Immigrants’ Rights and Border Policy
The US Program’s immigration and border rights work uses a racial justice lens to protect basic rights, ensure families and communities thrive, and protect people from harm. We expose abuses against border communities, migrants and asylum seekers and call for policy changes to meet humanitarian needs. We advocate for fair policies that respond to migrants’ various rights-based rationales for seeking to enter the United States, including hoping for protection, responding to the effects of climate change, finding work, returning to locations where their communities have resided for many years, and reuniting with family members. We work to achieve rights-respecting immigration and border policies that welcome and regard all people with humanity and dignity.
Videos
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December 3, 2025
US: ICE Arrest at FIFA Event Spotlights Dangers for World Cup
Asylum Seeker Detained, Returned to Country of Origin
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December 2, 2025
“We Need U”
How the U Visa Builds Trust, Counters Fear, and Promotes Community Safety
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November 12, 2025
“You Have Arrived in Hell”
Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison
News
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May 14, 2026
New York Considers Measures to Rein in ICE
Moves Would Limit Local Collaboration, Ban Masks, Enable Lawsuits
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April 29, 2026
US Court Upholds Right to Seek Asylum
Proclaiming an ‘Invasion’ of the Southern Border Does Not Justify Summary Deportations
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April 9, 2026
Another Disturbing Surprise From ICE
Warehousing Immigration Detainees in Unfit Conditions Poses Serious Risks
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March 20, 2026
US Ramps Up Deportation of Pregnant People
Widespread Detentions Violate Government’s Own Rules
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March 10, 2026
Child in the US Deprived of Hearing Aids during Deportation
Six-Year-Old’s Ordeal Raises Human Rights Concerns
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March 5, 2026
Stricter Rules Needed Around DHS Vehicle Pursuits
Death of Dr. Linda Davis Underscores Danger
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February 20, 2026
Abuses in Cameroon After US Deports Third-Country Nationals
US and Cameroon Partner in Rights Violations; Cameroon Not Safe for Deportees
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February 6, 2026
Restore and Bolster Congressional Oversight of DHS, ICE, and CBP
Ensure Accountability for US Immigration Enforcement Abuses
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February 4, 2026
US: Trump Administration’s Pervasive Attacks on Rights
Democratic Norms and Anti-Discrimination Remedies Rejected; Rights Undermined Globally
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January 20, 2026
Dirty (Baker’s) Dozen: 13 Harmful Trump 2.0 Administration Immigration, Citizenship, and Refugee Policies, as of January 20, 2026