"The general trend remains the same: a willingness to demonize migrants and the strong arm tactic of policing and incarceration..."

"The number of missing [asylum] cases just last month is more than the 63,734 asylum applications received by the Immigration Courts during all of FY 2015."

The debacle of the zero-tolerance policy and the botched response from HHS resulted in untold damage among families and caused immeasurable trauma to thousands of children.

By persuading two major pension funds to divest their holdings in CoreCivic and GEO Group, Ms. Goldman aims to shrink financial support for the for-profit prison industry.

The DONE Act represents an important step toward building a humane, dignified immigration system. Congress needs to act now to stop the growth of a system rife with human rights abuses and enact proven alternatives.

"We see ourselves as part of a broader movement comprised of many allies ... in which immigration detention does not exist, and in which universal representation in immigration court does."

by Cindy KnoebelThis continues our series highlighting women whose work and activism are helping immigrants caught in the dragnet of our country's immigration system.Lucia Martel-Dow is Director of Immigration and Social Services for Canal Alliance, a nonprofit champion of immigrants challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar

"My country is in chaos," Noheli says. "I'm afraid for my children."

In order to support immigrants ensnared in the immigration detention system, advocates and attorneys need to join forces, not work at cross purposes.