Im/migrants and refugees

Of the 4.2 million Black immigrants in the U.S., an estimated 619,000 are undocumented. Well-known Atlanta recording artist and songwriter 21 Savage became the face of this Black immigrant community when he was detained by […]

According to a statement released by the Defense Department, an additional 3,750 U.S. troops will head to the U.S./Mexico border for 90 days to aid in placing razor wire as well as with mobile surveillance […]

In November, the results of an independent autopsy confirmed what many people had long suspected: Roxsana Hernández Rodríguez, a trans woman from Honduras, was physically abused before her death in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) […]

On Jan. 11, the San Diego Migrant and Refugee Solidarity Coalition protested the treatment of refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border, which has recently resulted in the deaths of at least three children and one woman […]

Brooklyn, N.Y. — Fifty people gathered in the icy cold outside Brooklyn’s federal court for a news conference on Jan. 7. They were fighting to save temporary protected status (TPS) for 59,000 Haitians and hundreds of thousands […]

Patricia Okoumou, the courageous woman who dramatically climbed the Statue of Liberty on July 4th to protest the jailing of 15,000 immigrant children by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was found “guilty” in Federal Court […]

Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquín was barely 7 years old when she died on Dec. 8 following her detention by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. She had traveled with her father, Nery Gilberto Caal Cuz, […]