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Petition to Extradite Honduras Ex-President Points to How U.S Policy has Backfired in Central America
In response to the U.S. government formally requesting the extradition of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández on drug trafficking charges, Alianza Americas and Presente.org released the following statement.
Migrant Groups: Keep Dehumanizing Ankle ‘Chains’ Out of Biden’s New At-Home Detention Program
According to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notice viewed by Reuters, and as reported on February 8 by Axios, the Biden administration is launching a new 120-day pilot program that will place people who migrate under house arrest. The Biden administration is moving to expand alternatives-to-detention in the face of widespread evidence that there is no need to detain migrants in order to ensure their appearance in immigration court.
Migrant Groups: End Detention and Reinvest in Legal Representation for Those Facing Deportation
In a letter released on Feb. 1 to the Biden administration and congressional leaders, Alianza Americas and Presente.org join a coalition of 149 advocacy groups, led by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Immigration Council, to call for ending detention and increasing the funds that would guarantee the right to legal counsel to those facing deportation proceedings.
Detentions are Soaring Under Biden. Migrant Organizations Demand #FreedomForAll
Immigration detention in the United States dropped significantly once the COVID-19 pandemic started—but under the Biden administration, detentions are surging. Book-ins to detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBP) officers increased by 102% between 2020 to 2021.
INVESTORS AND ACTIVISTS APPLAUD BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S RULING THAT DECLARES BUILDING PRISONS WITH COVID RELIEF FUNDS AN INELIGIBLE USE OF FEDERAL DOLLARS
(New York, NY) Investors and activists are applauding a major victory as the Treasury Department released their Final Rule on State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for the American Rescue Plan Act. The updated rule language makes state plans to use COVID-19 relief funds to construct new prisons ineligible.