ACLU New Mexico, Nov. 8, 2023 "A group of immigrants detained in inhumane conditions at New Mexico’s Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF) is suing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for certifying a sham inspection in 2022 that allowed...
Austin Kocher, Ph.D., Nov. 6, 2023 "ICE’s immigrant detention numbers have been growing in recent weeks, raising concerns about the treatment of migrants under the Biden administration and the impacts on government spending. Yet the agency refuses...
Rae Ann Varona, Law360, Sept. 20, 2023 "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog revealed problems it found from surprise inspections at migrant holding facilities, citing prolonged detention times and overcrowding in Texas facilities...
Interpol permanently deleted the bogus Red Notice. An Immigration Judge granted her asylum...twice. ICE still has her locked up. The habeas petition is here . The ACLU media release is here . Wesley Muller's Louisiana Illuminator article is here .
... about the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman ? "If you or someone you know has or had a problem while in immigration detention, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO) can help. OIDO is an independent office within the Department...
Tom Dreisbach, NPR, Aug. 16, 2023 " "There is no justifiable correctional reason that required the detainee who had a mental health condition to have his clothes cut off by a female officer while he was compliant in a restraint chair. This is a barbaric...
TRAC, July 19, 2023 "The odds that Immigration Judges granted bond motions for detained immigrants varied this year so far from a low of just three percent at the Northwest Detention Center in the state of Washington to 45 percent at the Krome North Special...
Megan Gleason, Source NM, July 14, 2023 "Lawmakers blocked a bill in the 2023 legislative session that would’ve prohibited local New Mexico governments from hiring federal immigration officers to detain migrants, arguing that detention centers boost...
Alex Burness, Bolts, June 8, 2023 "Colorado this week became just the seventh U.S. state to prohibit local government agreements to detain immigrants in their jails on behalf of federal immigration authorities. House Bill 1100 , which Democratic Governor...
NWIRP, May 30, 2023 "The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington approved a settlement agreement today in Favela Avendaño v. Bostock, a case brought in 2020 by Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), the American Civil Liberties Union...
UCLA MPP, May 2023 "Over 70 years since its inception, a provision under an appropriations bill that the 95th United States Congress passed has allowed immigrant workers in detention centers to earn just $1 a day. Working alongside our client, the California...
TRAC, Apr. 3, 2023 "According to the latest data released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detention numbers creeped upward in recent weeks while alternatives to detention numbers continue to decline. TRAC has also implemented new user improvements...
ACLU Colorado, Mar. 17, 2023 "After five years of litigation that included a precedent-setting decision by the Colorado Supreme Court and two stops at the Court of Appeals, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has finally compensated Saul Cisneros for...
TRAC, Mar. 7, 2023 "What lies behind ICE’s frequent posting of Alternatives to Technology (ATD) data that the agency now admits was incorrect? The data ICE had been posting for months showed that use of GPS ankle monitors had been increasing. ICE now reports...
Innovation Law Lab, Mar. 1, 2023 "On February 24, 2023, Innovation Law Lab, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and Santa Fe Dreamers Project delivered a letter to the offices of: US Department of Homeland Security...