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When School and Sports Aren’t Safe: Massachusetts Faces Identity-Based Bullying:

When School and Sports Aren’t Safe: Massachusetts Faces Identity-Based Bullying Simone and Albert: At a moment when the federal government has abandoned its role, progressive states must step up and stand firmly with students.

Why ICE-free courthouses matter...

The Trial Court’s “Soft Diplomacy” With ICE Is Not a Strategy. It’s Surrender. By Brooke Simone and Joshua Dankoff

In the wake of César Chávez, accountability must center survivors while resisting racist narratives about Latinx communities:

Reckoning with César Chávez: Beyond “Sí Se Puede” By Iván Espinoza-Madrigal

Seven Allston Car Wash workers detained in ICE raid file complaint against DHS

Seven Allston Car Wash workers detained in ICE raid file complaint in potential lawsuit against DHS The employees, who are immigrants, are seeking a million dollars each in damages, claiming violations of the U.S. Constitution and physical and mental distress.

Lawyers for Civil Rights' latest case holding ICE accountable:

“ICE rounded up employees working outside of the car wash bay and building in one sweep, without any questioning first, based solely on the fact that they worked at a car wash — a job with a predominantly immigrant workforce — and their race and language," read the complaint.

Allston Car Wash workers detained by ICE file complaint, claim civil rights violations - The Boston Globe The complaint says ICE agents conducted a warrantless search without probable cause, racially profiling the workers and denying them due process.

Today, the front page of the Boston Globe featured Kenia and her family, Lawyers for Civil Rights clients in a federal lawsuit after ICE shattered their car window while they were driving to church on Mother’s Day. Kenia and her young children endured ICE brutality. Now, LCR is fighting for accountability. Read Kenia's story here:

Months after her husband was violently arrested by ICE, this Chelsea mother says her life has unraveled - The Boston Globe Daniel Flores-Martinez, 40, was deported to Mexico last year after agents pulled the family’s SUV over while they were on their way to church on Mother’s Day.