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Refugees at the US-Mexican Border

Nationwide - Immigrant justice, faith-based and civil rights organizations are continuing to mobilize #CloseTheCamp actions across the country.

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The migration of U.S.-born minors from the U.S. to Mexico presents unique challenges to the minors themselves, as well as to their families and their communities.

I was arrested blocking access to a migrant detention facility. More and more U.S. Jews recognize the urgent moral necessity of doing more than just marching against these grave human rights abuses: That's what 'Never Again' really means.

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The drawings depict time spent in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Some of the children's images appeared to show stick figures with frowns and people on floors under blankets.

"From abolitionism to Standing Rock, Americans have come together time and again to defy horrific injustice. Now, as the government tries to normalize concentration camps, it is time like never before to target those responsible."

“Issues of race and gender are not extra-credit points in being a good Democrat,” she says. “They are a core part of the . . . competencies that a President needs."