Community-Based Programs Offer Alternative to Detention for Asylum Seekers
This story was originally published at Prism. CW: This article contains descriptions of violence and mentions of suicide. Community-based programs for immigrants and asylum-seekers remain grossly underfunded despite a desperate need for their services, especially as the U.S. government drags its feet on implementing any such program on the federal level. In 2017, the Trump administration shut down...