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From Access to Belonging: How Mentorship Changes the Way Young People See Themselves
Tags Share Some of the most important lessons I learned did not come from a classroom or a textbook. They came from folding clothes at Abraham’s, a local clothing store in Indianola, Mississippi, and serving customers during a Chick-fil-A lunch rush. Long before I had a title or a clear plan for the future, I
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Protecting Local Democracy in Queens
Tags Share Often hailed as the world’s borough, Queens is one of the most diverse places in the United States. Walking through Diversity Plaza, it is easy to hear a few dozen of the hundreds of languages spoken in Queens. It is also the perfect place to indulge in jhol momos, watch a traditional Filipino
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Outgrowing the Yard: The Reality of Off-Campus Life at Howard University
Tags Share Every spring at Howard University, a familiar anxiety returns for rising juniors and seniors: the Fall Housing Application. For many, this moment signals the end of living within the relative stability of university-managed housing and the beginning of a scramble to secure safe, affordable, and accessible off-campus accommodations. Students often enter this process
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WIVB4: ICE agents will no longer have access to detainees’ mail at Batavia facility
WIVB4 reports that ICE agents working at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia will no longer have access to confidential mail belonging to detainees following a court settlement. The lawsuit was originally brought against the Department of Homeland Security and the Batavia facility following allegations that the facility revised its policy to permit ICE…
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VICTORY: Settlement Secures First Amendment Protections for Immigrants Detained in Buffalo ICE Detention Facility
Tags Share MEDIA CONTACT: NYCLU Media, 212-607-3360, media@nyclu.org NEW YORK, NY – Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York (PLS), the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, and Covington & Burling LLC announced a settlement in PLS v. DHS that ensures all privileged legal mail sent to immigrants detained in the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (commonly known as Batavia) remains secure and
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PIX11: What happens after an ICE arrest?
Speaking with PIX11, our Vice President of Advocacy and Litigation, Anthony Enriquez, explains the systems of abuse and power that underlie ICE arrests. Enriquez explains that when people are arrested and processed, they are often moved, and “that power is abused to punish people.” “What we really need to do is take a hard look…
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Prisoners’ Legal Services v. Department of Homeland Security: Protecting the First Amendment and attorney-client privilege in immigration detention
Immigration detention center Buffalo Federal Detention Facility ends practice of opening, copying, and retaining privileged legal documents transmitted to detained people after lawsuit.
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Bledsoe v. Willis: Standing up to malicious prosecution
This case challenges the malicious prosecution for burglary of an innocent handyman sent to repair a broken window, part of a pattern by Louisiana authorities of unjustified prosecution and coerced plea bargaining.
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Slate: ICE Has a New Foe: Miscarrying Women in Trump DHS Custody
Referencing a newly-released letter from the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center and other advocacy groups, Slate details chilling accounts of medical neglect and abuse endured by pregnant and postpartum women in ICE detention
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Ethical Society of Police v. Bondi: Preserving racial-justice mediation
This case challenges the illegal closure of the Community Relations Service, a federal agency created by Congress to mediate the most volatile conflicts, bridging divides among diverse communities, and safeguarding civil rights for the vulnerable.
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The Guardian: Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
A new investigation reveals that the Department of Homeland Security’s internal civil rights watchdog system has been dismantled to the point of near-collapse, just as the Trump administration accelerates aggressive immigration enforcement.
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The Independent: Miscarriages, infections, neglect: The pregnant women detained by ICE
Referencing a recent report from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and partner organizations, The Independent details medical neglect and harrowing abuses against pregnant women inside ICE detention
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