October 11, 2019... Attorney Gita Schwarz with the Center for Constitutional Rights called the rule “draconian” and aimed to “decrease the presence of non-white immigrants in the United States,” citing “openly...
October 11, 2019... Various immigration advocacy organizations — the Austin Sanctuary Network, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Free Migration Project, and Grassroots Leadership among them — now are demanding...
October 16, 2019...Immigrant advocates praised the ruling Friday, along with New York City and state officials. Attorney General Letitia James said, “The message today is clear. That immigrants are welcome to this...
October 16, 2019...The attorney general was joined by a coalition of civil rights groups, led by Make the Road New York. Ghita Schwarz, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, said she had been “very...
October 16, 2019... The rule "would have have erected an invisible wall to basically keep" low-income immigrants out," Hasan Shafiqullah, attorney-in-charge of the Legal Aid Society's immigration law unit, said...
Fear grips immigrant communities threatened by Trump’s ‘public charge’ proposal “If you’re not wealthy, you’re not welcome.” Under the Trump administration’s proposed “public charge” rule, many green...
Updated: November 1, 2019
November 8, 2019...U.S. officials have repeatedly said the right way to seek asylum is to request it at border crossings, instead of entering illegally. That has caused tens of thousands of migrants to wait in often...
November 8, 2019...Center for Constitutional Rights legal director Baher Azmy argued the class members relied on the government’s representation they would have access to the asylum process if they waited in Mexico...
November 8, 2019...In Tijuana, there were roughly 9,600 names on the list, according to Al Otro Lado, a binational organization advocates for immigrants’ rights that provides pro-bono legal services to migrants...
Provides Important Protection for Those Previously Turned Back at Ports of Entry SAN DIEGO – A federal judge today blocked the Trump administration’s asylum ban from being applied to thousands of...
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