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ACLU Sues ICE for Harsh Treatment of Immigrant Detainees in Court

Brittaney Barsotti, New America Media. May 14, 2012.

One plaintiff suffered injuries as a result of being bound for hours at a time during five court appearances since January 2011.

In Aftermath of ICE Operation, Wyoming Woman Burns Herself and Her Daughter to Death

Shelby Kinney-Lang, AlterNet. March 13, 2012.

Friends say that after the ICE agents came, Delgado was terrified she would be separated from her daughter, and equally frightened she might be found by her abuser.

Inside Our Supposedly "Humane" Immigrant Detention Centers

Seth Wessler, ColorLines. January 9, 2012.

The interiors of detention centers might as well be black sites, cast off the political map except for the rare instances of abuse so egregious that they blip onto our radar.

Why Are American Citizens Getting Locked Up and Even Deported By Immigration Authorities?

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. December 28, 2011.

Over 4,000 citizens were detained or deported in 2010 alone.

Making Citizens Enemy Combatants: Glenn Greenwald on Bradley Manning and the NDAA

Glenn Greenwald, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. December 19, 2011.

Constitutional lawyer and blogger Glenn Greenwald speaks to Amy Goodman about the Manning hearings and the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.

DREAM Activists Volunteer for Detention to Prove ICE is a "Rogue Agency"

Julianne Hing, ColorLines. November 21, 2011.

When the cameras aren’t rolling and the nation’s not looking on, does the Obama administration abide by its own deportation policies?

Latinos Continue To Be (Illegally) Told, 'Show Me Your Papers!'

Andrew Kennis, AlterNet. September 27, 2011.

A number of states have passed 'Show me your papers' laws, but it's not legal to enforce them until the courts weigh in. That's not stopping police.

Building More Prisons Won't Solve Our Immigration Detention Crisis

Andrea Black, New America Media. March 17, 2011.

ICE claims that these new facilities will replace existing beds in problematic facilities, yet no commitment has been made to close a single bed in any location.

Thousands of Migrants Detained in Remote Facilities with Limited Access to Legal Counsel

Joan Flanagan, Imagine 2050. October 28, 2010.

The unnecessary, expensive and inhumane detention of people who are not dangers to our communities prevents a fair day in court for detainees.

How the Dems' Attempt at Immigration Reform Led to Major Expansion of Deportations

Seth Freed Wessler, Colorlines.com. October 8, 2010.

How a political strategy can lead to the exact opposite of its intentions.

On Immigration, GOP Promises More of the Same

Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact. September 27, 2010.

The GOP unveiled their “Pledge to America,” which promises, among other things, more of the same deportation-driven strategies that have failed in the past.

Immigrant Detainees Sexually Assaulted

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 20, 2010.

The American Civil Liberties Union is highlighting ongoing abuses at a private immigration prison in Texas.

U.S. Immigration System Is a Broken Behemoth

Jim Lobe, IPS News. August 19, 2010.

A new study suggests that more people will wind up in detention as efforts to fix the system are stymied.

Reforming Immigration Detention: Change We Want To Believe In

Karen Tumlin, Immigration Impact. August 10, 2010.

Changes to date have been too slow and tinker only at the edges of the problem.

Change? Obama's "Crimmigration" Policies Mimic Bush's

Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact. July 27, 2010.

The Obama administration has chosen to follow its predecessor in pursuing the criminal prosecution of unauthorized immigrants for minor, nonviolent offenses.

Mentally Ill Cast Adrift in U.S. Immigration System

Esther Banales, IPS News. July 27, 2010.

Research carried out by HRW and the ACLU brings to light the legal limbo non-citizens, in rare cases, fall into when they cannot be deported.

Lieberman Preys on Voter Fears, Proposes Law to Preemptively Strip Citizenship from Terror Suspects

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. May 8, 2010.

Lieberman's latest assault on constitutional rights: a proposal to circumvent due process for U.S. citizens by conveniently stripping their citizenship.

Immigration Courts Swamped by Backlogs

Valeria Fernandez, New America Media. April 10, 2010.

Judicial vacancies, staff shortages, and increased detention, which started under Bush and continues to grow under Obama, are part of the reason for the huge immigration caseload.

Immigration Revelations Just The Tip Of The ICEberg

Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact. April 3, 2010.

Lack of oversight and transparency, and hiding behind “law enforcement sensitive” designations, are all emblematic of the agency that is in the business of deporting people.

ICE Out of Control: Time to Rein in Rogue Agency, Pass Immigration Reform

Frank Sharry, America's Voice. March 31, 2010.

A group of grassroots leaders are demanding that the President fire John Morton, the head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

McCain and Lieberman's "Enemy Belligerent" Act Could Set U.S. on Path to Military Dictatorship

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 19, 2010.

Glenn Greenwald calls the bill "probably the single most extremist, tyrannical and dangerous bill introduced in the Senate in the last several decades."

Immigrant advocates say immigration enforcement worse under Obama

Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. March 8, 2010.

Prominent immigrant advocates launched their most sharply worded public critique yet of the Obama administration’s immigration policy.

Collateral Damage: Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Raids

Travis Packer, Immigration Impact. February 23, 2010.

Though often overlooked in the immigration debate, there are roughly 5.5 million children in the U.S. with at least one parent who is an immigrant in the country illegally.

Judges Sound Off on Indefinite Detention, Urge Congress to Establish Guidelines

Chisun Lee, ProPublica. January 22, 2010.

Without a precedent for interpreting indefinite detention law, judges are forced to shape it themselves.

Transgender Asylum-Seeker Caught in Immigration Detention Hell

Transgender Asylum-Seeker Caught in Immigration Detention Hell

Staff, RestoreFairness.org. November 12, 2009.

Esmeralda never realized that her experience in detention would match the trauma of discrimination she had faced back home.

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