Senators Call For Shuttering Of 'Inhumane' ICE Detention Centers
10 months, 1 week ago

Senators Call For Shuttering Of 'Inhumane' ICE Detention Centers

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A group of Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren sent a letter Tuesday night to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to shut down four private detention centers. “After reports of inhumane conditions, including sleep deprivation, dirty drinking water, and psychological trauma, independent watchdogs and other experts have recommended that the Biden administration close the worst of these facilities,” Warren said. In March, President Joe Biden increased funding for immigrant detentions, which sparked sharp criticism by dozens of advocacy groups who say he has gone back on his campaign promise to end for-profit detention facilities. Several Venezuelan detainees filed a class-action lawsuit last year alleging unsanitary conditions at the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico and said they were denied medical care, access to working showers and adequate food.

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Migrants Targeted For Deportation Sue Trump Over Being Sent To Gitmo
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Migrants Targeted For Deportation Sue Trump Over Being Sent To Gitmo

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Ten migrants slated to be moved to a prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have sued the Trump administration, arguing that a transfer to the faraway detention center rife with allegations of abuse is unnecessary and illegal. “Plaintiffs do not challenge the government’s authority to detain them on U.S. soil or to directly remove them to their home …

Federal prison officer ‘alarmed’ about ‘inhumane’ handling of migrants; 2 U.S. senators want hearing
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Federal prison officer ‘alarmed’ about ‘inhumane’ handling of migrants; 2 U.S. senators want hearing

LA Times  

Two U.S. lawmakers have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold an “urgent” hearing about the Trump administration’s decision to hold detained migrants — many of whom are seeking asylum — in federal prisons. Earlier this month, a leaked copy of an agreement between immigration officials and the prison agency’s acting director showed that several facilities have been earmarked to …

ICE Arrests More Than 500 In Raids, Including U.S. Veteran In New Jersey, Mayor Says
2 months ago

ICE Arrests More Than 500 In Raids, Including U.S. Veteran In New Jersey, Mayor Says

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested more than 500 people on Thursday, including during a raid on a worksite in New Jersey that a local official called an “egregious act” that violated the Fourth Amendment. One of the people detained, Baraka said, was a U.S. military veteran “who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his …

Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport ‘millions and millions’
2 months ago

Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport ‘millions and millions’

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers. The rarely used 1798 law allows the president to deport anyone who is not a U.S. citizen and is from a country with which there is a “declared war” or a …

Trump's challenge: where to house millions of immigrant detainees
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump's challenge: where to house millions of immigrant detainees

NPR  

Trump's challenge: where to house millions of immigrant detainees toggle caption Veronica Gabriela Cardenas/Pool/Getty Images When President-elect Trump takes office on Monday, he has vowed that one of his first priorities will be a mass deportation effort. "Picture a direct line from taxpayer dollars to these private prison companies for the sole purpose of locking people up in immigration detention …

As mass deportations loom, ICE eyeing new detention facility in California
3 months, 2 weeks ago

As mass deportations loom, ICE eyeing new detention facility in California

LA Times  

Rob Bonta reminded public institutions last week of a state law limiting the cooperation of courthouses, hospitals, schools, universities and shelters with federal immigration enforcement efforts. As the incoming Trump administration promises the mass deportation of unauthorized immigrants, federal authorities are eyeing California for a new detention facility for migrant adults. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are looking for …

ICE is looking for a new detention center in Blue California. The state probably can’t stop it
3 months, 2 weeks ago

ICE is looking for a new detention center in Blue California. The state probably can’t stop it

Associated Press  

Federal immigration authorities are looking for a potential new detention center in Northern California, an effort that alarms advocates and some Democratic state lawmakers as President-elect Donald Trump gears up to unleash his mass deportation plan. Unlike in Texas, where state officials are offering up land to the Trump administration to facilitate mass deportations, California tried to ban new federal …

Why Hasn’t Joe Biden Shut Down the Worst ICE Detention Facilities?
55 years, 2 months ago

Why Hasn’t Joe Biden Shut Down the Worst ICE Detention Facilities?

Slate  

On May 13, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress he would be “taking action very quickly” on immigrant detention centers. On Tuesday, our law clinic at Tulane Law School published a report, “No End in Sight: Prolonged and Punitive Detention of Immigrants in Louisiana,” looking at federal court litigation over a 10-year period filed by immigrants seeking release …

ICE to close Georgia detention center where immigrant women alleged medical abuse
3 years, 10 months ago

ICE to close Georgia detention center where immigrant women alleged medical abuse

LA Times  

The Biden administration will close two immigration detention centers in Georgia and Massachusetts that are under federal investigation for alleged abuse of detained immigrants, including the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia where scores of women said they suffered medical abuse. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday to stop detaining immigrants at Irwin “as …

US rights group lawsuit seeks COVID-19 records for ICE detention
4 years, 4 months ago

US rights group lawsuit seeks COVID-19 records for ICE detention

Al Jazeera  

A leading civil rights organisation in the United States has filed a lawsuit in an effort to force federal agencies to release information about the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19 in immigration detention centres. The lawsuit comes after rights groups and immigrant rights’ advocates repeatedly raised concerns that immigration detainees face a greater risk of COVID-19 infection inside cramped detention …

ICE detention and coronavirus: Doctors warn Congress
5 years ago

ICE detention and coronavirus: Doctors warn Congress

CNN  

CNN — Two doctors who are medical experts for the Department of Homeland Security are sending a warning to members of Congress. There’s an “imminent risk to the health and safety of immigrant detainees” and to the general public if the novel coronavirus spreads in ICE detention, Dr. Scott Allen and Dr. Josiah Rich wrote in a letter sent to …

ICE detention and coronavirus: Immigrants feel like ‘sitting ducks’
5 years ago

ICE detention and coronavirus: Immigrants feel like ‘sitting ducks’

CNN  

CNN — There are nearly 40,000 people in ICE custody across the United States. ICE says there aren’t any confirmed coronavirus cases at its detention facilities – and that protecting the health and safety of those in its custody is one of the agency’s top priorities. As this complex and fast-moving situation evolves, here are some of the key developments …

ICE may circumvent California’s ban on private immigrant detention centers
5 years, 4 months ago

ICE may circumvent California’s ban on private immigrant detention centers

LA Times  

Last month, California became the first state to kick out privately run immigrant detention centers. “Let’s be clear: By rushing through new contracts before California’s ban takes effect, ICE is violating the spirit of California law and risks wasting taxpayer dollars in an attempt to lock away even more human beings,” said Sen. Kamala Harris. Zoley said that ICE’s solicitation …

ICE has begun raids to round up undocumented immigrants, official says
5 years, 8 months ago

ICE has begun raids to round up undocumented immigrants, official says

CNN  

Washington CNN — Immigration authorities have begun conducting raids, a senior administration official said Sunday, in an operation expected to target about 2,000 undocumented immigrants ordered by courts to be removed from the country. The American Civil Liberties Union of New York said earlier on Twitter that it had received “some reports of ICE at subway stations, but none have …

ICE Has A Record-Breaking 52,000 Immigrants In Detention, Report Says
5 years, 10 months ago

ICE Has A Record-Breaking 52,000 Immigrants In Detention, Report Says

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump’s ongoing crackdown on immigrants has hit a grim new milestone. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official told BuzzFeed on Monday that the agency had 52,398 migrants currently in detention; as the outlet noted, this is the largest number of ICE detainees in the agency’s history. Kevin Landy, who served as head of ICE’s Office …

ICE Detention Beds New Stumbling Block In Efforts To Prevent Another Shutdown
6 years, 1 month ago

ICE Detention Beds New Stumbling Block In Efforts To Prevent Another Shutdown

NPR  

ICE Detention Beds New Stumbling Block In Efforts To Prevent Another Shutdown Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Updated at 5:03 p.m. In a statement Sunday, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., asserted that "A cap on ICE detention beds will force the Trump administration to prioritize deportation for criminals and people who pose real security threats, …

ICE Appears To End Use Of Federal Prisons For Immigrant Detainees
6 years, 5 months ago

ICE Appears To End Use Of Federal Prisons For Immigrant Detainees

NPR  

ICE Appears To End Use Of Federal Prisons For Immigrant Detainees Enlarge this image toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Jacquelyn Martin/AP U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has all but abandoned its use of federal prisons to house detainees. Immigrant detainees left the federal prisons either because they were deported, transferred to civil detention facilities, or were granted bail There are no …

Obama Immigrant Detention Policies Under Fire
9 years, 9 months ago

Obama Immigrant Detention Policies Under Fire

NPR  

Obama Immigrant Detention Policies Under Fire Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP The Obama administration is under growing pressure to change its policies governing the detention of thousands of migrants who came to the United States illegally. Sponsor Message --The Center for Constitutional Rights and Detention Watch Network published a report calling for the end to so-called …

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