The ability to seek asylum has been part of U.S. law since 1980 and is outlined under Article 14 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. So, allowing people to seek refuge in the United States is a human right we’ve committed to. Before we get…

Over the last nearly 100 days of the Trump administration, local police departments in at least five states, including Florida, Indiana, Maine, South Carolina and Texas, are partnering with ICE. You read that right. Through a government program known as 287(g), those local officers are helping this administration…

Many Latinos throughout the United States experience intense demands to assimilate into the country’s wider culture. This can often take the form of societal pressure to not speak Spanish and alter their accents, clothing, diets, and other practices. However, we’ve also been subjected to official forced assimilation efforts…

History is Repeating Itself Trump isn’t rolling out anything new — he’s copying past racial purges in American history and hoping no one remembers.The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked during WWII to justify imprisoning 120,000 Japanese-American citizens. Today, Trump is using the same law to paint Latinos…