While many states have moved away from the death penalty, the Justice Department plans to execute five people on death row.
Update: In June 2020, the Supreme Court refused to hear a death penalty case, clearing the way for federal government to resume executions. Arnie Alpert, who wrote this piece in 2019, had worked to abolish the death penalty in New Hampshire as a staff member with AFSC.
We did it! On Saturday, Aug. 3, we got word that the largest detention facility for migrant children in the country – in Homestead, Florida – was empty. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has said that most of the children formerly held there were united with their sponsors and families, while some were transferred to smaller, state-licensed facilities. We are following this as news keeps breaking.
Together, we’ve made a huge impact!
Immigrant communities continue to face numerous attacks under the Trump administration. Many of these attacks are carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, ICE and CBP continue to separate loved ones, terrorize communities, and lock up immigrants in inhumane conditions which place them at higher risk for contracting the virus.
As a person of color in the United States, I have endured many things, including people who would question my right to be in certain places— suggesting that, as a Black woman, I got there unfairly and that I was somehow not deserving of basic rights white folks take for granted.