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Even though the migrant shelter at Benito Juárez sports complex was closed and condemned as unsanitary, over 300 migrants remain camped on the street outside the complex.

Social Justice

‘I’m Not Letting the Other Side Out of My Sights’: Why Some Migrants in Tijuana Refuse to Use the New Indoor Shelter

Though the government has opened a large indoor shelter in Tijuana for members of the caravan, around 350 migrants remain in a tent village against the border.

Jack Herrera

Central American immigrant families depart ICE custody in McAllen, Texas, pending future immigration court hearings, in June of 2018.

As the Public Comment Period Ends, Advocacy Groups Mount One Last Push Against Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule

Monday marks the last day for public comment on the rule, which could make it harder for millions of immigrants who have used public services to acquire a green card or citizenship.

Jack Herrera

A U.S. Citizen Who Was Detained and Nearly Deported Files a Lawsuit in Florida

Peter Brown remained locked in a county jail for weeks, as county officials waited for immigration authorities to deport him to Jamaica—a country he had never lived in.

Jack Herrera

ICE has arrested and detained nine different members of Migrant Justice since 2014.

Social Justice

Is ICE Targeting Activists?

A lawsuit alleging that immigration authorities infiltrated a Vermont-based advocacy group could have national ramifications.

Jack Herrera

The sun rises on Magdalen College at Oxford University on May 1st, 2018, in Oxford, England.

Social Justice

Rethinking the Rhodes: Meet the Scholarship’s First Undocumented Winner

Jin Park, a Harvard pre-med student, became the first DACA recipient to win a Rhodes Scholarship after a rule change made him eligible.

Jack Herrera

Central American migrants (mostly Hondurans) run along the Tijuana River near the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, near the U.S.–Mexico border, after the U.S. border patrol threw tear gas to disperse them after an alleged verbal dispute, on November 25th, 2018.

News in Brief

Tear Gas on the Border Is Only the Beginning of a Standoff That Could Last Months

Legal experts and migrants' rights advocates warn that the crisis will persist as migrants continue to arrive in Tijuana and other border towns.

Jack Herrera

Demonstrators march in response to the Trump administration's announcement that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on September 5th, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Social Justice

DACA Has Not Been Saved—and It May Be in Its Last Days

The program protecting Dreamers from deportation has achieved a string of victories in the courts. But legal experts—and DACA recipients—worry that not much has changed.

Jack Herrera

Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States walk to the U.S.-Mexico border at El Chaparral port of entry on November 12th, 2017, in Tijuana, northwestern Mexico.

A Judge Blocks Trump’s Asylum Ban on Migrants Caught Crossing the Border

A federal judge in San Francisco has issued an injunction against the Trump administration, temporarily suspending the administration's policy of denying asylum to migrants caught crossing the southern border illegally.

Jack Herrera