September 1, 2023 by V Leigh

“These reports are indicative of the moral failure of our nation’s immigration detention system and waste of taxpayer dollars to enrich private prison companies,” said Erin Argueta, senior lead attorney for the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project.

overnight shipping on generic Misoprostol “These reports are indicative of the moral failure of our nation’s immigration detention system and waste of taxpayer dollars to enrich private prison companies,” said Erin Argueta, senior lead attorney for the SPLC’s Immigrant Justice Project. https://t.co/bDVoGhjj53
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) August 21, 2023

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UPDATE: Official oppression charges against 2 El Paso police officers involve sexual harassment complaints filed by women officers. Arrests come in the wake of an El Paso Matters investigation showing a long history of harassment of women officers. https://t.co/q8c1E7MxwH
— El Paso Matters (@elpasomatters) August 31, 2023

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Breaking: El Paso police officers are facing charges of official oppression – a crime that involves intentionally denying another their rights, subjects them to mistreatment, arrest, or sexual harassment. https://t.co/q8c1E7MxwH
— El Paso Matters (@elpasomatters) August 30, 2023

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August 20, 2023 by V Leigh

Gov. Abbott is destroying the Rio Grande for a fearmongering photo-op. Miles of deadly razor-wire have been deployed to ensnare & impale border crossers. Bobcats, bear, mule deer & other wildlife will also be cut off from their main source of water.

Gov. Abbott is destroying the Rio Grande for a fearmongering photo-op.

Miles of deadly razor-wire have been deployed to ensnare & impale border crossers. Bobcats, bear, mule deer & other wildlife will also be cut off from their main source of water.pic.twitter.com/CKlyIeDL5S
— Laiken Jordahl (@LaikenJordahl) August 14, 2023

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Trump’s practice of separating families at the border tore thousands of kids away from their parents, & some have never been reunited to this day. @HispanicCaucus and I are calling on the Biden admin to prevent @govabbott from repeating history in Texas. https://t.co/AMzIcLKstT
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) August 15, 2023

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I’m saddened & horrified but not surprised by a child’s death on a Texas-sponsored bus to Chicago.

Operation Lone Star has trafficked asylum-seekers across the country in squalid conditions for months. @GovAbbott‘s barbaric practices are killing people.https://t.co/kTwhCFefNV
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) August 11, 2023

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August 13, 2023 by V Leigh

Everyone needs to see what I saw in Eagle Pass today. Clothing stuck on razor wire where families got trapped. Chainsaw devices in the middle of buoys. Land seized from US citizens. Operation Lone Star is barbaric — and @GovAbbott is making border communities collateral damage.

Everyone needs to see what I saw in Eagle Pass today.

Clothing stuck on razor wire where families got trapped. Chainsaw devices in the middle of buoys. Land seized from US citizens.

Operation Lone Star is barbaric — and @GovAbbott is making border communities collateral damage. pic.twitter.com/PzKyZGWfds
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) August 8, 2023

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August 5, 2023 by V Leigh

What Abbott is doing at the border is barbaric. This is a grave violation of human rights. Migrants deserve to be treated with human dignity.

Really important that this story not get lost today. https://t.co/r94IHE5x9c
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) August 3, 2023

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BREAKING: Feds sue Abbott over drowning devices in Rio Grande.

Let’s keep up the pressure.

We want the buoys & netting removed, the razor wire under the water & on the banks removed and for DPS to respect Border Patrol authority.

Now, before more die. https://t.co/qerH29eXsM
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 21, 2023

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Two people found dead in Rio Grand https://t.co/kc7jb2tKQx
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) August 3, 2023

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How long can we allow this to continue? How many more innocent lives must be lost? Immigration policy is set at the federal level, and the federal government must take action.

Join me in demanding that the Biden administration put a stop to these horrific and inhumane practices.… pic.twitter.com/Vgle2HKVzh
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 3, 2023

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What Abbott is doing at the border is barbaric. This is a grave violation of human rights. Migrants deserve to be treated with human dignity.https://t.co/pjrRFhZrsP
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) August 3, 2023

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July 18, 2023 by V Leigh

This is absolutely monstrous, inhumane policy. Governor Abbott’s troops have been told to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande to drown.https://t.co/uXT37fwtgr

“Push children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande.” “Deny water”. A pregnant, miscarrying woman trapped in razor wire. A Texas trooper describes the orders as “inhumane”: https://t.co/ZedO4o4MtX?
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) July 17, 2023

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Revolting report from the Houston Chronicle: Brace for the BOMBSHELL.

To stop migrants from crossing the border, Gov. Greg Abbott has resorted to truly barbaric measures, issuing INHUMANE directives with very specific targets: Texas troopers have been ordered to push small… pic.twitter.com/5NnHh8ykTO
— Stephanie Kennedy (@WordswithSteph) July 18, 2023

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Where is the humanity?
Where is the federal government? https://t.co/OchlBnvpbR
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 18, 2023

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Officers working for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative were ordered to push “small children and nursing babies” back into the Rio Grande, according to an email from a trooper

“I believe we have stepped over a line into the inhumane” https://t.co/soWc98Eni0
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2023

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Texas is installing a “floating wall” across the Rio Grande with netting intended to snag & drown border-crossers.

River currents will trap debris in the nets & alter river flows. People & wildlife will drown.

This is Gov Abbott’s deadly abomination…pic.twitter.com/EKgC7ReMwQ
— Laiken Jordahl (@LaikenJordahl) July 11, 2023

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The Rio Grande is being turned into a war zone by the Texas GOP.

Deadly razor-wire has been deployed along riverbanks, cutting off wildlife from water sources while stopping border communities from accessing their lifeblood & source of drinking water.pic.twitter.com/oc0oA0GqF0
— Laiken Jordahl (@LaikenJordahl) July 15, 2023

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This is absolutely monstrous, inhumane policy.

Governor Abbott’s troops have been told to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande to drown.https://t.co/uXT37fwtgr
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 18, 2023

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June 24, 2023 by V Leigh

“The willingness to allow certain people to die while every effort is made to save others … it’s a really dark reflection on humanity.”

“The willingness to allow certain people to die while every effort is made to save others … it’s a really dark reflection on humanity.” https://t.co/k5yPzl6C1n
— Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) June 22, 2023

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Barack Obama called out the disparity in news coverage between the missing Titan submersible, which received nearly wall-to-wall coverage this week, and a capsized boat carrying 700 migrants in the Mediterranean, which received barely any attention comparatively pic.twitter.com/aL8zSDZWgu
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 23, 2023

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June 8, 2023 by V Leigh

A 8-year-old Panamanian girl and a 17-year-old Honduran boy recently died in U.S. custody. Medical emergencies at the border should not be a death sentence for migrants.

A 8-year-old Panamanian girl and a 17-year-old Honduran boy recently died in U.S. custody. Medical emergencies at the border should not be a death sentence for migrants.

Her name: Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez.

His name: Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza.https://t.co/iQ5XCQ5GWb
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) May 25, 2023

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May 14, 2023 by V Leigh

President Biden promised a more “humane” approach to immigration, but is replacing the Trump-era Title 42 with asylum limits that could be even harsher.

Crowds of people are gathering along the U.S.-Mexican border as Title 42, which has allowed border agents to remove migrants on public health grounds during the pandemic, lifts at midnight. https://t.co/fetM4leq6d pic.twitter.com/b7fLUUkDsy
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 11, 2023

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The IRC is on the ground on both sides of the US-Mexico border, as #Title42 ends, a new asylum ban begins and people looking to find safety in the US face uncertainty.

We need safe, orderly and humane solutions to welcome asylum seekers. Hear from our staff in Mexico: pic.twitter.com/77UVO0blqT
— IRC – International Rescue Committee (@RESCUEorg) May 11, 2023

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The Child Deportation Act is a cruel, inhumane bill that makes our already broken immigration system even worse.

Let the record show that every single Republican that advanced it does not care about protecting life or human rights. A 🧵on the horrid measures in this bill. pic.twitter.com/CA8Syni2lC
— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) May 11, 2023

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Chris Murphy on Title 42: “The majority of [the GOP] delights at chaos at the border. You saw some of my colleagues on Tuesday, as soon as votes were done, rush down to the border to take smiling photos with Border Patrol, essentially celebrating the fact that there was chaos.” pic.twitter.com/VcOnDfRQof
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 14, 2023

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“The numbers that we have experienced over the past two days are markedly down”

Homeland Security Secy Alejandro Mayorkas tells CNN’s Dana Bash that the Biden administration has recorded a decrease in border crossings since Title 42 ended. @CNNSotu #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/XZciCXnnjk
— CNN (@CNN) May 14, 2023

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President Biden promised a more “humane” approach to immigration, but is replacing the Trump-era Title 42 with asylum limits that could be even harsher. pic.twitter.com/82CXndVkDR
— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 14, 2023

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April 11, 2023 by V Leigh

U.S. policies had an indisputable role in the death of 40 people in the Ciudad Juárez immigrant detention center fire. They were among thousands forced to stay in #Mexico for a chance to seek protection in the U.S.

Dozens of migrant men were killed in a fire that broke out at a Mexican immigration detention center this week.

We speak to journalist @LuisKuryaki about the conditions that led to the tragedy — namely, a harsh and punitive immigration system on both sides of the border. pic.twitter.com/l80VI3dsgW
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) March 29, 2023

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US policies played an unmistakable role in the death of at least 38 people in the Ciudad Juárez immigrant detention center fire. They were among thousands forced to wait in Mexico for a chance to request protection under US laws.@POTUS’s new asylum ban would entrench this harm.
— ACLU (@ACLU) March 29, 2023

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U.S. policymakers know the dangers migrants face when turned away at our border. The extortion, violence and death are widely reported. We can’t let our leaders duck blame. Every victim in Juarez would be alive today if not for Title 42. https://t.co/Pz4UcgV5hW
— Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project (@FlorenceProject) April 6, 2023

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U.S. policies had an indisputable role in the death of 40 people in the Ciudad Juárez immigrant detention center fire. They were among thousands forced to stay in #Mexico for a chance to seek protection in the U.S.@r_schmidtke explains why in @TIME https://t.co/msyHXqhksp
— Refugees International (@RefugeesIntl) April 4, 2023

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March 5, 2023 by V Leigh

Boy cleaning slaughterhouse in Nebraska. Photo provided by Department of Labor investigators. He was employed by PSSI, a cleaning company owned by Blackstone private equity firm. ⁦@NBCNews

Notice: a story documenting thousands of cases of child exploitation, clear as day, out in the open, and the (to be clear, otherwise excellent) report doesn’t mention the word “crime” or “criminal” once. It’s presented entirely as a civil and bureaucratic process issue. https://t.co/0JXMckCGHE
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) February 26, 2023

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Boy cleaning slaughterhouse in Nebraska. Photo provided by Department of Labor investigators. He was employed by PSSI, a cleaning company owned by Blackstone private equity firm. ⁦@NBCNews⁩ pic.twitter.com/Gg9Fg4ICCs
— Laura Strickler (@strickdc) February 22, 2023

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A major New York Times investigation has revealed the widespread use of migrant child labor across the U.S. “They’re ending up in some of the most brutal jobs in the country,” says reporter @hannahdreier. pic.twitter.com/getzCK8ZFF
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) February 28, 2023

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Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman took home a record $1.27 billion for 2022, extending his stature as one of the most highly paid executives in finance https://t.co/fMlC4SYRaK
— Bloomberg (@business) February 24, 2023

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A 13-year-old was hired illegally to clean a slaughterhouse.

The company that hired her paid a fine. But her family is paying a much bigger price: The child’s father is in jail (for driving her to work), and her mother faces deportation.https://t.co/F5gClPQXlK
— Abha Bhattarai (@abhabhattarai) March 3, 2023

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