Polling reviewed by the Hill 'found that voters overwhelmingly support a softer approach to asylum if it is framed as a choice between humane and punitive approaches.' thehill.com/latino/4618409…

Beyond educational lessons, the Sidewalk School provides a safe space to be a child for refugee & migrant children whose lives are in limbo waiting to seek U.S. asylum in dangerous Mexican border towns b/c of harmful U.S. policies.

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Last week, the United States reinstituted deportations to Haiti, sending dozens of Haitians back to dangerous conditions in the nation via the first deportation flight to the nation since January.

Volunteers with AFSC provide critical food, water & support to people seeking asylum stranded hours to days in difficult conditions at open-air detention sites in Southern California waiting for Border Patrol.

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We joined 150+ organizations across the country to call on Congressional leaders to condemn anti-immigrant, extremist language. #RespectImmigrants

Read the full letter below 👇🏼 bit.ly/4aGI05

A notable and just outcome that demonstrates both the legal and practical difficulties Texas faces in trying to curtail asylum access at the border. 🧵

A ruling like this means that legally these sorts of mass charges are as flimsy as they look.

I can't even explain how tired I was after having issues with flights etc...to just run as fast as I could to make it.
It was necessary because silence is not an option in the face of injustice 💔

Last week Women's Refugee Commission’s Kimiko Hirota met with people seeking safety at shelters and on the streets in northern Mexico. “Every time I visit the US-Mexico border, I feel two very different emotions: horror and gratitude,” she writes in a new post: womensrefugeecommission.org/blog/horror-an…

We have the utmost respect for iuventa-crew, MSF Sea, Save the Children International and everyone fighting to prevent death and suffering in the Mediterranean in the face of relentless criminalization by Italian authorities.

At any crossing, by desert or sea, saving lives is not a crime!

Border walls in remote areas are useless at stopping people from crossing the border. They're climbed over or cut through in seconds.

The one things walls are effective at stopping are wildlife, blocking animals from accessing forage, water & mates. Video by Sky Island Alliance.

Another reminder that we need real, humane and effective solutions to strengthen the asylum system and address border challenges, NOT more bans, bars & cruelty that turns people seeking protection away to danger. humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/upl…

En promedio, 19 personas migrantes son secuestradas al día en México.

San Luis Potosí ha sido el testigo de secuestros masivos de migrantes que evidencian la falta de control de las autoridades potosinas y federales en la zona, escribe ✍️Ruth Salazar

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We are deeply concerned about the #Biden admin's plans to deport Haitian asylum seekers back to #Haiti . Given the conditions on the ground, we implore you to halt all flight returns to Haiti. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary Antony Blinken President Biden