Immigrant Rights Organizations Outline Actions for the Biden Administration to Take Immediate to Prevent Further Harm Under Remain in Mexico Following Supreme Court Decision

July 20, 2022 To: Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United StatesHon. Kamala D. Harris Vice President of the United States CC: Hon. Merrick B. Garland Attorney GeneralHon. Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Hon. Antony Blinken Secretary of the Department of State Re: Immediate Actions that the Biden Administration Should Take to Prevent Further …

Glades County Sheriff's Office

Letter to DHS: Close Glades County Detention Center

April 20, 2022 The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2707 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE Washington, DC 20528 Re: PETITION Requesting the Administration to Abstain from Renewing Contract with Glades County (Florida) with a Performance Period End Date of April 30, 2022. Dear Secretary Mayorkas, The undersigned Florida …

Border patrol agent with immigrant children

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Consistent Failure to Comply with the Terms of the Flores Settlement Agreement and Their Own Standards on the Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search of Unaccompanied Children

April 6, 2022 Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice), on behalf of their clients, submit this administrative complaint to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detailing Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s failure to adhere to their own standards on the Transport, Escort, Detention and Search (TEDS)1 of Unaccompanied Children (UC) as well as their failure to comply with the terms …

Southern Border

300+ immigrant and human rights organizations demand Biden end Title 42

Submitted via email March 10, 2022 Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris: For nearly two years the U.S. government has ruthlessly blocked and expelled people seeking protection at the southern border without allowing them to apply for asylum, as U.S. and international law requires. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began expulsions under the Trump administration using orders by …

73 organizations urge Governor DeSantis to continue to license shelters caring for unaccompanied children

December 20, 2021 Governor DeSantis: The 73 undersigned experts in child welfare and well-being write to you with alarm regarding your September 28 Executive Order and the state’s subsequent December 10 emergency rule related to unaccompanied children who reside in group homes and with foster families in Florida. As organizations based in Florida and around the country, we urge you …

Border patrol agent with immigrant children

242 immigrants’ rights organizations urge the Biden administration to permanently end Remain in Mexico and Title 42 policies

December 17, 2021 By Email Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris: We, the undersigned 242 organizations, write in dismay at the administration’s decision to expand the Remain in Mexico policy and deploy it in tandem with Title 42 in order to turn away to danger families and individuals who are seeking safety in the United States. Nearly eleven months …