Isa Noyola

Apr 28, 2023 | truthout.org | Brett Wilkins |Chris Walker |Sharon Zhang |Isa Noyola

While welcoming parts of the Biden administration’s newly announced plans to expand refugee resettlement and family reunification parole in the Americas, migrant rights advocates on Thursday warned that provisions restricting the rights of asylum-seekers undermined the policy.

Mar 25, 2023 | truthout.org | Brett Wilkins |Isa Noyola |Sharon Zhang |Monika Langarica

In a move that critics say will push people to attempt more dangerous border crossings, the United States and Canada on Friday announced an agreement allowing both countries to block migrants from seeking asylum at unofficial points of entry. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosted U.S. President Joe Biden Friday in Ottawa, where the leaders announced the deal.

Mar 17, 2023 | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Isa Noyola |Adrianna Torres-García |Sharon Zhang

This week nearly 400 human rights groups urged the Biden administration not to revive the controversial practice of migrant family detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Biden ended family detention when he took office two years ago but is now reportedly reconsidering it as part of a wider crackdown as his administration prepares to phase out the contested Trump-era Title 42 pandemic policy used to expel over 2 million migrants without due process at the southern border.

Mar 8, 2023 | truthout.org | Jake Johnson |Isa Noyola |Sharon Zhang |Monika Langarica

Reports that the Biden administration is considering a plan to revive migrant family detentions drew outrage from members of the president’s own party on Tuesday, with Democratic lawmakers imploring the White House to reject the cruel practice that it largely shut down in late 2021. Rep.

Feb 28, 2023 | truthout.org | Julia Conley |Isa Noyola |Adrianna Torres-García |Monika Langarica

Immigrant rights groups celebrated a historic victory late Monday as a federal judge handed down what is believed to be the first-ever class action settlement over a workplace immigration raid in the United States, awarding $1.17 million to nearly 100 people who were targeted by the Trump administration in 2018.