Living in Limbo: A dispatch from the frontlines of our fight against indefinite detention

“Every day you get tired from thinking, ‘Am I going to be released after one month, two months, three months?’ But every day it’s ‘tomorrow’ and it’s never finished.”

By Katie Hoeppner

Otero County Processing Center

The Future We Believe In

A bold plan to transform the landscape of freedom in the post-Martinez era

By Peter Simonson

Women holding a sign that says "Women Resist"

Cruelty Without Boundary: Inside the Family Separation Crisis

"The agents didn’t say anything about where they were going to take my son,” said Samuel*, from behind a glass partition. “They just took him away. And then they told me I was going to jail. I’ve never been to jail. This has never happened before.”

By Kristin Greer Love

Young child grabbing his parent's leg, crying

From the Desk of Executive Director Peter Simonson

The path to making America great again is not paved with cruelty, arrogance, and selfishness. It is lit by the same values that draw immigrants to our shores: freedom, fairness, and justice.

By Peter Simonson

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Jail Over Justice

Fourteen months ago Manuel Pérez* lay on the ground unconscious in the sloping mountains of Sierra de los Cuchamatanes, Guatemala. His skull was fractured. His teeth were broken. And his brain was hemorrhaging blood.

By Katie Hoeppner

Cibola Detention Center

Senators Udall and Heinrich Step up for Borderlands

Just when Southwest border communities most needed a few champions in their corner, NM Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich stepped forward and answered the call. This week they rejected two immigration proposals in Congress that would have squandered $25 billion to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Our senators understand that Dreamers’ lives cannot be ransomed in a cynical tradeoff for President Trump’s wasteful, damaging wall. We need a permanent solution for immigrant youth that does not sacrifice the interests of border communities.

By Peter Simonson

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Lives in the Balance

Trump’s Deportation Machine Sets Its Sights on New Mexico

By Katie Hoeppner

Immigration and Customs Enforcement suiting up

Breaking – Federal judge issues preliminary injunction halting deportation of Iraqis facing persecution

Today, we celebrate an extraordinary victory.

By Katie Hoeppner

Abbas with his wife Brenda

Albuquerque Stands with Iraqi Refuge; Succeeds in Causing Deportation Delay

 “Justice for Kadhim! Justice for Kadhim! Justice for Kadhim!”

By Katie Hoeppner

Protesters hold posters that read "Don't deport Kadhim" and "I stand with refugees.  No ban. No wall."