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Family Detention
Human Rights Groups Call on Biden Not to Revive Migrant Family Detention
“The Biden administration … is going against all the promises that they made on the campaign trail,” said Silky Shah.
Democrats Urge Biden to Reject Revival of Migrant Family Detention
Rights groups also condemned the policy, vowing to fight the administration if it resurrects the plan.
Biden’s Plan to End Long-Term Migrant Detention Does Not End Family Detention
Migrant justice advocates are urging Biden to permanently halt the long-term incarceration of migrant families.
Biden Is Acting to Undo Trump’s Toxic Immigration Legacy. Now Congress Must Act.
It is past time for Congress to step up to the plate and legislate big-picture immigration reform.
Will Biden Remember the Promise He Made to Asylum Seekers Trump Sent to Mexico?
We need the president to reaffirm our commitment to U.S. and international legal mechanisms to protect the vulnerable.
Trump’s Reinstatement of Indefinite Family Detention Could Kill People
At least 26 people have died after being held in immigration custody since Trump took office, including six children.
The Problem With Child Detention Isn’t That It’s Private. It’s That It Exists.
Child detention and mistreatment are long-established practices in jails run by U.S. Border Patrol.
“Willful Recklessness”: Trump Pushes for Indefinite Family Detention
The Trump administration is moving to extend detention of migrant families despite concerns from the medical community.
Calls for FBI Probe of Homeland Secretary Follow Child Detention Memo Leak
A damning draft memo shows the Trump administration planned to traumatize migrant children with family separations.
Trump Administration Hints It May Resume Family Separation at Border
Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, discusses more.