From San Ignacio to Big Bend, border wall construction harms land, water, and life The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) condemns
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NNIRR joins the growing chorus condemning the construction of a 528-bed detention facility for unaccompanied minors, other children and families in Alexandria, Louisiana at
The passage of the 2025 ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ highlighted significant taxpayer spending on border militarization, though it was neither the first instance nor the
In less than one week, two families were shattered by ICE violence. On July 7, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old father of three, was
NNIRR joined civil society, advocates, and governments from around the world in early May at the 2026 International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) at the
Image Source: Carlin Stiehl, Los Angeles Times via Getty Images This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In late
Days before President Donald Trump unleashed federal immigration agents to raid sites spanning from California’s biggest cities to its agricultural heartland, sparking protests in
For years, NNIRR has used international human rights standards to remind governments that crossing a border without documentation or overstaying a permit does not
According to their most recent update, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) currently detains 46,269 people as of March 9, 2025, the highest number of
There is no “border crisis” — or at least not the kind they want you to imagine This month, Republican vice presidential candidate JD