Category: Detention
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This article describes a recent decision in Nevada that overturned DHS policy of mandatory detention for all unauthorized immigrants (without bond) despite having been in the country for many years. This is contrary to an appeals decision that upheld the mandatory detention policy.
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The Guardian reports that the use of Ankle Monitors as ATD (Alternatives to Detention) have doubled in the past year (from 24,000 to 42,000 people) .
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This article by NBC News reports that ICE has been relying on an erroneously-issued internal ICE memo to make courthouse arrests nationwide. The memo and poicy has been reversed.
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ProPublica published this article which states that 11.000 American children have been separated from their parents because of ICE arrests.
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This article reports TRAC data that shows 71% of immigrant detainees have no criminal convictions and many of those with criminal convictions are for minor offenses including traffic violations.
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Listen to the 1-hour podcast On With Kara Swisher called “Inside the ICE Detention Boom: Soaring Abuse Claims and Little Oversight” where she interviews Ximena Bustillo, Homeland Security Department and immigration policy correspondent for NPR; Austin Kocher, a political and legal geographer and a research assistant professor at the Syracuse University who tracks immigra-tion enforcement…
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There have been 13 recent deaths of Mexicanswhile in ICE detention custody. There are over 13,700 Mexicans currently being held in US immigration detention. Read more here
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The Colorado Times Recorder has written this article and created this map to show where 170 “hold rooms” exist throughout the country. 130 of the 170 are in ICE field offices or suboffices. On average, the data show 4,700 hold-room detentions per month under Biden, climbing to more than 14,000 per month under Trump. Between…
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This article, from Mother Jones, describes the recent internal turmoil at DLR Group (a top architectural firm) about whether or not they should take new contracts with CoreCivic and other firms that operate ICE detention facilties.
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This hour-long podcast, by the Zolberg Institute, is about immigration detention including the legal arguments being used to prevent people from bonding out of detention, the use of third country deportations, and the expansion of detention facilities nation-wide. During this administration, the number of people in immigrant detention increased from around 40,000 to around 70,000. …
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