The Senate parliamentarian just recommended that a path to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, and Essential Workers should not be included in the budget reconciliation bill. We are disappointed to hear the news, but we know that this fight is far from over. 🧵👇🏾
We have spent decades fighting for a path to legalization for all undocumented immigrants in this country. We are not giving up now. Democrats in Congress can still keep their promise, without compromising on increased enforcement.
We expect them to use all the tools to get this done. They can do the following:

✅Dems can rework the legalization language and resubmit to the Parliamentarian;
✅Vice President Harris can overrule the parliamentarian;
✅The Senate leadership can fire the parliamentarian;
Democrats can end the filibuster; and
✅President Biden can use his power to end the detention and deportation machine.
Millions of people in this country have lived in the shadows for too long. Regardless of how much immigrants contribute to our communities, they are left behind, targeted by ICE, detained and deported. Enough is enough.
We can’t accept any more excuses. RAICES strongly urges President Biden and Democrats in Congress to keep their promise and use all the tools at their disposal to protect millions of undocumented people this year. #KeepThePromise

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20 Sep
We are absolutely disgusted by the Biden Administration's decision to deport thousands of Haitians one month after the devastating earthquake and storm that resulted in 2,200 deaths and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. 🧵👇🏾
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17 Sep
We are extremely disappointed in the Biden Administration's decision to appeal the federal court ruling that would block #Title42. @POTUS has a moral obligation to stop using T42 to harm families and children seeking asylum.

It is immoral and inhumane.

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We at RAICES have a front row seat to the horrors of Title 42. Our clients are stuck in Mexico. Families fleeing violence are turned away. U.S. and international Asylum law is flouted.
That’s why we joined forces with the @ACLU, @TXCivilRights, @CGRShastings, @Oxfam, @ACLUTx , and @ACLU_DC to fight back. Together we challenged the Title 42 expulsions in federal court.
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11 Sep
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we honor the lives lost in the attack, but we also acknowledge the thousands of lives, especially immigrants, who have been affected since.
In addition to the nearly 3,000 people who died on Sept. 11, approximately 801,000 people have been killed directly in the violence of the subsequent wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere.
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nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
MPP is a an abhorrent policy meant to cause the highest levels of suffering on people seeking asylum and safety for themselves and their families.
The program essentially destroyed the asylum process under the Trump administration, and now Judges that were appointed by that same administration are bringing it back.
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18 Aug
We have a moral obligation to protect, evacuate, and resettle Afghan allies who served our nation as special contractors before it is too late. They and their families face the very real threat of torture and even death at the hands of the Taliban for their support of our troops.
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RAICES has welcomed and resettled 116 Afghans –– including 79 children –– in the U.S. this year alone, and we are prepared to meet the current moment with deepened and expanded trauma-informed legal and social services.
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A few weeks ago we learned about horrific conditions at Fort Bliss. Pecos is the breaking point. Children are desperate. Some have been held for over 90 days. Uncooked food is making them sick. They’re not given adequate undergarments to stay clean.
Children at Pecos who are dealing with severe injuries are not receiving proper medical attention. One child’s nose broke and they refused to take him to the hospital.
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