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GEO and ICE grievance boxes at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

Jan 12, 2022

Two-Thirds of Voters Want to Stop the Expansion of For-Profit Immigrant Detention

Two-Thirds of Voters Want to Stop the Expansion of For-Profit Immigrant Detention
A group of signs on the ground protesting harmful immigration policies, some of which read “No Human Is Illegal,” and “Help Not Death.”

Jan 7, 2022

The Biden Administration is on the Wrong Side in This Crucial Supreme Court Immigration Case

The Biden Administration is on the Wrong Side in This Crucial Supreme Court Immigration Case
Immigration detainees leave the cafeteria under the watch of guards during a media tour at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, La., in this Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 file photo.

Nov 12, 2021

ICE’s Detention Oversight System Needs an Overhaul

ICE’s Detention Oversight System Needs an Overhaul
Empty cell at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison.

Oct 5, 2021

More of the Same: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention Under the Biden Administration

More of the Same: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention Under the Biden Administration
A screenshot of surveillance video taken shortly before men detained at the Torrance County were pepper-sprayed for engaging in a peaceful hunger strike

Sep 28, 2021

Understaffed, Unsanitary ICE Facility in New Mexico Fails Annual Inspection

Understaffed, Unsanitary ICE Facility in New Mexico Fails Annual Inspection
Migrants, many from Haiti, board a bus after they were processed and released after spending time at a makeshift camp near the International Bridge, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas.

Sep 23, 2021

Why We’re Joining the Call to Shut Down ICE Detention Centers

Why We’re Joining the Call to Shut Down ICE Detention Centers
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during news conference with a U.S. Homeland Security flag behind him.

Jul 21, 2021

Secretary Mayorkas Pledged to End His Agency’s Anti-Immigrant Abuses. Here’s What He’s Delivered.

Secretary Mayorkas Pledged to End His Agency’s Anti-Immigrant Abuses. Here’s What He’s Delivered.
Woman holds sign that reads "Close the Camps" outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Portland

Jun 29, 2021

Cruelty and Coercion: How ICE Abuses Hunger Strikers

Cruelty and Coercion: How ICE Abuses Hunger Strikers
A woman wears a protective face mask and gloves as she protests outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday, May 29, 2020, in Plantation, Fla.

Apr 5, 2021

ICE’s Watchdog Agency Confirms Dangerous Conditions in Arizona Immigration Detention Facility

ICE’s Watchdog Agency Confirms Dangerous Conditions in Arizona Immigration Detention Facility
Several signs with calls to end mass incarceration and advocate for the rights of immigrants lying in the grass.

Dec 15, 2020

Biden Can End the Mass Detention of Immigrants

Biden Can End the Mass Detention of Immigrants