and Kids in Detention Is Not Over
June 26th, 2015Tahirih welcomes Homeland Security’s new commitment to humane detention, but the fight to protect refugee moms and kids is far from over.
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World Refugee Day: Through a Mother’s Eyes
June 17th, 2015“You have treated us worse than an animal.” This is Lilian’s message. The teen mom slit her wrists at a detention center in Texas.
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Paying the Highest Price: The Children of Our Border Project
June 7th, 2015Take a moment to learn more about the children of our Border Project on a special day to commemorate child victims around the world.