FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ethiopia. Below is a statement from Laura Flores, Skadden Fellow at Justice Action Center: “Today’s DHS designation of TPS for Ethiopia is welcome news for the 30,000 Ethiopians currently in the U.S. who will be able to work and contribute […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ORLEANS—Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the State of Texas in Texas v. USA, the federal case challenging the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Below is a statement from Karen Tumlin, founder and director of Justice Action Center: “Today’s Fifth Circuit’s ruling on DACA is yet another example
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK—Today, Black-led immigrant justice organizations Haitian Bridge Alliance, UndocuBlack Network, and African Communities Together filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint in the Southern District of New York seeking records from the U.S. government on the abuse of Haitian asylum seekers in Del Rio, TX last year. Nearly a year after the original request was submitted on October
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.– On the first anniversary of their attempt to seek safety in Del Rio, Texas, Haitian asylum seekers who endured abuse and inhumane conditions at the hands of the federal government are speaking out and demanding accountability. In the year since viral photos of abuse at the U.S-Mexico border sparked international
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES — The Biden administration published a new regulation to better define Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, but doesn’t make any substantial changes to modernize the program. The program, which has been in place since August 2012, has provided protection from deportation and work authorization to hundreds of thousands of applicants,
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for immigrants’ rights movement, the Remain in Mexico program has been officially terminated after court proceedings following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Biden v. Texas on June 30. Below is a statement from Justice Action Center founder and director Karen Tumlin: “The official end to shameful Remain in
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Supreme Court has just certified its decision in the Remain in Mexico case, Biden v. Texas. Here is a statement from Karen Tumlin, founder and director at Justice Action Center: “Today, the Supreme Court issued its judgment certifying the Biden Administration’s ability to end the deadly Remain in Mexico (RMX) program. As JAC and the #SafeNotStranded campaign have
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—Fourteen states and the District of Columbia have filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs in Haitian Bridge Alliance v. Biden, a federal class action lawsuit that seeks justice for the more than 15,000 Haitian asylum seekers abused in Del Rio, Texas in September 2021. The following is a statement by the HBA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Co-counsel in Haitian Bridge Alliance v. Biden, seeking justice for the more than 15,000 Haitian asylum seekers abused in Del Rio, Texas in September 2021 have filed an opposition in response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) motion to dismiss their federal class action lawsuit. This filing follows the release of a Customs and
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Friday, Custom and Border Patrol’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) issued a 511 page “Report of Investigation” on the September 19, 2021 incident in Del Rio where Border patrol threatened Haitian asylum seekers with split reins and verbally abused individuals who were bringing food and water back to their families.
