We stand with border communities to protect & defend America's constitutional guarantees of equality & justice for all to live freely, safely, & with dignity.
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ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
Join our own @astridalheli and the rest of the SBCC Comadres this afternoon for a break down of Biden's immigration plan
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ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
On day one, President Biden released plans for executive actions and an immigration bill. This is the right focus, and could not be more urgent here in Texas. We look forward to working with the administration to write a bold, new chapter for our border communities.
ALT A picture of the Rio Grande with a quote from Astrid Dominguez, director for the ACLU of Texas' Border Rights Center that says: “President Biden’s prioritization of immigration issues on his first day in office is welcome news for all — especially here in Texas. For the past four years, border communities, immigrants, and people seeking asylum have been used as political pawns, dehumanized, and endured cruelty and abuse. The new administration must make urgent changes to end Trump’s horrific policies that continue to cause harm to so many people. The Biden-Harris administration must present a vision to border communities that promises immigrants and people of color a secure, bold new future. It simply can’t wait.”
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
🗣️A border policy that restores the civil rights of border communities *and* upholds our values requires an end to walls, wasteful militarization, intrusive surveillance technology, and pulls Border Patrol's policing presence from U.S. communities. aclutx.org/en/news/biden-mus…
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
New story: The Trump administration is deporting women who have reported abuse by a Georgia gynecologist in immigration custody, potentially endangering a future investigation into the women's claims.
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ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
I've spent this year watching the places I love most in the world be bulldozed for the border wall. Sometimes I feel like I'm screaming from the top of my lungs, alone in the wilderness, about this travesty.
But today, my words in @nytimes tell the story:nytimes.com/2020/11/01/opini…
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
Stay in line, folks! Anyone already in line at closing time (7 p.m. in most places) will be allowed to vote. 🧍♀️🧑🦽🧍👨🦼
👨🦯🚗¡Quédense en línea! Cualquier persona que ya está en línea para votar a la hora de cierre (7pm hora local en la mayoría de los lugares) podrá votar.
ALT Image: A stylized photo shows people standing in line with masks on. One person checks their phone while another holds their backpack. Text is overlaid across and says, "If you're in line, stay in line."
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
The news of the death of a migrant while in @CBPArizona custody is tragic and our thoughts are with his loved ones. Countless men, women, and children have died under the federal government’s custody and it highlights how dire the conditions in CBP’s facilities are.
Man from Mexico dies in Border Patrol custody in Tucson hospital azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
#WallProtest: City Council voted to approve a #streetmural in downtown Laredo depicting the words #DefundtheWall. #NoBorderWall
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
The presence of Border Patrol agents, and its parent agency CBP, on the streets in major U.S. cities is disturbing. Border communities have long been terrorized by this agency — which acts first and never has to answer for it later. THREAD:
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
We recently won a settlement against CBP on behalf of a Muslim family who were illegally detained at the US-Canada border.
The government cannot treat the border as a rights-free zone. aclu.org/news/immigrants-rig…
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
More than 90,000 Americans have died, and Trump is still diverting billions to cronies to build his dumb border wall. I've got a bill to transfer that funding to address COVID-19. Let’s add this ridiculous new $1.3B contract to the tab and pass this bill. washingtonpost.com/immigrati…
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
Border Patrol checkpoints also block access to medical care and other essential services for thousands of border residents. We're calling on DHS to suspend all CBP enforcement at interior checkpoints. aclu.org/letter/aclu-letter-…
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
Border Patrol is putting lives at risk by neglecting to wear protective gear at checkpoints. During a pandemic, the contact that officers have with border residents could become deadly. azpm.org/p/home-articles-new…
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
In the middle of a pandemic, the Trump administration is wasting billions of dollars that are desperately needed, and waiving bedrock safeguards like the clean air and water acts to build its border wall. Now more than ever, it’s time to #CancelTheWall sc.org/3aoiaDX
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
No one should be deterred from accessing essential medical or other services. @CBP must publicly assure border communities that it will refrain from such enforcement at sensitive locations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ACLU asks Border Patrol to stop arrests near hospitals, sensitive locations, via @bylauragomezr azmirror.com/blog/aclu-asks-…
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
*NEW*Alongside @ACLU_BRC and 20 orgs, we sent a letter to @USBPChiefTCA urging the agency to refrain from enforcement at sensitive locations (hospitals, schools, places of worship) & essential services (grocery stores, pharmacies, food banks). Read more: bit.ly/2RDqVTZ
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
Immigrants are being detained by CBP in El Paso in reportedly dangerous and unsanitary conditions — in close quarters without access to adequate medical care, soap, or even toilet paper — jeopardizing their lives. aclutx.org/sites/default/fil…
ACLU Border Rights Center retweeted
This health crisis must not be employed in ways that cause more harm. Military deployment at the border feeds xenophobia — it is not an evidence-based health intervention. military.com/daily-news/2020…