"Many immigrants are traumatized by what has happened to them, and are
afraid to report abuse by the same authority that has the power to
deport them. Others are deported before they get the chance to report
the abuse. And other still, don't know who to go to or how to file a
complaint when they have been raped in detention.
The Women's Refugee Commission has long advocated for government
reform around this issue, and our visits to detention facilities over
the years have confirmed that sexual abuse of immigration detainees is a
problem U.S. officials desperately need to address." - Michelle Brané, Director of Detention and Asylum, Women’s Refugee Commission, Dec. 6, 2011.