This past Monday, January 20, 2025, immediately following his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed executive orders to “enhance security” at the southern border, including the termination of the CBP One app.

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A reported 174 student protestors were killed after Bangladesh’s border guards and police were granted orders to “shoot on sight.” Helicopters fired at unarmed students, heavily armed UN vehicles meant for “peacekeeping missions” were used against protestors, students and …

We at Respond Crisis Translation forcefully condemn President Joe Biden’s executive order significantly restricting the ability of migrants who cross the southern U.S. border to seek asylum.

This asylum ban is yet another example of the government weaponizing language to limit freedom of mobility.  Under the proposed ban, asylum seekers must undergo their process via the CBP One mobile app. The app is only available in English and Spanish, in spite of the fact that dozens of languages are spoken by asylum seekers at the border. 

Yet Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) imprisons tens of thousands of asylum-seekers and other noncitizens every day, just because of their immigration status. These “civil detention” facilities dotted throughout the United States are notorious for their unsanitary conditions, rampant abuse, violent conduct, negligent and…