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COVID Cases in Prisons and ICE Immigration Jails Surpass 250,000
Activists across the country are holding actions this week calling for the release of prisoners during the pandemic.
ICE Is Targeting Women in Sanctuary With Obscure Laws and Retaliatory Fines
Sanctuary activists have suffered retaliation under Trump. Now they are demanding relief from the Biden administration.
Five Women in Sanctuary Call on Biden to Free Them Through Executive Actions
We do not know yet what Biden’s transition team plans for us, and until then, we must remain in sanctuary.
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.
Trump Ramps Up Immigration Attacks Ahead of Election
The U.S. immigration system was already brutal prior to Trump’s tenure in office; it is, now, exponentially worse.
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.
Whistleblower on Doctor at ICE Facility: “Everybody He Sees Has a Hysterectomy”
The complaint described one doctor at the facility as the “uterus collector” for how often he performed the procedure.
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.