Helen Hazelwood Isaac, Melissa García Vélez, and Marlen Fernández
Youth immigrant activists Melissa García Veléz and Marlen Fernández return to NACLA Radio in a special episode following the Trump administration's announcement that it will rescind DACA.
Lawyers and other volunteers have provided assistance to women and child refugees in family detention centers since 2014. Under Trump, uncertainty reigns.
An undocumented woman's efforts to seek protection against her abusive ex boyfriend led to her arrest by immigration agents. But there's more to the story: her ex, a U.S. citizen, is a convicted international drug trafficker.
Beyond pronouncements of “sanctuary,” cities and states can protect the immigrant community by guaranteeing legal representation to all—no matter their immigration status.