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Survivor Deported After Speaking Out About Medical Abuse in ICE Jails
At least 19 women have come forward to allege they were pressured into unnecessary gynecological treatment.
Forced Sterilization Is Nothing New to Criminalized People in the US
Allegations of mass hysterectomies at an ICE-run jail are consistent with a long history of state-sanctioned eugenics.
Closure of Border to Refugees Spreads Misery as US Tourists Vacation in Mexico
The hypocrisy of the U.S. shutting out refugees while its tourists still travel to Mexico shows this is not about COVID.
Jailed Asylum Seekers Report Unlivable Conditions in Wake of Hurricane Laura
Asylum seekers in Louisiana report going without running water since the storm hit.
Trump Didn’t Invent State Violence Against Protesters — But He’s Escalating It
From Homeland Security to COINTELPRO and beyond, the U.S. has a very long history of meeting dissent with brutality.
ICE Is Making Sure Migrant Kids Don’t Have COVID, and Then Expelling Them
The administration has used infection risk to justify expelling thousands of children without legal protections.
Migrant Children Secretly Held in Hampton Inn Hotels Before Expulsion From US
Hundreds who came to the U.S. seeking asylum were secretly held in hotels for days, often with little or no paper trail.
Looming Immigration Services Shutdown May Fuel Voter Suppression in 2020
If Congress doesn’t fund U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, hundreds of thousands may lose the right to vote.
As Campuses Cut Ties to Police, Sociology Departments Must Do the Same
Sociology departments must end their role as pipelines to police academies.
Thousands More Families May Face Separation as COVID Spreads in ICE Jails
ICE reports more than 3,000 immigrants in ICE custody have tested positive for COVID and at least three have died.