📢 Power to the People News — December 17, 2025 | Updates and Actions You Can Take Today
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👶 Feminist Organizations Are Fighting for Migrant Children at the Border
Feminist advocacy groups are organizing legal aid, humanitarian assistance, and policy advocacy to protect migrant children at the U.S. border. The work tirelessly to reunite families, challenge detention practices, and address trauma experienced by children in custody. Organizers emphasize the intersection of immigration justice and gender equity. Their work seeks long-term structural reforms alongside immediate relief. — Ms. Magazine
✈️ Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
Transportation Security Administration passenger records are being shared with immigration authorities to help identify people with outstanding deportation orders. The data-sharing arrangement allows immigration agents to track and detain travelers at or near airports. Civil liberties advocates warn the practice enables mass surveillance and erodes privacy protections. The policy blurs the line between aviation security and immigration enforcement. — The New York Times
⚖️ The fate of Trump’s birthright citizenship order will hinge on five words
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a major constitutional challenge to President Trump’s executive order aimed at denying automatic U.S. citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants, focusing on the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in the 14th Amendment. Historically interpreted to include nearly all births on U.S. soil, this clause is now at the heart of competing legal theories about citizenship rights. Some proponents of the order argue for a restrictive reading that would limit citizenship based on allegiance, while critics say such a reinterpretation distorts constitutional intent. — The Washington Post
👩👦 Mom Of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew Demands Answers After Weeks In ICE Custody
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, a Brazilian immigrant and longtime U.S. resident, was detained by ICE in Massachusetts while on her way to pick up her 11-year-old son, sparking community outcry and attention due to her past family ties with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Ferreira says she once asked Leavitt to be her child’s godmother, though the family’s relationship later deteriorated and Leavitt has stayed publicly silent about the detention. Advocates and loved ones have launched support efforts, arguing her detention was unjustified given her deep community roots and lack of criminal history. — HuffPost
👶 About 400 immigrant children were detained longer than the recommended limit, ICE admits
U.S. immigration authorities acknowledged that hundreds of migrant children were held in detention facilities longer than legally allowed, prompting scrutiny and legal challenges. Systemic failures in processing and oversight that led to prolonged detention are raising concerns among advocates and government watchdogs. Families and children affected by these extended stays experienced significant emotional and developmental harm due to inadequate conditions and lack of timely reunification. The admission by immigration authorities underscores broader problems within immigration enforcement and the ongoing debate over humane treatment and legal compliance in the system. — AP News
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