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      Nearly 400 Rights Groups Demand Biden Permanently End Family Detention

      "No version of family detention, whether referred to as a detention facility, short-term processing center, emergency family staging center, or by any other name, is acceptable," the groups said.

      Julia Conley
      Mar 15, 2023

      Nearly 400 immigration justice and other advocacy groups on Wednesday added their voices to the call for President Joe Biden to reject family detention, amid reports that the White House is considering a revival of the practice that was used by the Trump and Obama administrations—despite the fact that it subjected thousands of families to numerous abuses and trauma.

      The ACLU, Bend the Arc, and the National Immigration Law Center were among 383 groups that sent a letter to Biden Wednesday morning, calling on the president to keep the pledge he made when he took office in 2021 "to end family detention and to pursue just, compassionate, and humane immigration policies."

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      Immigrants Win 'Unprecedented' Settlement Over Violent ICE Raid in Tennessee

      "Today's ruling is a testament to the incredible power and resiliency of immigrant workers and their communities," said one advocate.

      Julia Conley
      Feb 28, 2023

      Immigrant rights groups celebrated a historic victory late Monday as a federal judge handed down what is believed to be the first-ever class action settlement over a workplace immigration raid in the United States, awarding $1.17 million to nearly 100 people who were targeted by the Trump administration in 2018.

      Most of the plaintiffs will receive more than $5,700 each, while a total of $475,000 will be split between six people who the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee found were eligible to be compensated for "negligent or wrongful acts by agents of the federal government," The New York Timesreported Monday.

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      AOC Casts House Dems' Sole Vote Against Omnibus Spending Bill

      "The dramatic increase in DHS and ICE spending... cuts against the promises our party has made to immigrant communities across the country," Ocasio-Cortez explained as the $1.7 trillion package passed the lower chamber Friday.

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 23, 2022

      Citing the increased immigration enforcement and military funding it contains, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday cast the sole Democratic House vote against a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package.

      In the final vote of the 117th Congress, House lawmakers passed the sweeping spending bill 225-201-1, with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) voting "present" and nine Republican lawmakers crossing party lines to support the measure. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden's desk for signing.

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