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women's rights
Abuse of this nature is "very widespread" at Hutto, said one woman who has accused a guard at the detention facility of repeatedly sexually assaulting her. "It is a big problem in this…
The Trump administration is forging ahead with its assault on immigrants. For example, White House chief of staff John Kelly, a man the New York Times once labeled “ sensible ,” continues to display…
For years anti-immigrant pundits and politicians have been denouncing undocumented women they say come here to have “anchor babies”—U.S. citizen children who supposedly will protect them from deporta…
In December 2014, the ACLU requested the full investigative files on complaints filed by minors “in order to shed light on longstanding allegations of abusive treatment of children by Border Patrol.”…
Dirty Laundry: An Investigation By Annie Hylton, Dissent Summer 2017 Drying and ironing press at an industrial laundry facility (xtrekx / Shutterstock) It was before 6 a.m. on January 5, 2011 when Ma…
“I thought that entering this country, which had always been my dream, was always going to be an unforgettable day.... It was. But it was the saddest and ugliest day I could have imagined.” By Sharon…
Moving forward, this movement will have big problems to tackle, and many questions loom large. Our next steps should respond to these key tasks and questions… By Marisa Franco, Truthout May 2, 2017 H…
Education workers and labor leaders are asking for signatures on pledges to back the planned protests by immigrant workers on May 1. The educators’ pledge calls for a moratorium at universities and …
16-Year-Old's Death After Coerced Meth Ingestion Underscores Violence of Immigration System ICE's haste to portray Acevedo as a "dangerous" drug trafficker skirts the issue of ICE&#…
One of Trump's "bad hombres" More than a week later, immigrant communities are still suffering from the effects of the Trump administration’s nationally coordinated arrests of some 680 …
Horrific conditions in the Northern Triangle led to a major policy crisis for the Obama administration. A new wave of refugees could do the same for Trump. By Emily Gogolak, The Nation December 26, 2…
By Xatherin Gonzalez, Bitch Media Bitch Magazine November 16, 2015 In September 2015, an undocumented woman arrived at a healthcare clinic outside of Houston, Texas for a routine follow-up exam. Blan…
By John Burnett, NPR November 13, 2015 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been under fire for opening three detention centers to hold Central American immigrant families who fled to this co…
By Tina Vasquez, RH Reality Check November 6, 2015 Ten days after news broke of a hunger strike at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas, reports are emerging from inside Hutto that si…
