We and 193 other organizations joined a sign-on letter to President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas, and Acting Director Lechleitner about ending solitary confinement in all immigration detention centers.

Several groups representing immigrants and asylum seekers have rallied last week in front of U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler’s San Francisco office as a potential deal on immigration and Ukraine aid looms. Rallygoers said they were seeking to get her reassurance of a vote against a likely congressional deal that would trade concessions on border funding and put a cap on asylum applications in exchange for aid to Ukraine.