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  • Biden Administration Must Treat All Asylum Seekers at Border Equally
  • Biden’s Marijuana Plans Unfairly Exclude Immigrants
    (San Francisco, CA)--The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is pleased President Biden recognized the unjust punishment that the federal criminal system has inflicted on people who have used marijuana, and the disproportionate impact on Black people and people of color, and that he pardoned those with federal convictions. However, while the President states his goal is to alleviate “collateral consequences” of a drug conviction, his statement ignores one of the worst collateral consequences affecting communities of color: the cruel and bizarre punishments that are imposed on immigrants in the name of marijuana enforcement.   
  • Fifth Circuit Court Fails to Fortify DACA, Sends Issue Back to Lower Court to Consider New Rule
    (San Francisco, CA)--The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday failed to fortify the DACA program, and ordered a lower court to review the program in light of the final rule issued by the Biden Administration that is set to take effect on Oct. 31. 
  • New Report Makes Clear: As Detention Capacity Increases, So Do ICE Arrests
    Washington, DC — A new report from Detention Watch Network, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and Ceres Policy Research outlines the direct link between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests and the availability and capacity of immigration detention centers. The report - If You Build It, ICE Will Fill It - demonstrates that immigrants in counties with more detention space and counties with an overall higher carceral capacity are significantly more likely to be arrested and detained by ICE. 
  • Biden Administration Partners with Private Prisons to Kill Popular CA Law to End Private Detention
    Pasadena, CA - Today, an en banc 11-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that GEO could block California’s AB 32 (People not Profit, Bonta) from going into effect for the duration of the lawsuit, pending further review from District Court. AB 32 is a state law signed in 2019 which banned private prisons and private immigration detention centers in the state. A federal district court judge had largely upheld the law in the fall of 2020. But a three judge panel erroneously held that key sections of the law were likely unconstitutional in 2021, and today, 8 of the 11 en banc judges panel of the Ninth Circuit once again sided with GEO and the Federal Government. 
  • Rep. Joaquin Castro, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Maria Hinojosa, Honored at 2022 Burton Awards Ceremony
    (San Francisco, CA)—Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Maria Hinojosa were honored at the 2022 Phillip Burton Immigration & Civil Rights Awards for their work to significantly advance the civil rights of all immigrants. The awards ceremony, held on Sept. 14, 2022, was the first time the event was held in person since 2019, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Named after the late Congressman Phillip Burton, U.S. Representative from California (1964-1983), the awards recognize those who carry on Congressman Burton’s legacy in support of immigrant and human rights.