New — The drastic border and asylum restrictions considered by President Biden reflect a seismic political shift on immigration. It's a shift that would've been unthinkable 3 years ago, when Biden promised to "restore" the asylum system. W/ Ed O'Keefe: cbsnews.com/news/immigrati…

About half of all farmworkers in the US are undocumented. The people some are calling for mass deportations to target are literally the people ensuring that you have food on your plate.

Aaand we have our answer as to whether DOJ will sue to stop SB4 like it did to stop SB1070 under Obama.

It’s about time!

URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT: Please consider donating to No More Death's relief efforts for the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the border! Details in the link: bit.ly/NMDWallFund

Asylum is meant to protect people from politics (political persecution, oppression, etc). Countries are increasingly denying asylum seekers because of politics (electioneering, fear-mongering, etc). That leaves asylum seekers stateless, in the cold, dead.

Will "Crossing the Line" be in Your Hand, or Banned, Two Months from Today? No matter. Walls of all sorts can be torn down, tunneled under, or tip-toed around. With special thanks to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie @KehindeAndrews Guerline M.Jozef open.substack.com/pub/sarahtowle…

June 18 Sarah Towle's "Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands" book launch w/ NLG San Francisco Bay Area. "Catalogs years of the US gov's nightmarish cruelty towards migrants...It's an inspiring account of many tireless, and seemingly fearless, immigration advocates."--John Washington

The Haitian Bridge Alliance convened in Geneva, Switzerland last week to speak ahead of the United Nations. In front of the committee, we called out the deliberate and forceful deportations to Haiti that the Biden Administration persists in carrying out.

🚨 (1/2) Since San Diego's Migrant Welcome Center closed, ImmDef & partners like HaitianBridge & Al Otro Lado have assisted 33,715+ asylum seekers left on the streets by CBP since Feb 22. Despite limited government support, we persist because it's our mission.

Denver's new migration approach: treat ppl like ppl + help set them up. “This is investing in ppl to set them up to be independent + thrive. We know that when we set people up for success, ppl really do succeed." Sarah Plastino, program lead in apnews.com/article/denver…

Thank you for the bump Margaret! 1st event at the Fauntleroy UCC in West Seattle last night. It was the perfect kick off! Crossing the Line will be available from June 18. Click here for a launch event near you (or to create your own!) sarahtowle.com/crossingthelin…

.Sarah Towle Paper Boat Booksellers CROSSING THE LINE: FINDING AMERICA IN THE BORDERLANDS in SF 6/18 RSVP: bit.ly/TowleSFLaunch. “Propulsive narrative & an engaging style, [it's] an important contribution to our understanding of the borderlands &...America itself.” @ReeceJonesUH

Setting the Record Straight re: Freedom and Justice This July 4th, by Sarah Towle Enjoy the food and festivities today, peeps. Then GOTV like your rights depended on it. Please. open.substack.com/pub/sarahtowle…

Tonight in DC, tomorrow in Takoma Park MD! Sarah Towle w/ collaborators & asylum seekers Busboys and Poets tonight 6 pm. CROSSING THE LINE: FINDING AMERICA IN THE BORDERLANDS "Well-researched yet accessible exposé of border policies that harm migrants."--Austin Kocher, PhD 1/2

27 Cameroonian asylum seekers have been allowed back into the US after they were deported in 2020. Their experiences highlight the need for reforms within the US immigration system and the need to protect Cameroonians from deportation.

What Susie said. Plus it was more law and order all the time. And the level of cruelty is already not okay. Still Trump & Co are hypocrites and liars.

Please tell Candidate Kamala Harris and running-mate Tim Walz ETH When Walls Are the Only Answer, We’re Asking the Wrong Question, by Sarah Towle open.substack.com/pub/sarahtowle…

My Interview with Nathaniel Pearlman of The Great Battlefield Podcast @TGB_podcaston on the bipartisan failure to address today's reality of forced human displacement and migration -- and How I Almost Missed It! Sarah Towle open.substack.com/pub/sarahtowle…