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Immigrant Families
A Closer Look Inside Arizona Detention Centers: Calling for More Access and Oversight
Driving up to the Central Arizona Detention Center (CADC), all you see is a vast empty stretch of desert reaching south to the U.S/Mexico border. Electric fencing and concertina wire ring the facility and armed guards patrol the grounds under the...
Alabama’s new law and the impact on immigrant families
Fifty years ago, Alabama found itself at the center of a national battle for justice and civil rights. The bus boycotts, freedom rides and efforts to integrate schools and universities are widely looked upon as watershed moments in the march...
Amalia Guzmán Molina: Working to Keep Immigrant Families Together
An Interview with our 2011 Voices of Courage Honoree Stella Mkiliwane
A refugee from Zimbabwe, Stella Mkiliwane has lived in South Africa for the last four years. She has used her own experiences to protect and advocate for better policies and services for refugees and displaced...
At Risk of Deportation and Thrown Into the Clutches of Known Killers
Read Michelle Brané's, Director of Detention and Asylum, piece in the Huffington Post, about Edmond Demiraj who, 10 years ago, agreed to testify against an Albanian mobster living in Texas who was charged, among o...
Children Left Behind: Number of Children in Foster Care Due to Parents’ Detention Climbs
Maribel was driving in Virginia with her one-year-old child when she was pulled over by a police officer, who asked to see her driver’s license. A Mexican citizen living in the U.S. without a visa, Maribel was arrested for driving without a l...
Children Of Immigrants Face Hardship To Keep Families Together
Michelle Brané, director of the Detention and Asylum Program, is quoted in Elise Foley's Huffington Post article, "Children Of Immigrants Face Hardship To ...
Commemorating World Humanitarian Day
Today we celebrate World Humanitarian Day, honoring the men and women who devote their lives to the challenging and dangerous work of providing humanitarian aid. Every day,...
Delayed Justice for Guatemalan Mother Encarnación Bail Romero
For Immigrants, Is the United States a Safe Haven or Prison Ward?
This blog was originally published on the Huffington Post. Names can be misleading, and that is certainly the case with representative Lamar Smith's (R-Texas) new disturbing piece of legislation, the Keep Our Communities Safe Act....
Good News on Immigration But Keeping the Pressure On
By Michelle Brané, Director of Detention and Asylum, Women’s Refugee Commission, published on Huffington Post. Immigration and Customs...
How Will Your Support of our Luncheon Help Refugee Women and Children?
By supporting our 2011 Voice of Courage Luncheon you will help improve the lives of refugee women and children. Your support helps to ensure that women can access emergency reproductive health care, that children and families in immigrant...
Immigrant Detainees
Michelle Brané's letter on immigrant detainees in response to an article entitled "Getting Tough on Immigrants to Turn a Profit" has been published by the New York...
Immigration Detention Reforms Are More Than Just Window Dressing
One year ago today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, released a report written by Dr. Dora Schriro, then Planning Director for ICE’s Office of Detention Policy and Planning.
Introduction of the Comprehesive Immigration Reform Act of 2010
Join Us in Support of the HELP Act (Humane Enforcement and Legal Protection for Separated Children Act)
Immigration enforcement has drastically increased in the United States over the last few years. And children have become victims of expanded detention and deportation policies that are carried out without adequate consideration of the consequences...
Missouri Supreme Court Sends Case on Immigrant Parental Rights Back to Lower Court
New York City, January 28, 2011—On Tuesday, January 25, the Missouri Supreme Court sent the case of a Guatemalan woman whose parental rights were terminated following an immigration raid at her workplace back to the lower court for a...
New Videos from Our Detention and Asylum Program
The Women’s Refugee Commission has just completed a series of short videos on some of the most pressing issues facing immigrants and those seeking asylum in the United States. Learn more about the conditions they face, how their rights are r...
Report: Widespread Border Patrol Abuse Goes Unchecked
Jennifer Podkul, Program Officer, Detention and Asylum, is quoted in Julianne Hing's Colorlines article, "Report: Widespread Border Patrol ...
Undocumented Women Forced To Give Birth While Shackled And In Police Custody
Michelle Brané, Director, Detention and Asylum, is quoted in Cristina Costantini's Huffington Post article, "Undocumented Women ...
