How Far Will Trump Go to Get his Border Wall? We’re Demanding Answers.

President Trump continues his pursuit of a pointless, destructive border wall at all costs. 

By Shaw Drake, David Donatti

Photo: Immigrants' rights supporters lined up to march alongside a stretch of Border Wall in El Paso, Texas

We’re Suing to Make Sure that CBP Can’t Keep Asylum Seekers from Their Lawyers

Kate Huddleston, Equal Justice Works Fellow, ACLU of Texas

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By Kate Huddleston

ICE Processing Center

“Disgusting subhuman shit:” Border Patrol Agent’s Actions and Attitudes Reflect Agency’s Violent Culture

While on duty in 2017, Border Patrol agent Matthew Bowen was driving in a government-issued pickup truck when he saw Antolin Rolando Lopez-Aguilar, a migrant from Guatemala, attempting to cross into the United States.

By Cynthia Pompa

Border Patrol Agent

A Border Officer Told Me I Couldn’t Opt Out of the Face Recognition Scan. They Were Wrong.

“Look at the camera,” a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer told me as I approached the primary inspection point at the Paso del Norte port of entry.

By Shaw Drake

CBP agent scanning the face of a young woman using his smart phone

Trump’s War on Asylum-Seekers is Endangering Pregnant Women

The view from the Matamoros, Mexico side of the Rio Grande — just across from Brownsville, Texas — reveals an unsettling scene.

By Rochelle Garza

Matamoros Families MPP

How Students, Parents, and Teachers Can Address Discrimination in Schools

By Brian Klosterboer

Image: A stylized photo shows a school building with a flag pole in front.

Know Your Rights: What to do if ICE Comes to Your Home

By Edgar Saldivar, Imelda Mejia

Raid ICE immigration immigrant

TX Legislature in Review: Immigrants’ Rights

Immigration and immigrants’ rights are hot button topics for civil rights supporters in Texas, but during the 86th Texas Legislature, our elected officials reviewed a lot of policy yet did very little on the issues. 

By Matthew Simpson

Immigrants rights blog

Behind the Scenes of the 86th Texas Legislature

By Matthew Simpson

Austin Capitol