MEDIA

This week, on July 5th, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) issued an important Director's Memorandum , intended to provide clarity and written acknowledgment to immigration judges across the country about the imperative role of Child Advocates. 

Today, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announced a vital policy change that will require daily contact between unaccompanied immigrant children in custody and their families.

The only way to stop these preventable deaths is to stop jailing families. To stop jailing children.

All children deserve to live full, safe, and healthy lives. Our hearts are with everyone, especially the child’s family, grieving this unimaginable loss.

The finalized asylum ban rule, which is set to go into effect when Title 42 ends tomorrow, would prevent many children, families, and adults from being able to seek asylum in the U.S. based on their manner of entry or transit through other countries.

The RGV Welcoming Committee is a group of individuals and nonprofits based in South Texas’s Rio Grande Valley and the adjoining Mexican state of Tamaulipas. These organizations and volunteers have welcomed migrants into the United States for at least the last two and a half years, and assisted those waiting in Mexico. Our mission is to serve every migrant with dignity, care, and respect

The #WelcomeWithDignity campaign for asylum rights is deeply concerned by reports that the Biden administration is sending 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S. border with Mexico.

Announced today, the Biden administration’s new plans to manage migration at the southern border includes a set of welcome benefits, as well as concerning drawbacks.

We’re honored to have been able to attend the Mutual of America Financial Group’s award dinner in New York City to celebrate the exemplary work of our organization’s Child Advocate Program!

Experts on children’s health and well-being explained how the Biden administration’s ​asylum policies are harming children on a webinar today.

The Biden Administration Must Immediately Rescind its Proposed Asylum Ban and Ensure Families Can Seek Safety Together  

The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights believes that any return to immigrant family jails will hurt children and their families and undermine the rule of law.  

Expedited processes are a trademark of the U.S. immigration system that give children and families just a short period of time to make their claim for protection from persecution, violence, trafficking, and other danger.

In his annual State of the Union address, President Biden applauded his administration’s recent border enforcement policies, which deny people their legal and human right to seek asylum in the U.S. and continue to put families, children, and adults seeking safety directly in harm’s way. 

Jairon Abraham Cruz’s death confirms that an “apply from afar” parole program is not a substitute for the right to seek asylum.