Immigration

The Dust Gets Everywhere: A Lawyer's Account from Inside a Texas Detention Center

The Dust Gets Everywhere: A Lawyer's Account from Inside a Texas Detention Center

Written by Amy Powell, Litigation Director at L4GG — a firsthand account from inside a Texas detention center holding up to 5,000 people, almost none with legal representation, and the urgent infrastructure L4GG is building through its Detention Bridge Project to change that.

Starve, Wait, or Go Back: The Cruelty Behind the Attack on Asylum Work Permits

Starve, Wait, or Go Back: The Cruelty Behind the Attack on Asylum Work Permits

Written by Estuardo Cifuentes, Project Corazon Program Manager at L4GG — the Trump administration's proposal to strip asylum seekers of the right to work while their cases are pending isn't a policy reform: it's a deliberate strategy of suffering designed to make seeking asylum unbearable.

Project Corazón’s Estuardo Cifuentes: The Human Cost of Reimplementing MPP

Project Corazón’s Estuardo Cifuentes: The Human Cost of Reimplementing MPP

Written by Estuardo Cifuentes, Project Corazón Program Manager at L4GG — as a survivor of the original "Remain in Mexico" program, Cifuentes speaks from firsthand experience: the Migrant Protection Protocols don't protect migrants, they condemn them to violence, denial of due process, and impossible conditions at the border.