…Detention Center in Texas and spoke to detention center officials and detainees. In addition to ending family detention, the Commission found that DHS’s process for setting bond at family detention…
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…the family detention centers. The Committee, comprised of subject matter experts with a wide range of expertise, conducted visits to all three family detention centers currently operating in Pennsylvania (Berks…
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…arbitrary detention and respect family unity—as well as DHS’ claims that “family detention” keeps families together and strives to maintain family unity whenever possible. Separating families has countless negative impacts,…
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…family detention center in Dilley, Texas. During that time, we witnessed firsthand the horrors of family detention and are almost beyond belief that the administration is considering bringing it back….
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…detention, release and treatment of children in immigration custody. Advocates had gone to court to argue that family detention policies fail to comply with the settlement agreement from the 1997…
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…are family detention centers incredibly poor places for children, they are also notoriously wasteful locations when compared to the alternatives. Instead of spending money on family detention, it could be…
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…one heart wrenching and frustrating story after another. As the call to end family detention grows, federal lawmakers joined the chorus in calling for the end to family detention starting…
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…detention, release and treatment of children subject to immigration detention. In late July, the district court agreed, finding that the government’s current family detention policy fails to meet these clear…
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…“Freedom! Freedom!” and “Six months of detention. No more!” and “We are not criminals.” Later in the tour, hanging in the doorways of the detention center’s classrooms, we saw some…
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…join the call to end family detention. Statements were read from mothers currently detained in Dilley, Texas, with one mother stating poignantly, “Being a mother means loving your children, wanting…
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