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The #WelcomeWithDignity Campaign calls on the administration to immediately reinstate TPS for Haiti. The administration & all elected officials must end racist scapegoating of Black immigrants & reject rhetoric that incites violence against our communities. Read our statement bit.ly/WWD-Decries-...

📰 This week, the government halted legal services for unaccompanied children. 🚨No one should have to navigate a complex legal system alone, and especially not children who are without their parents or legal guardian. 📝 Tell your members of Congress to act now to #ProtectKids ➡️ tinyurl.com/SaveUCP

Let's be clear: No child should ever represent themselves in immigration court. It is cruel and inhumane. We stand in solidarity with all our partners around the country who received these orders and continue to fight for the rights of immigrant children, families, and communities

The Trump administration has frozen legal services for unaccompanied children. This leaves 26,000 children - some too young to read or write - without access to their lawyers. Contact your members of Congress now to restore access to this lifesaving program ➡️

Yesterday, immigration experts held a press call to denounce the Trump administration’s stop work order forcing the abrupt halt of the federally funded and congressionally appropriated Unaccompanied Children Program -- leaving 26,000 children without their attorneys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu4a...

"Mrs. P.’s youngest son asked his parents if his greatest fear would take place: that one day he’d go to school & upon returning home, his parents would no longer be there." These are the impossible conversations parents across the US are having w/their children. english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-...

Joseph fled from his home in Cameroon to escape the threat of government persecution. After an arduous journey, he describes arriving at the U.S. border as finally “getting into light.” Learn more about Joseph’s story in our Letters to America project at www.aclu.org/letters-to-america.

NEW: We've filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump admin's attempts to shut down asylum at the border: cgrs.uclawsf.edu/news/immigra... With partners: @aclu.org @immigrantjustice.bsky.social @lasamericasiac.bsky.social @florenceproject.bsky.social @txcivilrights.bsky.social @raicestexas.bsky.social

We're honored to be joining @humanrightsfirst.bsky.social, our new institutional host, in continuing our fight for a just asylum system & the right for all people everywhere to seek safety.

Guantánamo Bay is a notorious legal black hole where people have been subject to torture, indefinite imprisonment, & human rights violations. It should be shuttered, not expanded to facilitate the Trump administration’s cruel, anti-immigrant agenda. wwdignity.org/WWD-denounce...

🚨The DOJ has forced an abrupt halt to legal access programs for people in #immigration proceeding. These are a lifeline to people in detention or facing deportation. 📞Call your members of Congress today to ask the DOJ to restore justice to vulnerable people #DefendDueProcess

We joined #WelcomeWithDignity partners in telling Congress to REJECT any attempt to resurrect the cruel and deadly #RemainInMexico policy. Read our statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs: wwdignity.org/RMXStatement...

It’s the last day to apply for @WelcomingUSA’s Rural Welcoming Initiative! If selected, local non-profits or local governments will receive access to technical assistance & receive membership to the Welcoming Network. Apply now⬇️

Seeking asylum is a human right. The Biden admin can & must work to expand access to asylum at land border ports of entry—a policy approach that a majority of American voters support. A must-read piece from @yaelschacher.bsky.social & Ari Sawyer @refugeesintl.bsky.social