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News & Commentary about Immigrants' Rights and Detention

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A woman drives in a caravan protesting conditions detainees face in ICE detention centers.

May 22, 2020

ICE’s Lack of Transparency About COVID-19 in Detention Will Cost Lives

ICE’s Lack of Transparency About COVID-19 in Detention Will Cost Lives
Detainees walk toward a fenced recreation area inside of an ICE detention facility in Washington state.

Apr 30, 2020

Immigration Detention Was a Black Box Before COVID-19. Now, it’s a Death Trap.

Immigration Detention Was a Black Box Before COVID-19. Now, it’s a Death Trap.

Apr 15, 2020

What it's like in ICE Detention During a Pandemic

What it's like in ICE Detention During a Pandemic
Two children wear masks and hold signs that read "I want my dad free and healthy" and "I want my dad alive not dead!!" as part of a protest calling for the release of detained immigrants in front of the GEO Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado.

Apr 8, 2020

“They Don’t Care if You Die”: Immigrants in ICE Detention Fear the Spread of COVID-19

“They Don’t Care if You Die”: Immigrants in ICE Detention Fear the Spread of COVID-19
Detainees walk in a hallway at the Northwest Detention Center, a federal immigration facility in Tacoma, Washington.

Mar 25, 2020

Living with COVID — in an Immigration Jail

Living with COVID — in an Immigration Jail
A collage of a black-and-white image of two people hugging, overlaying a beige and red background with a barbed wire gate behind the people. This image depicts the difficulties of family separation policies that have come from the Trump administration.

Feb 26, 2020

Family Separation, Two Years After Ms. L

Family Separation, Two Years After Ms. L
The hand of a youth from Nuevo Laredo rests on the gate as he stops to watch a train pass, above the Rio Grande river on International Bridge 1 Las Americas, a legal port of entry which connects Laredo, Texas in the U.S. with Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Thursday, July 18, 2019.

Feb 26, 2020

Ban on Attorney Access for Asylum Proceedings in Inhumane CBP Jails Key to Trump's Attack on Asylum

Ban on Attorney Access for Asylum Proceedings in Inhumane CBP Jails Key to Trump's Attack on Asylum
Back of an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer's vest that reads "POLICE ICE." Taken in Portland, OR.

Feb 18, 2020

ICE's Destruction of Records Must Be Stopped

ICE's Destruction of Records Must Be Stopped
A CBP officer watches over travellers at an airport.

Feb 3, 2020

CBP Lied About Iranian-American Detentions, Leaked Memo Suggests

CBP Lied About Iranian-American Detentions, Leaked Memo Suggests
In this April 25, 2018 photo, a person holds up a sign that reads "No Muslim Ban" during an anti-Muslim ban rally at the Supreme Court

Jan 27, 2020

Trump’s Three Year Campaign to Separate Families: The Muslim Ban

Trump’s Three Year Campaign to Separate Families: The Muslim Ban