Up to 90% of immigrant and refugee children step into the role of translators for their own parents, and one in five pay for it with real psychological strain. Research also shows, however, that bilingualism can lead to academic success.
In its recent report titled “Agents of Chaos and Cruelty,” the ACLU documented hundreds of ICE enforcement incidents, displaying how aggressive immigration enforcement tactics have turned everyday community spaces into potential detention zones.
The California Legislature passed several immigration-related bills at the end of the 2025-26 legislative session, all of which now await a signature or veto from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Tohono O’odham Nation and U.S. Democratic congressional leaders join fight to stop Southern Arizona border wall construction on sovereign or protected lands
Proposition 314: What it is and how ACLU Arizona and community organizers are informing, preparing and protecting their communities against the law that targets migrants.
More people were arrested by immigration authorities in Arizona in July 2026 than any time in the previous four years, new data shows.
When adults explain rights to young people, it often sounds like a lecture. Young people explaining rights to each other sounds like a conversation. KidsKnowRights is a youth leadership nonprofit creating plain-language guides, pocket rights cards and workshops covering everyday situations such as police stops, school discipline and housing for teens and families.
A Humane Borders report found that migrants are still dying in the desert at consistent levels as in previous years, despite the Trump administration “closing the border.” Human rights activists argue the deaths were preventable.
Tucson-based news outlet The Border Chronicle hopes its ‘Wall Watch’ map can provide ‘continuous, realtime’ documentation of border infrastructure projects
In southern Arizona, border wall construction has sparked an environmental protest in which activists and citizens have set up camp around and atop grandmother cottonwood trees
