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Improving Asylum at and Beyond the U.S. Border: The Case for a Fair and Effective Protection Framework With a Modern Border and Reception System

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµreport, Improving Asylum at and Beyond the U.S. Border, explores how the Trump administration’s attacks on asylum and other humanitarian protections are weakening the U.S. immigration system already on the brink of collapse. The report argues that gutting asylum not only sends people with valid asylum claims to countries where they death but also disincentivizes people from seeking legal pathways.


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Agents of Chaos and Cruelty: How the Trump Administration's National Deportation Policing Force Has Attacked American Communities

This ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµresearch report, Agents of Chaos and Cruelty, documents widespread civil rights violations carried out by immigration agents during the first year of President Trump’s second term. The report examines immigration enforcement incidents in eight states – representing a cross-section of the country and reflecting varying degrees of federal law enforcement presence and personnel surges – and found that over 400 of the more than 1,200 immigration enforcement incidents examined involved misconduct by immigration agents. The report ends with detailed recommendations urging policymakers to call for transformative change to our immigration system, in recognition that it is broken and dangerous to human rights.

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights



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Published twice a year, ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµMagazine shares updates on the ACLU's critical litigation and advocacy work across the country and tells the stories of the activists, attorneys, and clients at the heart of each case and campaign. To receive ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµMagazine by mail, become a monthly donor today.