Curt Goering, CVT executive director, and Darlene Lynch, head of external relations, CVT Georgia, detail the deadly new enemy confronted by torture survivors in ICE detention: the COVID-19 pandemic.

Andrea Cárcamo, senior policy counsel, writes about the urgent need to designate Venezuela for temporary protected status.

The public charge rule never should have been implemented and is dangerously irresponsible, explains Michelle Rodenburg of CVT’s D.C. office.

On a recent visit to Mexicali, Mexico, Andrea Cárcamo, senior policy counsel, observed many impacts of the "Remain in Mexico" policy on asylum seekers.

Andrea Cárcamo, senior policy counsel, clarifies details regarding several onerous barriers to asylum seeking.

CVT, artists and organizations advocate for a more responsible and compassionate response for those fleeing persecution.

Andrea Cárcamo is senior policy counsel.

Right about the time I began representing asylum seekers from Central America as an immigration attorney, I started watching “The Walking Dead” (TWD), a TV show about the zombie apocalypse. I have never been someone able to deal with gore, but my husband and I figured out a system in which I run out of the room during violent scenes and return once he tells me the scene has passed. I have been able to watch multiple shows using this method, including the quintessentially violent show “Game of Thrones,” and, of course, the beginning of “The Walking Dead.”   

Read about El Paso, Texas-based Annunciation House, winner of CVT's 2019 Eclipse Award!

Andrea Cárcamo, CVT senior policy counsel, writes about her visit to the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia, where there is hope despite exceeding low asylum grant rates.

Darlene Lynch, head of external relations, CVT Georgia, writes about action to oppose the deeply harmful practice of automatically shackling children in juvenile court.