“Whoever Saves a Life, Saves a World”: On the Death of Carlos Spector, El Paso Immigration Attorney
He saved numerous lives by winning Mexican asylum cases that many said would be impossible to win.
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Cruelty as Border Policy: The Biden Administration Keeps in Place CBP’s “Consequence Delivery System”
Biden is maintaining long-standing deterrence policies that systematically create suffering for migrant families, according to new CBP documents obtained by the National Immigrant Justice Center
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