ICE’s Changes to Family Detention Are an Improvement but Don’t Go Far Enough
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced last week that it would make changes to...
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Settlement Reached With Government Over Access to Mental Health Evaluations in Family Detention Centers
Nothing is a better predictor of an immigrant’s success in their immigration case, than whether or...
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Texas Judge Rules Immigration Family Detention Centers Cannot Get Childcare Licenses
A Texas judge issued a final judgment last Friday prohibiting the Texas Department of Family and...
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Transfers of Detained Families Traumatizes Mothers and Children and Interferes with Access to Lawyers
The government recently began transferring families who have been held in Texas to the Berks...
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Can State Agencies License The Detention of Immigrant Families?
In the discussion around family detention, little attention has been paid to the fact that states...
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Private Prison Company Expands Immigration Reach with $11 Million Contract
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced a pilot case management program as an...
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Five Families Released After Prolonged Detention
On Friday evening, just before the Labor Day weekend, the government released five mothers and...
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Insider Speaks Out Alongside Formerly Detained Mothers Seeking Protection in the U.S.
At a congressional briefing held earlier this week, Dr. Olivia López spoke out about her...
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Judge’s Order in Flores Should Signal the End of Family Detention
A federal judge issued an order in the Flores case that should go a long way to ending the...
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Members of Congress Report on Texas Family Detention Center Visits
Earlier this week, eight Democratic House Members took a trip to Dilley and Karnes, Texas to visit...
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