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News & Commentary about Immigrants' Rights and Detention

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The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
Handcuffed hands through prison bars

Apr 6, 2016

Immigrants Shouldn’t Be Locked Up for Being Poor

Immigrants Shouldn’t Be Locked Up for Being Poor
File with "Wrongful Death" printed on it and judge's gavel

Feb 25, 2016

When Immigration Detention Becomes a Death Sentence

When Immigration Detention Becomes a Death Sentence
Prison Cells

Nov 5, 2015

Judges Say No to Obama’s Lock-’Em-Up-With-No-Questions-Asked Immigration Detention Policy

Judges Say No to Obama’s Lock-’Em-Up-With-No-Questions-Asked Immigration Detention Policy
Child in Detention

Oct 21, 2015

President Obama and Texas Are Colluding to Detain Refugee Children in Private Prisons

President Obama and Texas Are Colluding to Detain Refugee Children in Private Prisons
CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske

Aug 31, 2015

A Federal Judge Denounced the ‘Egregious Conditions’ of Border Patrol Holding Cells: Will Anything Change?

A Federal Judge Denounced the ‘Egregious Conditions’ of Border Patrol Holding Cells: Will Anything Change?
CBP Border Patrol agent conducts a pat down of a female Mexican being placed in a holding facility.

Aug 10, 2015

President Obama Wants to Continue Imprisoning Immigrant Families

President Obama Wants to Continue Imprisoning Immigrant Families
Presidents Obama and FDR

Jul 30, 2015

President Obama Needs to Stop Repeating FDR’s Worst Mistake and End Family Detention Now

President Obama Needs to Stop Repeating FDR’s Worst Mistake and End Family Detention Now
Photo of money, papers, and cellphone

Jul 27, 2015

Deported Migrants Are Stripped of Their Dignity. They Shouldn’t Also Be Stripped of Their Belongings.

Deported Migrants Are Stripped of Their Dignity. They Shouldn’t Also Be Stripped of Their Belongings.
A transgender asylum seeker

Jul 15, 2015

LGBT Detainees Remain in Harm’s Way Despite Government Guidance

LGBT Detainees Remain in Harm’s Way Despite Government Guidance
Child on fence

Jun 18, 2015

In Violation of the Constitution, Obama Is Deporting Asylum-Seekers Without Oversight From The Courts

In Violation of the Constitution, Obama Is Deporting Asylum-Seekers Without Oversight From The Courts