Josh Rubin stood alone in the desert outside the sprawling Tornillo tent city where 3000 migrant children were being held. He watched as bus load after bus load of tired, anxious children disappeared into the detention center. One man witnessing what no one else saw began a movement. Josh Rubin and Witness at the Border
Josh Rubin stood alone in the desert outside the sprawling Tornillo tent city where 3000 migrant children were being held. He watched as bus load after bus load of tired, anxious children disappeared into the detention center. One man witnessing what no one else saw began a movement. Josh Rubin and Witness at the Border
In conversation with Peter Shey, class counsel in Flores, representing all detained immigrant children.
In conversation with Peter Shey, class counsel in Flores, representing all detained immigrant children.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has hundreds of children and parents locked away in “family residential centers” (FRCs) where they are completely vulnerable to the ravages of COVID. “The FRCs are on fire and there is no more time for half measures,” said Judge Dolly Gee on Friday, June 26, as she ordered ICE to
Last year, Dr. Dona Kim Murphey, Project Lifeline’s Director of Medical Initiatives, spent time in Matamoros Mexico meeting with refugee families who are stranded there by the administration’s remain in Mexico policy. Dona, who is bilingual, had haunting conversations with these asylum seekers about what had happened to them and the challenges they face living
Thousands of children detained by ORR (Office of Refugee Resettlement) in shelters and by ICE in “family residential centers” were, and still are, at an immediate and heightened risk of contracting COVID. On March 26, 2020 counsel for the children under the Flores Settlement filed an emergency action asking the court to order the release
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Hope Frye Executive Director hopefrye@gmail.com, (415) 328-5144 (San Antonio) Elena Jiménez Gutiérrez, MD ej5de@virginia.edu, (919) 923-1695 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has hundreds of children and parents locked away in “family residential centers” (FRCs) where they are completely vulnerable to the ravages of COVID. “The FRCs are on fire
Project Lifeline introduces “Podcasts from the Edge of Humanity”, a series where we sit down with the folks working around the clock to help immigrant children. We're going to tell it like it is as we discuss important news and take a deep dive into our guest's work. We'll share what they're seeing on the ground
Legal and medical professionals unite launching open letter sign on campaign to demand an end to Trump’s cruel MPP policy! Doctors for America and Project Lifeline are leveraging the unique alliance of legal and medical professionals that has formed to meet the unprecedented needs at the border, to demand an end to MPP and the
