Black Immigrants Are Still Fighting Racism In The U.S. Immigration System

Claims of racism directed at Black immigrants, including by the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, continue.    Rowaida Abdelaziz for the Huffington Post writes on the need to remove systemic racial discrimination from the immigration system:

“As the nation celebrates Juneteenth — a day commemorating the emancipation of African Americans who had been enslaved in the United States — as a federal holiday for the first time, Black Americans and immigrants are fighting to dismantle institutional racism, including within the immigration system. Black immigrants are disproportionately detained, receive higher bond costs, and say they face racist treatment within detention centers.”

KJ