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Migrant Families Sue Over Extraordinary Harms of Family Separation
The suit seeks damages to help the families with the cost of therapy and other treatment for the trauma they endured.
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Target Children, Cancer Patients, Servicemembers
The new anti-immigration policies were enacted as border wall construction began on federally protected lands this week.
Sen. Merkley Condemns Trump’s Decision to Indefinitely Jail Migrant Kids
The Trump administration aims to indefinitely detain migrant children and their families, reversing decades of policy.
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.
Former Staffer Details Abuse Inside Chicago Child Detention Center
"The intervention of state agencies and social service agencies functions as a legalized kidnapping,” the staffer says.
Resistance to Private Prisons Comes Amid Debate Over Immigrant Detention Policy
Controversy over immigration policy is shining an unwelcome spotlight on the private prison industry.
ICE Contracts Are Booming. See Which Vendors Are in Your State.
Companies and vendors have made over $12.7 billion from contracts with ICE since 2010.
Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorizes Immigrant Families
Authorities say more raids are planned this week, prompting fear but also generating mass protests.
The US Is Quietly Opening Shelters for Babies and Young Kids Without Mothers
One Phoenix facility housed 12 children ages 5 and under, some as young as 3 months old, all without their mothers.
Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims
The information in the databases comes from foreign police and militaries, and it is being used to detain migrants.