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Immigrant Detention
Immigrants Face Medical Neglect, Solitary Confinement and Torture in ICE Jails
At least three facilities operated by the private prison company CoreCivic use torture as retaliation against migrants.
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.
Over 85 People Incarcerated at Washington Detention Center Go on Hunger Strike
The detention center is notorious for its lack of sanitation, medical neglect, and use of solitary confinement.
AOC Leads 76 Democrats in Urging Biden Officials to Reverse Title 42 Expansion
“This administration is making it effectively impossible to seek refuge at our border,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
Community-Based Programs Offer Alternative to Detention for Asylum Seekers
Community-based programs for asylum seekers are grossly underfunded, while detention and surveillance are expanding.
Haitian Deportees Face Indefinite Detention, Torturous Conditions
“ICE sent us here to die,” one deportee said. “This is a death sentence.”
The EU Is Outsourcing Border Control to So-Called “Safe Third Countries”
An inside look at EU border laws reveals a dark economy of violence, detainment camps and asylum-seeker disappearances.
The Movement to Defund and Abolish Immigration Jails Is Winning Major Victories
Biden’s budget calls for a 26 percent reduction in immigration detention, and ICE is reducing the use of some jails.
Illinois Sets National Precedent in Banning Immigration Detention
Advocates hope other states will be inspired to defend their immigration populations from predatory detention contracts.
US Officials Outrageously Claim Black Men Fleeing Slavery Lack “Credible Fear”
The DHS is issuing form letters of denial to Black asylum seekers from Mauritania who escaped enslavement and torture.