Latin America Working Group

🚨The GOP’s proposed $150 billion immigration package is an inexcusable waste of federal resources. Asylum is a human right— it should NEVER have a price tag attached. ❌Call your reps and demand they vote against this blatant attack on human rights.

🚨LAWG condemns the arrests of Indigenous Guatemalan leaders Vice-Minister Luis Pacheco & Héctor Chaclán. We demand their immediate release! AG Porras must stop criminalizing HR defenders, Indigenous leaders, & members of the Semilla Party. 🗣¡Los pueblos no se van a callar!

The inhumanity demonstrated by Trump and Bukele in yesterday's meeting was outrageous but unsurprising. They have the power to return Kilmar and every soul illegally transported to El Salvador. They are choosing cruelty instead.

📢La @RedodemMX presentará el diagnóstico “Los desafíos en materia de protección que enfrentan niñas, niños y adolescentes migrantes que se alojan en albergues”, que recoge voces, estrategias y conocimientos de organizaciones miembros de la red. 🎥Transmisión en vivo por Facebook

This is NUTS. In this country, we do not let our leaders sign secret agreements with foreign dictators to deport people without oversight or transparency. That is illegal.

Justice for Sara Millerey demands more than arresting those responsible for her murder. We demand that Colombian officials strengthen protections for LGBTQ+ individuals & combat anti-trans rhetoric, which motivates this unspeakable violence. Statement: bit.ly/wola-saramille…

🔍 The IRS and DHS agreement allows ICE to access tax records for individuals with deportation orders or under investigation. 🗣️ Critics argue this violates privacy laws and could deter immigrants from filing taxes, despite paying billions annually. Full IG post: @lawgaction

As El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele visits the White House, the conversation of human rights must be on the table. Amnesty has documented how the Bukele government has systematically eroded the judiciary’s independence, eliminated constitutional protections for human rights, and persecuted human rights defenders like Fidel Zavala. (1)

📢 Organizaciones internacionales denuncian al MP de #ConsueloPorras ⚠️ @amnistia, @RFKennedy_CH, @WOLA_org, @cejil, @DPLF_info, @LAWGaction, @GHRCUSA y @article19mex alzan la voz contra la criminalización de @PrensaComunitar y @Ruda_gt. Exigen alto a la intimidación contra la prensa libre en #SOSGuatemala. #LibertadDePrensa #NoNosCallarán

4/9 @AmnistiaOnline, @RFKHumanRights, @WOLA_org, @cejil, @DPLF_info, @LAWGaction, @GHRCUSA y Article 19 - @AsociacionUk #LibertadDeExpresión #LibertadPrensaComunitaria

Ivania Cruz: “The state of exception is used in El Salvador to govern through fear.” elsaltodiario.com/el-salvador/iv…

A 3 años del nefasto régimen #MOVIR en pie de lucha

Better late than never: LAWG is transitioning off of X and is now on BlueSky. 👉 You can find us @ lawgaction.bsky.social LAWG continues to advocate for human rights at home and abroad. We stand with democracy and refuse to back down in the face of tyranny.

Over 1,000 garment workers are demanding @Nike give them the recognition and pay they deserve. We stand with them. #SeeUsNike. @johnwrogers @peterblairhenry @michelleapeluso x.com/global_labor/s…

Imagine being jailed for 800+ days, put on house arrest, and now you are back in prison. Another attempt by the Guatemalan #pactodecorruptos to silence the press. Journalist José Rubén Zamora deserves #freedom. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/JusticiaParaZa…

🚨 Bukele’s war on gangs has long been used to intimidate land & human rights defenders. ‼️Take action denounce that #FidelZavala, #LaFloresta community leaders & grassroots human rights group @unidehc face charges in an organized crime tribunal. ➡️ CISPES.org/fidelaxn 🧵

We demand #JusticeForZamora ✊In #Guatemala, a famous anticorruption journalist has been jailed for 800+ days. Guatemalans DESERVE justice and accountability. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/JusticiaParaZa…

📢 A family was torn apart while seeking medical care for their daughter with brain tumor. Now, they are stranded in Mexico, separated from their U.S. citizen children. This should never happen. 🖊 Sign the petition to reunite them: txcivilrights.org/reunite #EndFamilySeparation

📢 #LibertadAFidelZavala | #FidelZavala corre GRAVE peligro al ser trasladado a prisión por posibles represalias ante las denuncias que interpuso contra el director y custodios de centros penales. ¡Urge su pronta liberación! @fgr_sv 🧵1/6 #OrganizarNoEsDelito #ElSalvador

#ElSalvador⚠️| Organizations warn against Fidel Zavala's transfer to prison (1/3) 🧵⬇️ #LibertadParaFidelZavala #LibertadParaLideresDeLaFloresta