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Judge Bernardo P. Velasco criticizes Operation Streamline, calls policy...
Last week, the National Catholic Reporter ran an insightful and critical article on the impact of Operation Streamline (“A ‘maddening’ system, from courtrooms to shelters,” July 1st) in Tuscon,...
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Christian Century continues critical coverage of Op. Streamline in religious...
Last week, we reported on the excellent National Catholic Reporter article on Operation Streamline that included some harsh words on the program from Tuscon federal magistrate Bernardo P. Velasco....
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Op. Streamline swells Latino representation in federal prison system
More Latinos are going to prison, and not because they are committing more crimes than they did in the past.That’s the analysis behind an Associated Press (“More Hispanics go to federal prison,” June...
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Half all people sentenced to federal prisons are now Latino; Op. Streamline...
A full half of all people sentenced to federal prisons are now Latino while Latinos make up only 16% of the total population, according to a new report from the Associated Press (Garance Burke,...
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Operation Streamline Days of Action get underway in Texas and Arizona
This week, groups around the country will be holding press conferences, letter deliveries, and other actions to call on Congress to end Operation Streamline and the criminalization of...
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Victory - McAllen, TX City Commission Rejects Proposal to Build a New Private...
Grassroots Leadership and our allies are celebrating today as the McAllen, TX City Commission has rejected for-profit prison company GEO Group’s proposal to build a new private prison for immigrants!...
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Felony prosecutions of migrants at the border are on the rise and Arizona is...
According to researchers at Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), the first six months of FY 2014 have seen substantial changes in the criminal enforcement of immigration laws among those...
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Humpday Hall of Shame: Report exposes outrageous abuse and dangerous quotas...
Every year, the federal Bureau of Prisons subjects tens of thousands of immigrants to lengthy prison sentences simply for unlawfully crossing the border. A new report from the ACLU and ACLU of Texas...
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The year in review: 15 highlights of 2015 at Grassroots Leadership!
Full widthMassive march in Dilley, Texas to #EndFamillyDetention!As we finish up 2015, we thought we’d reflect on the year at Grassroots Leadership. We’ve had a terrific year of work and it couldn’t...
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The mass prosecution of migrants at the border, like mass incarceration, is...
Left alignToday, we published Indefensible: A decade of mass incarceration of migrants prosecuted for crossing the border with our partners at Justice Strategies. Read it online free now. Indefensible...
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