Articles by: Alec Andersen

Trump administration misses deadline to reunite immigrant children with parents

Trump administration misses deadline to reunite immigrant children with parents

The Trump administration missed a court-imposed deadline Tuesday to reunite all young immigrant children who had been separated from their parents under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. In a separate ruling Monday, a federal judge in California ruled that families cannot be detained indefinitely during immigration proceedings. At the same time, the Trump administration continues to escalate its[Read More…]

by 10/07/2018 2 comments Human Rights
Trump using separated children to force “voluntary” deportations

Trump using separated children to force “voluntary” deportations

A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) document released by NBC News Monday has exposed the cynical effort by the Trump administration to use a court-ordered “family reunification” process to force immigrant parents with separated children into signing a document agreeing to deportation back to their country of origin. The new policy comes in response to a court order handed[Read More…]

by 05/07/2018 Comments are Disabled Human Rights