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Despite losing its state child care license — and years of claims of abuses — an immigrant family detention center in Pennsylvania made room for more families
Advocates say the state is turning a blind eye to violations of state law by allowing the Berks County Residential Center to remain in operation.
In New York, volunteers engage in a quiet form of advocacy for immigrants facing deportation
As immigration arrests rise, advocates warn immigrants to know their rights when agents show up
She escaped violence in El Salvador, but there’s little time or resources to heal while seeking asylum in the US
An immigrant detainee is sent over 1,000 miles away from his family and lawyer — and fights to return
NYC lawyers protest after ICE agents arrest immigrant at Brooklyn courthouse
On Tuesday, ICE agents apprehended 30-year-old Genaro Rojas-Hernandez from inside a courthouse. There have been 40 courthouse arrests across New York City so far this year.
The Supreme Court is considering whether immigrants detained for more than six months should have a chance at bail
In criminal law, people have the right to a bail hearing while they await trial. The Supreme Court is deciding if immigrants have that same right while they fight deportation.
The courts called him a terrorist, but one judge and several politicians want him to be able to stay in the US
Depending on whom you ask, Malachy McAllister is either an Irish terrorist or a persecuted asylum seeker. Either way, he’s been facing deportation for 10 years.
As immigration detention soars, 2.3 million people are also regularly checking in with immigration agents
Millions of people in the US live their lives in limbo, under the “supervision” of federal agents and the uncertainty of whether they will be deported. One couple is asking: When can we have children?
Poor health care in immigrant detention centers may get worse under Trump
Immigration detention is big business. Trump will make it even bigger.
As California considers a ‘sanctuary state’ bill, this sheriff isn’t ready to give up his relationship with immigration agents
For Sheriff Scott Jones, how the city of Sacramento approaches immigration doesn’t matter — as long as he can keep allowing immigration agents into the county’s detention center and can contract with the federal government to detain immigrants.
California's governor vetoed a bill that would stop privately run migrant detention. What now?
Some 100,000 people passed through the state’s four immigrant detention centers last year. The Dignity Not Detention bill will have to wait for the federal government to decide if it wants private companies detaining people.
Advocates say another privately operated immigration detention center for women and children is the wrong approach
“Sometimes I’d like to imprison the immigration officials, the judge, the president, so that they can endure 19 days in there with their children,” says one woman who was recently released from immigration detention.
Moms go on a hunger strike to get themselves and their kids out of immigration detention
After two weeks of skipping meals, the women are taking a short break. But they say will resume if the government does not consider their pleas to be released.
These asylum-seekers are being forced to raise their kids in immigration 'jails'
Even short-term stays in immigration detention can be harmful to children, say mental health experts. So why does the US government still hold young asylum-seekers?