End ICE Abuse

Lampooning Immigration Jails While Exploiting the War on Women: Does the House Immigration Subcommitee Have Any Standards of Decency?

By Chris Rickerd, Washington Legislative Office at 2:20pm
This afternoon, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement is holding a hearing called "Holiday on ICE: The U.S. Department of ... Read More

Ending Immigration Detention in America

By Molly Lauterback, Immigrants' Rights Project at 2:58pm
Why is it we are locking up record numbers of immigrants, at tremendous cost to families, communities and taxpayers, with little gain to public safety? Read More

Expanded Immigration Detention: Locking Up Those Yearning to Breathe Free

By Chris Rickerd, Washington Legislative Office at 3:11pm
If Rep. Lamar Smith's (R-Texas) bill passes, has his way, a massive expansion of the immigration detention system will take place. Read More

Locked Up with No End in Sight

By Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU of Southern California at 3:19pm
Rev. Raymond Soeoth spent 2 1/2 years in immigration detention because our government would not give him a 15-minute bond hearing before a judge. Read More

Immigration Detention: A Death Sentence for Far Too Many

By Will Matthews, ACLU at 2:35pm
Being needlessly detained should never turn into a death sentence. Read More

"I Was Scared for My Life": Trapped in Detention With a Mental Disability

By Sarah Mehta, Human Rights Program at 4:23pm
Thousands of immigrant detainees with mental disabilities are housed in remote detention facilities around the country, far from professional medical services and the ... Read More

Ending The Laws That Fuel Mass Detention and Deportation

By Judy Rabinovitz, Immigrants' Rights Project at 3:00pm
The Department of Homeland Security assumes that mass detention is the key to immigration enforcement. But in fact, our detention system locks up thousands of ... Read More

The Tragic Costs of Immigration Detention

By Michael Tan, Immigrants' Rights Project at 11:12am
This week, the ACLU Blog of Rights launched a 10-day blog series about the costs of immigration detention, both human and fiscal, and what needs to be done to ensure ... Read More

Lost in Immigration Detention

By Elizabeth Beresford, ACLU at 4:00pm
Tonight at 9 p.m. EDT, Frontline on PBS takes a penetrating look at the Obama administration's immigration policies and the hidden world of immigration detention. Read More

Lost in Detention

By Elizabeth Beresford, ACLU at 5:35pm
On Tuesday, October 18, Frontline takes a penetrating look at the Obama administration's immigration policies and the hidden world of immigration detention. Read More
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