Portside

"Border walls are ineffective, a poor use of taxpayer funds, and a strain on the local environment, endangering families and children who are fleeing from dangerous conditions and that seek legal asylum in the United States."

We do not accept New York City and State officials’ cruel response to asylum seekers, scapegoating new arrivals to defund public goods for everyone. Mayor Eric Adams announced a city hiring freeze, cuts of 15% for all New York City public agencies.

This time we have an opportunity to make right a crime committed in the immediate past while all the co-conspirators and perpetrators are still alive

The facility has a history of human rights violations that compromise the safety, health, and rights of detained people

I have lived it and I have suffered through it and I know that when people say “get in line,” there is no line. I am here to try to change the system so that people have a pathway and if they choose to become a citizen, they can.

Many victims were asylum-seekers attacked or killed by the gangs they originally fled.

Human Rights Watch says 138 Salvadorans were murdered from 2013 to 2019 and 70 others were abused or sexually assaulted.

Prospects of reaching the U.S. border are remote after Trump’s crackdown on migration as Mexico and Guatemala tighten control on migrants

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Plaintiffs claim under 10% of women and children at a center in Texas pass their initial ‘credible fear’ interview, down from 97%