Mar 28
Since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created in 2003, its immigration-enforcement agencies—Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—have been officially devoted to the protection of U.S. national security and the prevention of terrorist attacks. However, the bulk of the work done by CBP and ICE on a day-to-day basis …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2013/03/28/u-s-border-enforcement-programs-target-immigrants-who-arent-a-threat-to-anyone/
Nov 19
Last week, Detention Watch Network (DWN) launched its “Expose and Close” campaign, an initiative designed to reveal the egregious human rights violations taking place in immigrant detention facilities throughout the United States and to advocate for reform. As part of this campaign, DWN, in collaboration with human rights advocates, community organizers, legal service providers, and …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/11/19/a-look-at-immigrant-detention-facilities-abuses-and-proposed-reform/
Sep 21
The latest data on immigration enforcement show that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a record high of 429,247 noncitizens in the 2011 fiscal year, an increase of 18 percent over 2010. Immigration detention has been steadily increasing over the last two decades. A new report by Justice Strategies suggests this increase is largely …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/09/21/immigrant-detention-and-the-private-prison-industry/
Jul 11
On any given day, approximately 300,000 immigrants in the United States have pending removal proceedings to determine whether they will be deported from the country. Of those, about 10% are kept in detention centers while proceedings are pending, with the rest are subject to alternatives ranging from the posting of bail to the use of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2012/07/11/for-immigrants-alternatives-to-detention-not-all-theyre-cracked-up-to-be/
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