On AlterNet: detentions

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Obama Reverses Himself: Administration Won't Veto 'Global Battlefield' Indefinite Detentions Measure

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. December 14, 2011.

President Obama is expected to sign a defense policy bill allowing the military to arrest and indefinitely hold terrorism suspects -- even Americans arrested on U.S. soil.

'Global Battlefield' Provision Allowing Indefinite Detention of Citizens Accused of Terror Could Pass This Week

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. December 13, 2011.

Lawmakers are looking to vote as soon as Thursday on the final National Defense Authorization, which has outraged civil liberties advocates.

How Wall Street Profits from the Criminalization of Immigrants and Lobbies for More To Be Locked Up

Peter Cervantes-Gautschi, AlterNet. October 9, 2010.

Two Wall Street-backed powerhouses are making fat profits off of the private immigration detention system, and they're flexing their muscles in Congress.

Record Number of Immigrants Deported in 2010

Elena Shore, New America Media. October 7, 2010.

The stats don't represent the "change" advocates were hoping for.

Officials Hid Truth of Migrant Deaths in Jails

AlterNetJanuary 11, 2010.

Silence has long shrouded the men and women who die in the nationâ€™s immigration jails.

Immigration: There's a Human Rights Crisis Within Our Borders

Jill Garvey, Imagine 2050. November 2, 2009.

Perhaps the best guide as our nation traverses immigration reform is to demand that every immigrant, refugee, and citizen is treated as a human being.

A Death in Texas Casts Cold Light on America's Privatized Immigration Prisons

Tom Barry, Boston Review. October 23, 2009.

The speculative public-private detention center represents the new face of imprisonment in America.

Homeland Security Pledges to Reform Nightmarish Immigration Detention System

Staff, RestoreFairness.org. October 9, 2009.

This week, DHS unveiled an ambitious plan to reform its immigration detention system.

Immigration Detention Rules Introduced in Senate

AlterNetJuly 30, 2009.

New legislation would address some of the worst abuses in the system.

Kicking Down Doors, Stomping on Rights: New Report Reveals Disturbing Details of ICE Raids

Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact. July 30, 2009.

â€œIf the government were engaged in these types of systematic and widespread constitutional violations toward any other group ..."

Fourth Circuit Court Ruling Gives Bush Dictatorial Powers

Steven D., Booman Tribune. July 17, 2008.

Disturbing, to say the least.

Child Detainees Battle an Unforgiving System Alone

Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. June 27, 2008.

Children who enter the US parentless may undergo a series of harsh trials before they ever reach the courtroom to seek asylum.

Children Paying a Heavy Price for ICE's Showy Immigration Raids

Kay Steiger, In These Times. June 24, 2008.

The children of those arrested in flashy-but-ineffectual ICE raids -- many of whom are U.S. citizens -- suffer dire consequences.

Scapegoating Non-citizens Produces Few Measurable National Security Gains

yave begnet, Drum Major Institute. June 24, 2008.

The U.S. is committing human rights abuses in the name of freedom and democracy.

Inside Bush's Billion-Dollar Immigration Gulag

Tom Barry, Americas Policy Program. June 23, 2008.

ICE has created a multi-billion dollar industry for holding immigrants deemed "removable" by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Undocumented Immigrants Face Abuses, Un-American Treatment in Detention

Cristina Jimenez, Drum Major Institute. May 13, 2008.

It really shouldn't matter what one's opinion about the larger immigration question is -- these are basic issues of human rights.

Afghanistan: The Brutal and Unnecessary War the Media Aren't Telling You About

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 26, 2008.

It's easy to forget that the road to GuantÃ¡namo began in places like Kandahar and Jalalabad.

Six Years of Guantanamo: Enough Is Enough!

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. January 11, 2008.

The sixth anniversary of the creation of Bush's legal "black hole" is upon us.

Britain Gives Rude Welcome to Innocent Gitmo Prisoners

Victoria Brittain, Comment Is Free. December 24, 2007.

To admit that they pose no threat would show how complacent the Brits have been in supporting the U.S.'s black prison network.

Gitmo and the Supreme Court: What Happened?

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. December 22, 2007.

The Supreme Court's decision in June 2004 has been undermined twice by Congress in the intervening years.

McCarthyism Comes to Iraq: Dententions of Those Accused of "Iran Connection" on the Rise

Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. November 30, 2007.

Locals claim the U.S. military had been using members of the Mehdi Army to carry out attacks on Sunnis in Baghdad.

Disappeared: Five Years in Guantanamo

Lou Dubose, The Washington Spectator. July 7, 2007.

In 2001, 19-year-old Murat Kurnaz was an innocent man caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Accused of being a terrorist, he spent five years in Guantanamo before being released -- now he's telling his story.