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US 'War on Terror' Has Killed Over 801,000 People at Cost of $6.4 Trillion
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Privacy Rights Group Demands Answers From Trump Administration on 'Coercive' DNA Testing at Border Crossings
Julia Conley, staff writer
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says the use of DNA testing "to establish family relationships in the refugee context...can have serious implications for the right to privacy and family unity."
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'Relentless Cruelty': Proposed Trump Administration Rule Would Keep Asylum-Seekers From Applying for Work Permits for a Year
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
As seen through fencing, migrants—including a young child—stand while being detained by Department of Homeland Security police after crossing to the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, on June 27, 2019 in El Paso, Texas.
"Trump is willing to hurt our economy just so that he can hurt immigrants first...
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#NoMusicForICE: 300+ Musicians Pledge to Boycott Amazon-Sponsored Events and Partnerships Over Contracts With US Agencies
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
No Music For ICE
"Nobody should ever have to live under the kind terrorism that ICE has...
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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 16, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
'She Should Be Shunned': Fortune Magazine Holds Fast Despite Outrage Over Kirstjen Nielsen's Presence at Women's Summit
Then-Deputy Commissioner of U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Kevin McAleenan
'We Will Not Forget His Cruelty,' Declare Rights Advocates After DHS Chief Kevin McAleenan Resigns
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan faces protesters at a Georgetown immigration law and policy conference, on Monday, October 7.
Because What Kevin McAleenan's DHS Does Speaks "Louder Than His Words," Activists Boo Him Offstage
A woman from Honduras holds her child
Federal Lawsuit Naming Top Trump Officials Seeks Damages for 'Horrific' Trauma Imposed on Separated Children and Families
As seen through fencing, migrants—including a young child—stand while being detained by Department of Homeland Security police after crossing to the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, on June 27, 2019 in El Paso, Texas.
'Dystopian' Plan by Trump Administration to Harvest DNA From Undocumented Immigrants Draws Outrage From Rights Advocates
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 16, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
'No Soft Landing': Former DHS Head Kirstjen Nielsen Leaves Atlantic Ideas Festival Stage After Outrage From Grassroots Movement
House Democrats Denounce DHS For Blocking Lawmakers' Access to Detention Centers Amid Reports of Rampant Abuse
'This Will Cause Irreparable Harm': Horror as Trump DHS Announces Rule to Allow Indefinite Detention of Migrant Families
Lawsuit on Behalf of 55,000 Migrants Accuses Trump Administration of Torture in ICE Detention Centers
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Amid Trump's Disingenuous Vow for Unity, Rights Groups Say ICE Raids in Mississippi Only 'Sow Fear, Pain, and Discord'
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Jewish Protesters Arrested at LA Office of Private Prison Company That Runs ICE 'Concentration Camps'
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost
33 House Democrats Demand Resignation of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Over Secret Facebook Group

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Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Sues DHS to Obtain Information About the Agency’s Use of Rapid DNA Testing on Migrant Families at the Border
Amnesty International
Trump Administration Uses Disaster Relief to Fund a Disaster of Its Own Making
Amnesty International - USA
Congress Must Reject Inhumane DHS Policy Proposals
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
Lawsuit Alleges ICE, DHS, and Vermont DMV Targeting Immigrant Leaders in Retaliation for Activis
Credo Action
Activists Protest Outside "Child Snatcher" DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's Northern Virginia Home Demanding Her Resignation...
Free Press
More Than 40 Racial-Justice and Civil-Liberties Groups Call on DHS to Release Inflammatory 'Race Paper'...
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