Alex Padilla: “It’s déjà vu all over again. Not only did this Senate, on a bipartisan basis, reject a similar measure legislatively…”

Despite these statutory protections, ORR has nevertheless taken drastic steps to gut legal representation for children.

There remains an urgent public purpose for the New River and Imperial County authorizations, given that an estimated 60 million gallons of water flow through the New River into the United States at Calexico each day.

The new guidance might encourage staff to avoid helping residents vote.

For these reasons and our deep concern regarding the treatment and protection of unaccompanied children, we call for an independent, timely, transparent, and public investigation at both the state and federal level into this award.