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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.
Migrants in custody at U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing area under the Anzalduas International Bridge, Friday, March 19, 2021, in Mission, Texas.

Aug 9, 2021

Border Patrol Must Stop Holding People in an Inhumane Outside Pen Under a Highway in South Texas

Border Patrol Must Stop Holding People in an Inhumane Outside Pen Under a Highway in South Texas
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
Still image of a detained man from the video

Jun 9, 2021

Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof

Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof
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
U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speaking, with U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) standing next to him, about the COVID-19 relief legislation being worked on in the Senate, on February 11. 2021.

Feb 17, 2021

Racial Justice Priorities in the Congressional COVID-19 Relief Bill

Racial Justice Priorities in the Congressional COVID-19 Relief Bill
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
A Customs and Border Protection officer questions immigrants in Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border on Aug. 20, 2019.

Dec 9, 2020

Biden Must Remove Border Patrol from Border Communities to Restore Civil Rights and Liberties

Biden Must Remove Border Patrol from Border Communities to Restore Civil Rights and Liberties
Immigrant detainees walk down a hall escorted by heavily armed CBP officers.

Dec 2, 2020

Separated Families, Death, and Despair — All at the Hands of CBP. We Need Action, Now.

Separated Families, Death, and Despair — All at the Hands of CBP. We Need Action, Now.
Detainees walk past a map of the world in a hallway of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility.

Nov 30, 2020

The Questions You Probably THINK You Know the Answer to — But Likely Don’t — ºìÐÓÊÓƵ ICE Detention

The Questions You Probably THINK You Know the Answer to — But Likely Don’t — ºìÐÓÊÓƵ ICE Detention