Below are a collection of articles featuring Freedom for Immigrants.
2021
November:
Immigration contracts, detention practices have turned La. prisons into 'cash cow' for private firms, The Advocate, November 2021
Groups accuse Glades Detention Center of abuse, WGCU, November 2021
Asylum seekers, advocates decry isolation, filth, lack of medical care at Winn Correctional Center, The Advocate, November 2021
Bisexual Black man alleges abuse at Va. ICE detention center, The Blade, November 2021
Record number of immigrants funneled into alternative detention programs, The Hill, November 2021
Immigrants go through hell trying to access legal help while in ICE detention—and it's on purpose, Daily Kos, November 2021
Proposed Immigrant Detention Center Draws Local Ire and Legal Challenges, National Law Review, November 2021
October:
Louisiana ICE centers ignore agency protocol on release of asylum seekers, advocates, immigrants say, The Advocate, October 2021
Electronic Monitoring Has Widened Its Net Amid COVID, Truthout, October 2021
Biden Broke With Obama on Immigration, Only to Become Just Like Him, Daily Beast, October 2021
Federal complaint claims Black immigrants are discriminated against at Krome, Miami Herald, October 2021
Black Immigrants Claim Racism, Abuses At Miami ICE Facility, Law360, October 2021
'No testing being done': Black immigrants file complaint over harmful conditions, anti-Black abuses, Daily Kos, October 2021
Los tres sueños de Rocío, palabra., October 2021
September:
Pirata aéreo cubano de 2003 queda libre en EEUU tras 20 años en prisión, EFE, September 2021
Denuncian uso peligroso de tóxicos en centro de detención de Florida, EFE, September 2021
Reproductive Health of Detained Immigrants Endangered by Toxic Cleaning Chemicals: Report, Newsweek, September 2021
En Florida denuncian uso de sustancia tóxica en centro de detención inmigrantes, El Sol Latino, September 2021
When ICE detainees are dropped off at Atlanta airport, this group helps, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 2021
Seven Days in Solitary [9/22/21], Solitary Watch, September 2021
Hunger strike by inmates reported at Glades Detention Center, The News-Press, September 2021
Hunger Strike Erupts in Notorious Florida Jail as Haitians Fight Deportation, Truthout, September 2021
New hunger strike starts at Glades County Detention Center over “appalling pattern of abuses,” according to activists, Al Día, September 2021
August:
Will Investing in Community Groups Keep Immigrants Out of Detention?, Capital & Main, August 2021
Bill banning ICE contract renewals stalled on New Jersey governor's desk. Guess what happened next, Daily Kos, August 2021
Jails barred from deals to detain noncitizens under NJ law, Associated Press, August 2021
Latino groups hail N.J. law barring jails from detaining noncitizens, NBC News, August 2021
Future ICE detention contracts banned by N.J. law, New Jersey Monitor, August 2021
NJ jails can no longer contract with ICE to hold federal immigrant detainees, Bergen Record, August 2021
New Jersey is the First East Coast State to Ban Further Contracts with ICE, Documented, August 2021
New Jersey advocates applaud law banning new ICE contracts, urge release of detained immigrants, Daily Kos, August 2021
Immigrants pay cripplingly high bail bonds to be released from detention across US, The Guardian, August 2021
Seven women allege sexual misconduct, abuse at Glades County Detention Center, Florida Politics, August 2021
Inmigrantes denuncian abusos sexuales en un centro de detención de Florida, EFE, August 2021
Seven women file complaint alleging abuse, medical neglect at Florida ICE detention center, Miami Herald, August 2021
Denuncia: Guardias espían a mujeres cuando se bañan en cárcel migratoria de Florida, La Noticia, August 2021
Para compartir esta nota utiliza los íconos que aparecen en el sitio, La Prensa, August 2021
Report: Immigrants Disappear in ICE Custody, Documented, August 2021
July:
ICE detainees at Bergen County jail allege abuse, medical neglect, NJ Spotlight, July 2021
Bergen County Jail rife with abuse and discrimination, complaint says, Bergen Record/NorthJersey.com, July 2021
N.J. jail plagued by abuse, ‘deplorable’ conditions, detainees claim in complaint, Star Ledger/NJ.com, July 2021
Members of Congress join activists in calling for the closure of Glades County Detention Center over migrant treatment, Al Día, July 2021
Congresistas urgen a Mayorkas el cierre de centro de inmigrantes de Florida, EFE, July 2021
Organización se une para continuar línea de denuncias de inmigrantes detenidos, Telemundo Dallas, July 2021
Some asylum seekers dropped off in Shreveport reportedly were not allowed to call their families, KSLA, July 2021
Immigrant advocacy groups file administrative complaint alleging ICE fails to follow release protocols, The Lens, July 2021
Immigration advocates: Those dropped by ICE in Shreveport now with friends, family, KTSB, July 2021
Migrants Say They’re Being Electrocuted by ICE-Mandated Ankle Monitors, Vice, July 2021
Advocacy Groups File Complaint About Abuses at New Jersey ICE Jail, Documented, July 2021
Report: Immigrants With Ankle Monitors Suffer Harsh Effects, Documented, July 2021
Few immigrants in detention have been vaccinated. That needs to change., Vox, July 2021
Las detenciones del ICE aumentan a medida que la administración de Biden se retrasa en los métodos de detención humanitarios, Al Día, July 2021
Government Agrees to Restore National Immigration Detention Hotline, Legal Reader, July 2021
‘Traumatizing and abusive’: Immigrants reveal personal toll of ankle monitors, The Guardian, July 2021
ICE detentions increase as Biden administration lags in humane detention methods, Al Día, July 2021
ICE settles lawsuit, agrees to keep hands off detention hotline prominently featured on Netflix show, Daily Kos, July 2021
Settlement reached after ICE ended immigrant hotline seen in 'Orange Is the New Black', NBC News, July 2021
Settlement reached over free immigration detention hotline, Associated Press, July 2021
Settlement reached over immigration detention hotline shut down by ICE, Axios, July 2021
ICE settles lawsuit over immigration hotline featured on ‘Orange is the New Black’, New York Daily News, July 2021
June:
N.J. one step away from banning ICE contracts with local jails. Now it’s up to Gov. Murphy., NJ.Com, June 2021
Attorneys turn focus to Louisiana’s Winn Correctional Center over terrible migrant housing conditions, Al Día, June 2021
Court orders review of Aurora ICE detainee's 32-month detention, Colorado Politics, June 2021
20 on Hunger Strike and 14 Arrested: The Struggle to End ICE Detention in North Jersey Continues, The Indypendent, June 2021
May:
Escobar: Stop transferring detained migrants during COVID-19 pandemic, Valley News, May 2021
Jailing of boy for ICE criticized by immigrant groups, The Winchester Star, May 2021
New York County Jails May Close Their Doors to ICE, The Nation, May 2021
Slippery ICE: Feds Tell Jersey Detainees They’re Being Transferred to the Deep South, Then Reverse, The Indypendent, May 2021
Proyecto de ley busca cancelar los contratos de Nueva York con ICE, Impacto Latino, May 2021
Report: ICE Disregarding Detention and Deportation Priorities, Documented NY, May 2021
ICE Subverting Biden’s Priorities for Detention and Deportation, The Intercept, May 2021
Welcome Home: Community Sponsorship — Not Detention — for Asylum Seekers, Niskanen Center, May 2021
April:
Merkley, Jayapal, Booker, Markey, Wyden Introduce Legislation to Protect Families’ Freedom, Human Right to Not Be Traumatized, YubaNet.com, April 2021
Abolish ICE NY-NJ Coalition Rejects Essex County’s Carceral Replacement of Its ICE Contract and Demands the Release of 165 Immigrants Detained There, InsiderNJ, April 2021
Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails, Truthout.org, April 2021
Senator Booker Reintroduces the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to Transform the Immigration Detention System and End Inhumane Conditions at Facilities, Insider NJ, April 2021
Six Weeks in Solitary [4/5/21] Our Weekly Roundup of News and Views on Solitary Confinement, Solitary Watch, April 2021
March:
EPA says private prison company poisoned immigrants at ICE facility for a decade, American Indepenent, March 2021
Omar Leads Letter Urging Biden End ICE Contracts Local Jails, Common Dreams, March 2021
Private Companies Maneuvering To Cash In On Biden’s Child Migrant Detention, The Intercept, March 2021
Reopening Mass Influx Facilities Goes Against Biden Administration Promises, NACLA, March 2021
Justice for Immigrants in Detention, Progressive.org, March 2021
Joe Biden is already Falling Short on Immigration Promises, Tribune, March 2021
After Filing Complaint, Jamaican ICE Detainees Allege Retaliatory Beating by Guards, Miami New Times, March 2021
Migrant Detainees Find Little Relief Under Biden, In These Times, March 2021
Protesters in Newark demand immediate release of undocumented immigrants, NJ.com, March 2021
February:
Why I led a Hunger Strike Against ICE New Jersey, The Counter, February 2021
US Immigration Service Cancels African Deportations After Torture Reports, Final Call, February 2021
Critics Raise Medical Abuse Alarms at FLA Detention Center , Law360, February 2021
Joint Letter to HHS and CDC on Orders Authorizing Border Expulsions , Human Rights Watch, February 2021
Like sardines in a can’: Complaint alleges medical neglect at Florida ICE detention center, Miami Herald, February 2021
Deportation of Africans Cancelled After Reports of Torture by the US Immigration Service, In Depth News, February 2021
Letter to Department of Homeland Security US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and White House..., Whistleblower.org, February 2021
Haitian detainee accuses Krome guards of attacking him. ICE asked to investigate, Miami Herald, February 2021
ICE Threatening to Expose Immigrants to COVID-19 Detainees Say, Mic, February 2021
ICE Has Gone Rogue As It Continues With Deportations Despite Several Policy Changes, Mitú, February 2021
Immigrant Visas Conuslates Backlog, The New York Times, February 2021
New claims of migrant abuse as Ice defies Biden to continue deportations , The Guardian, February 2021
January:
Can immigrant rights advocates get Biden to end for-profit ICE detention? , NBC News, January 2021
Biden Pledged to Close For-Profit ICE Detention Centers. Will He Follow Through? , Mother Jones, January 2021
Joe Biden's Reversal of Donald Trump Immigration Policies Doesn't Satisfy Migrant-Rights Advocates , Newsweek, January 2021
What Immigrant Rights Groups Want From Biden , Capital & Main, January 2021
2020
December:
Mixed-status immigrant families eligible for $600 stimulus checks in COVID bill , The Miami Herald, December 2020.
Volunteers live faith, Cajun values as they provide a lifeline to immigrants released from detention, The Arcadiana Advocate, December 2020.
Commentary: Release detained immigrants to cut COVID deaths , San Antonio Express, December 2020.
Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Bill to Require COVID-19 Data Collection in Immigration Detention Facilities, Insider NJ, December 2020.
Durbin, Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Bill to Require COVID-19 Data Collection in Immigration Detention Facilities, River Bender, December 2020
Activists Fear for Health & Safety of Men on Hunger Strike in ICE Detention at Bergen County Jail – Call Special Emergency Protest for Sunday, Insider NJ. December 2020.
As Trump Departs, Some Democrats May Seek Cover to Maintain Ties With ICE, The Appeal, December 2020.
November:
‘Betrayed’ Black asylum seekers say Trump administration is ramping up deportations by force and fraud, LA Times, November 2020.
African Asylum Seekers Accuse ICE of Torture and Forced Document Signing, Newsweek, November 2020.
Cameroonian Immigrants Say They Were Beaten, Pepper-sprayed, Forced To Sign Deportation Documents, WWNO, November 2020.
Despite calls to reject ICE contract, Hudson County Freeholders push forward with controversial jail deal, NJ.com, November 2020.
Mass Deportations to Cameroon Undermine US Foreign Policy and Violate International Law, Just Security, November 2020.
Hudson County should end the horror of ICE detainment. Don’t renew the contract. | Opinion, NJ.com, November 2020.
Democrats seek to ban ICE transfers linked to outbreaks of COVID-19, Business Insider, November 2020.
Complaint Filed Against SF Immigration Judge Accused of ‘Hostile' Treatment, NBC Bay Area, November 2020.
Study: Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks Are Rising in ICE Detention Centers, VeryWell, November 2020.
Immigrant Advocates Fear Another Round Of Deportations From Prairieland Detention Center, KERA, November 2020.
Cameroonian asylum seekers say ICE agents forced them to sign own deportation orders, UK Independent, November 2020.
Deported Cameroon Asylum Seekers Fear For Their Lives, The American Prospect, November 2020.
Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Say They Face Violent Persecution Upon Deportation, The Nation, November 2020.
US to send asylum seekers home to Cameroon despite 'death plane' warnings, The Guardian UK, November 2020.
Outrage grows after ICE detains released NJ inmates, NJ 101.5, November 2020.
ICE arrests 88 inmates released from prison this week in New Jersey, NorthJersey.com, November 2020.
ICE wins crucial court battle on appeal, allowing expansion of Mesa Verde detention center in McFarland, Bakersfield Californian, November 2020.
October:
Cameroonian asylum-seeker who says he was abused in detention fights deportation: ‘I’m just trying to hold onto another day’ Dallas Morning News, October 2020
Forced deportation of Cameroonian and Congolese immigrants, BBC World News Service, October 2020.
ICE uses torture to pressure African asylum seekers to agree to deportation, WSWS, October 2020.
In Bombshell Report, ICE Agents Are Accused of ‘Torturing’ African Asylum-Seekers to Get Them to Sign Their Own Deportation Documents, Mitu, October 2020.
ICE Is Reportedly Torturing Detained African Immigrants To Force Deportations Ahead of Election, The Root, October 2020.
ICE officers accused of torturing African detainees, The Griot, October 2020.
ICE officials are allegedly torturing Africans into signing own deportation orders, Revolt, October 2020.
ICE Officials ‘Tortured African Immigrants’ in Mississippi to Sign Their Own Deportation Orders, Report Says, The Daily Beast, October 2020.
Cameroonian asylum seekers pulled off deportation plane amid allegations of ICE abuse, NBC News, October 2020.
ICE is using torture to coerce Black immigrants into deportation, civil rights complaint says, Daily Kos, October 2020.
33 Musicians On Why They’re Voting in the 2020 Election, Pitchfork, October 2020.
Immigrant Advocates Demand Release Of Black Migrants From Prairieland Detention Center, High Plains Public Radio, October 2020.
Cameroonian asylum seekers said to be one day away from deportation back to the oppression they fled, Pressenza, October 2020.
Cameroonian asylum seekers said to be one day away from deportation back to the oppression they fled, Louisiana Illuminator, October 2020.
Immigrant Advocates Demand Release Of Black Migrants From Prairieland Detention Center, KERA News, October 2020.
Advocates Say ICE Coercing Detainees Into Deportation, Law360, October 2020.
San Diego judge upholds state ban on private immigration detention centers, LA Times, October 2020.
The U.S. Must Not Deport People to Cameroon, Amnesty International, October 2020.
Immigrant Rights Advocates Hope Court Rules Against The Expansion Of Mesa Verde In McFarland, Valley Public Radio, October 2020.
Calif. Judge Upholds Most Of State's Private Prison Ban, Law360, October 2020.
ICE Misusing Solitary Confinement for COVID-19 Quarantine, Detainees Say, KQED, October 2020.
September:
Horrifying as it is, forced hysterectomies are only the latest abuse at immigration detention centers, Sun Sentinel, September 2020.
ICE Just Deported A Key Witness in A Sexual Assault Investigation Against Them, Mitu, September 2020.
Our Nation of Immigrants: Solving the immigration challenge, Brookings Institute, September 2020.
Prior to COVID, text messages were free for detainees in Miami ICE detention. Not anymore, Miami Herald, September 2020.
Advocates threaten litigation if Adelanto issues permit to GEO for ICE detention center expansion, Desert Sun, September 2020.
5,000 People Contract COVID-19 While In ICE Custody, Including This Father Of 5, Texas Public Radio, September 2020.
During pandemic, a privately run detention center sought to find new migrants to detain, NM Political Report, September 2020.
ICE expands into former McFarland prisons, drastically increasing capabilities, Bakersfield Californian, September 2020.
Where ICE reports COVID-19 cases, Reveal, September 2020.
Immigration Detention Center in Adelanto on track to expand, Orange County Register, September 2020.
Group sues after blocked from visiting immigration detainees in Alabama, AL.com, September 2020
Volunteers transcend borders in moral outrage, International Detention Coalition, September 2020.
COVID-19 hunger strikes sweep immigrant detention centers, In These Times, September 2020.
Seven days in solitary, Solitary Watch, September 2020.
August:
‘They were punishing me for getting sick,’ International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, August 2020.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE: ICE RESPONDS TO COVID-19 WITH SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, The Intercept, August 2020.
Questions on COVID-19 among migrant detainees, NM Political Report, August 2020.
Systemic sexual assault plagues ICE detention centers, Al Dia, August 2020.
This Is One Hell of a Price to Pay to Ensure Stephen Miller Never Has to Look for a Real Job, Esquire, August 2020.
ICE Guards Accused Of Sexual Assault And Harassment At El Paso Detention Facility, KERA News, August 2020.
Immigrants who speak out against being doused in toxic disinfectant for Covid at Trump-funded detention centre face retaliation, activists say, UK Independent, August 2020.
ICE guards ‘systematically’ sexually assault detainees in an El Paso detention center, lawyers say, Texas Tribune, August 2020.
Federal judge finds 'serious questions' over McFarland's conduct in granting permits to expand immigrant detention center, Bakersfield Californian, August 2020.
Judge blocks detention expansion plan after McFarland approves GEO Group request, ABC 23 Kern County, August 2020.
Are We Torturing Immigrants With Toxic Chemicals?, Good Men Project, August 2020.
Blended Capital For Immigration Bonds: Introducing The Freedom100 Fund, Forbes, August 2020.
July:
New Rules Allow ICE To Refuse Sureties' Immigration Bonds, Law360, July 2020.
The hotline that helps detained immigrants share their stories, Columbia Journalism Review, July 2020.
Judge Stops GEO Group from Converting Prison into Immigration Detention Center, Documented NY, July 2020.
Elizabeth Detention Center Property Owner Announces Plans to Cut Ties with For-Profit Detention Company CoreCivic, Insider NJ, July 2020.
GEO Group’s plan to convert two Central Valley prisons into ICE detention centers put on hold, Desert Sun, July 2020.
Federal judge issues temporary restraining order against GEO and city of McFarland over immigrant detention centers, Bakersfield Californian, July 2020.
Judge halts new immigration detention center in the San Joaquin Valley — for now, Fresno Bee, July 2020.
Legal Empowerment during COVID-19: from JusticePower to #FreeThemAll, Open Global Rights, July 2020.
Badflower Announce Streaming Festival With Dead Sara + Bones UK, Loudwide, July 2020.
How Can Artists Use Their Practice to Support Urgent Social Causes?, KCET, July 2020.
Congressman pushes for hearing into use of toxic disinfectant at Adelanto ICE center, San Bernadino Sun, July 2020.
Artists Turn to the Skies to Bring Awareness to Detention Centers Around the Country, W Magazine, July 2020.
Don't look away. Artists use sky-typing to expose ICE detention facilities across the U.S., CBC News, July 2020.
‘We can’t take a break’: Advocates continue to push for release of Adelanto’s immigrant detainees amid COVID-19, Victorville Daily Press, July 2020.
June:
Immigrants, advocates, members of Congress decry chemical use at ICE facility in Adelanto, Desert Sun, June 2020.
Immigrants detained at Adelanto staged a peaceful protest. Guards in riot gear pepper-sprayed them, Los Angeles Times, June 2020.
As I See It: Loss of options for asylum-seekers another example of Trump’s absolutist, cruel policies, Telegram, June 2020.
Detainees Report Bloody Noses, Nausea From ICE Chemical Disinfectant Use, Latino Rebels, June 2020.
Detainees subjected to chemical exposure at ICE detention center; Plus, activists decry Facebook’s removal of their accounts; and a look at slavery in California, KPFA, June 2020.
Watch Dascha Polanco & the ‘Orange is the New Black’ Cast Host an Anti-Racist Criminal Justice Reform Event, Remezcla, June 2020.
Activists Denounce ICE for Spraying Prisoners with Dangerous Chemicals During Pandemic, Be Latina, June 2020
‘SOS COVID-19’: Immigrants fear for their lives in Houston detention facilities plagued by virus, Houston Chronicle, June 2020.
ICE Spraying Disinfectant on CA Detainees ‘Day and Night’: Report, June 2020.
ICE detention center using disinfectant that causes bleeding, Dos Mundos, June 2020.
ICE Detention Centers Are Allegedly Using Dangerous Disinfectants That Cause Burns And Bleeding, Mitu, June 2020.
Report: 100% of Morrow County jail inmates had COVID-19, Mansfield News Journal, June 2020.
Are ICE Detention Centers ‘Gassing Immigrants’ with a Chemical Disinfectant?, Truth or Fiction, June 2020.
Houston Chronicle: 1 in 5 immigrants at ICE detention in Houston has COVID-19, Government Accountability Project, June 2020.
Migrant Detainees Reportedly Suffering Serious Side Effects From COVID-19 Disinfectant Sprays, Complex, June 2020.
Over 250,000 Sign Petition to Stop ICE Using Powerful Disinfectant As Detainees Allegedly Suffer Serious Side Effects, Newsweek, June 2020.
Report: 100% of Morrow County jail inmates had COVID-19, Mansfield News Journal, June 2020.
Report finds ICE detention center is using a disinfectant over 50 times a day that causes bleeding and pain, Insider, June 2020.
1 in 5 immigrants at ICE detention in Houston has COVID-19, Houston Chronicle, June 2020.
May:
Immigrant detainees say ICE is using coronavirus disinfectant sprays that cause bleeding, burns and pain, Yahoo News, May 2020.
Rally protests conditions at Adelanto ICE center, Victorville Daily Press, May 2020.
Detainees at privately owned immigration facility say sheriff’s office broke up protest with pepper spray, projectiles, The Lens NOLA, May 2020.
296 días: cómo una celda de aislamiento de ICE llevó a un inmigrante a desear la muerte,, May 2020.
After violence erupted in an ICE detention facility, a message left on a window said, 'HELP US', CNN, May 2020.
'Bloody Noses, Burning Eyes': Advocates File Complaint Over Chemical Disinfectant Use At Adelanto Detention Center, KPCC & LAist, May 2020.
Advocates Call for Immigrant Detainees’ Release as COVID-19 Cases Climb, Non-Profit Quarterly, May 2020.
COVID-19 Outbreaks May Arise From Immigrant Detention Centers, Doctors Say, NBC News Bay Area, May 2020.
Is Biden Going to Repeat Obama’s Immigration Mistakes?, The New Republic, May 2020.
Coronavirus: How Undocumented Immigrants Are Affected, Pero Like, May 2020.
Coronavirus: Immigration detention centres in crisis, BBC News, May 2020.
‘Egregious violations’ are not new to ICE, AL.com, May 2020.
April:
Guest Commentary: Recipe for Disaster – ‘Unmasking’ Yuba County Jail’s Response to COVID-19, Davis Vanguard, April 2020.
Released From ICE Detention Into a Pandemic: For One Woman, Returning Home Is Complex, KQED, April 2020.
Coronavirus en EE.UU. | "Tuvimos que fabricar mascarillas con toallas sanitarias y camisetas": la crisis en centros de detención de inmigrantes a raíz de la pandemia, BBC News, April 2020
Trans asylum seeker talks to B.A.R. following release from ICE custody, Bay Area Reporter, April 2020.
McFarland greenlights converting state prisons into ICE detention centers, San Joaquin Valley Sun, April 2020.
McFarland City Council grants appeal, allows immigrant detention centers in city, Bakersfield Californian, April 2020.
Trans woman detained by ICE since 2018 released from detention in Texas, New York Daily News, April 2020.
ICE Detainees Terrified of the Coronavirus Wanted to Be Deported. Guards Pepper-Sprayed Them, Mother Jones, April 2020.
A Coalition Of More Than 100 Groups Demand Trump Stop Deportations To Haiti, Haitian Times, April 2020.
COVID-19 Giving Guide: How To Donate To Reach The Most Marginalized, Forbes, April 2020.
We Need to Reverse the Damage Trump Has Done in Latin America. Biden’s Plans Don’t Cut It, The Intercept, April 2020.
‘This Virus Kills Way Too Many People.’ Hunger-Striking ICE Detainees Demand Answers, The American Prospect, April 2020.
What it's like being undocumented during the novel coronavirus, ABC News, April 2020.
Immigrant advocates sue to get vulnerable detainees released from ICE custody amid coronavirus, Herald Media Mail, April 2020.
Panicked over coronavirus, immigrant detainees plead to be released: 'I am afraid for my life' Los Angeles Times, April 2020.
The Hardest Hit: Who is Supporting Communities of Color During COVID-19? Inside Philanthropy, April 2020.
March:
Here's How We End US Immigration Detention, Forbes, 2020.
February:
Trump administration retaliates against states trying to lessen use of immigrant detention, PRI The World, February 2020
GEO plans likely appeal of McFarland Planning Commission's vote rejecting immigrant detention centers, The Bakersfield Californian, February 2020
Legal questions abound as McFarland considers allowing immigrant detention facilities, The Bakersfield Californian, February 2020
News you missed: Immigrants win back right to call free hotline if they're detained, The American Independent, February 2020
The Epidemic of Hunger Strikes in Immigrant Detention Centers, The Nation, February 2020
Fears for US-Detained Asylum Seekers as Hunger Strike Enters Fourth Month, The Guardian, February 2020
January:
Starving for Justice in ICE Detention, The New York Times, January 2020
ICE Is Force-Feeding Hunger Strikers, in Violation of Medical Ethics, Mother Jones, January 2020
Hunger Striker Nearing Death in ICE Custody: I Just Want Freedom": “I Just Want Freedom”, Truthout, January 2020
After 68 Days, Hunger Strikers in ICE Custody Are on the Brink of Death, Salon, January 2020
Hunger Striker Won’t Need to Be Force-Fed While at Detention Center, Sun Sentinel, January 2020
Lieutenant Governor, Immigrant Activists Win JFK Awards, Associated Press, January 2020
2019
December:
ICE sued for ending immigrant hotline seen in 'Orange Is the New Black', NBC News, December 2019
Immigrant Rights Group Demands ICE Restore Detention Hotline Featured in 'OITNB’, The Hollywood Reporter, December 2019.
ICE Shut Down Immigrant Hotline After It Was Featured on ‘Orange Is the New Black’ — Lawsuit, New York Daily News, December 2019
This Map Shows How Radically Trump Has Changed Immigration Detention, Mother Jones, December 2019
ICE Pulls Immigrant Hotline, but Advocates Fight Back, Non-Profit Quarterly, December 2019.
Booker, Colleagues Demand Answers from DHS and ICE on Termination of Immigration Detention Hotline, Insider NJ, Decemeber 2019.
Letters From Immigration Detention Centers Paint a Dark Picture, Volunteers Say, LA Times, December 2019
ICE Retaliates Against Immigrant Rights Activists By Suspending Visitation Program in Alabama, Shadowproof, December 2019
November:
These Charities Are Fighting the Good Fight on Social Justice, The Daily Beast, November 2019
ICE may circumvent California’s ban on private immigrant detention centers, San Diego Union-Tribune, November 2019
October:
Opinion: We Just Won A Major Victory In The Fight Against Immigration Detention, Buzzfeed, October 2019
Private prison firm quietly ramps up GOP lobbying efforts as Trump expands immigrant detention centers, CNBC, October 2019
The terrible conditions in detention centers drive immigrants to the brink of suicide, Al Dia, October 2019
Private prison company running ICE facilities faces horrific abuse allegations, Mic, October 2019
September:
California to End Its Use of Private, For-Profit Prisons, Associated Press, September 2019.
California Bans For-Profit Prisons and Immigrant Detention Facilities, The Los Angeles Times, September 2019.
How Orange Is the New Black Sparked This Couple's Romance and Activism, The Advocate, September 2019.
What We Know About the Otay Mesa Detention Center – and Its Future, Voice of San Diego, September 2019.
Private Prison Firm Quietly Ramps Up GOP Lobbying Efforts as Trump Expands Immigrant Detention Centers, CNBC, September 2019.
ICE Releases Indian Asylum Seekers After 75-Day Hunger Strike With ‘Painful Force-Feedings,’ Newsweek, September 2019.
Trump's Plan to Detain Migrant Kids Indefinitely Just Got Blocked — for Now, Vice News, September 2019.
Rights Groups Allege ICE, Private Detention Firms, Provide Poor Care to LGBTQ Migrants and Those With HIV, Seattle Times, September 2019.
Emails Show How Private Firms Profit From ICE Detention Centers, CQ Roll Call, September 2019.
New State Bill Could Close Mesa Verde and End Private Prisons Throughout California, Bakersfield.com, September 2019.
Trump Closes Doors To Immigrants, Some US Citizens Open Them, Associated Press, September 2019.
Private Prisons Are A Dead-End Economic Recovery Model. Just Ask This California Town, In These Times, September 2019.
California Just Banned Private Prisons, Including ICE Detention Facilities, Vice News, September 2019.
August:
Revealed: Man Force-Fed In ICE Custody At Risk Due To “Substandard Care,” Doctor Says, The Guardian, August 2019.
“Orange Is The New Black” Highlighted An Immigrant Hotline. Then ICE Shut It Down. Washington Post, August 2019.
ICE Shuts Down Immigration Hotline Featured On “Orange Is The New Black,” The Daily Beast, August 2019.
ICE Shut Down A Hotline For Detained Immigrants After It Was Featured On “Orange Is The New Black,” Los Angeles Times, August 2019.
We Visited An ICE Jail After Playing An Incarcerated Person and Guard on “Orange Is The New Black,” Salon, August 2019
Unequal Outcomes: Most ICE Detainees Held In Rural Areas Where Deportation Risks Soar, NPR, August 2019
The Jews Against ICE Movement Mobilizes The Power Of Mourning As Protest, Bustle, August 2019
More than 100 Immigrants on Hunger Strike at ICE Facility Allegedly Pepper Sprayed, Shot At With Rubber Bullets and Blocked from Contacting Families, Newsweek, August 2019
More Than 100 Immigrants Were Pepper-Sprayed At An ICE Facility, BuzzFeed, August 2019
115 Immigrant Detainees Get Attacked By Guards During Hunger Strike, We Are Mitu, August 2019
L.A. Charities Fighting for the Rights of Incarcerated Women Are Getting the “Orange Is the New Black” Bump, LA Magazine, August 2019
‘OITNB’ Promotes Free Immigration Hotline that Connects Detainees with Legal Aid, Hip Latina, August 2019
'More than 100' immigrants tear gassed by ICE in US detention centre, The Independent, August 2019
'Orange is the New Black' actors visit immigration detainees in New Jersey, New Jersey Record, August 2019
Business Digest: Nourish partners with Freedom for Immigrants, Santa Cruz Sentinel, August 2019
July:
The Immigration Hotline in OITNB Is Real — and So Is the Trouble Surrounding It, InStyle, July 2019
‘Orange Is the New Black’ offers fans a way to give back, Associated Press, July 2019
Opinion: We Put ICE Detention Centers Into "Orange Is The New Black." Now I'm Heading Back To One., BuzzFeed, July 2019
OITNB Launches Fund to Help Non-Profits Supporting Immigrants' Rights and Prison Reform, People Magazine, July 2019
Orange Is the New Black Tackles Criminal-Justice Reform With the Launch of ‘Poussey Washington Fund’, The Root, July 2019
Orange is the New Black' creators launch charity in honor of slain character, The Hill, July 2019
American Gulags, The Progressive, July 2019
In Immigration Lockups, Hate Speech Means More Than Just Words [Op-Ed], Colorlines, July 2019
10 Ways to Take Action for Immigrants, MS. Magazine, July 2019
Orange is the New Black goes out fighting in its final season, Entertainment Weekly, July 2019,
After ICE Detainment, 21 Savage's Story Shows a New Side of the Immigration Crisis, Phoenix New Times, July 2019
Sol House vigil will protest detention centers, poor conditions for immigrants, Kokomo Tribune, July 2019
Candlelight vigil to be held for immigrants detained in C.R., Iowa City Press-Citizen, July 2019
Chants of 'classrooms, not cages' as hundreds gather for DC 'Lights for Liberty' vigil, USA Today, July 2019
Proceeds from the Belgian-style witbier will go to Freedom for Immigrants, Pitchfork, July 2019
Parquet Courts and Goose Island Team Up For Limited Edition Beer at 2019 Pitchfork Music Festival, Billboard, July 2019
The United States Treats Migrants Worse Than Prisoners of War, Foreign Policy, July 2019
R29 Binge Club: Orange Is The New Black Season 7, Refinery 29, July 2019
Kamala Harris Wants to Stop ICE Detention—and This L.A. Org Has Her Back, LA Magazine, July 2019
June:
Advocates launch $1 million fund to keep asylum seekers out of immigration detention centers, San Diego Tribune, June 2019
DHS watchdog finds spoiled food, nooses at multiple immigration detention centers, ThinkProgress, June 2019
Kenyan Immigrant Spends a Decade Fighting Deportation, VOA News, June 2019
Sen. Dianne Feinstein on immigration fix: 'We have to just get to it’, UPI, June 2019
Democratic candidates vow to ban private prisons and detention centers, LA Times, June 2019
VIDEO: Immigrant Detention is Big Business, AJ+, June 2019
Alyssa Milano Suggests People Visit Migrant Detention Centers; Can Just Anyone Go Into One Of These Facilities? Newsweek, June 2019
Want to help migrant children at the border? Here’s how to donate, CNBC, June 2019
How to help families and children at the border: Volunteer, donate, speak out, USA Today, June 2019
Who's Visiting Immigrant Detainees At The Adelanto Detention Center?, LAist/KPCC, June 2019
What Should We Do About Concentration Camps in Trump’s America?, Common Dreams, June 2019
NYC Theatre Artists Plan #CloseTheCamps Play Reading and Event, American Theatre, June 2019
What Should We Do About Concentration Camps in Trump’s America?, The Progressive, June 2019
May:
A US city cut ties with its troubled migrant detention center. That could make things even worse, The Guardian, May 2019
California Cities Are Ending ICE Detention Contracts But Immigrants Might Not Go Free, Pacific Standard Magazine, May 2019
April:
Bulk of California Sanctuary Laws Upheld by Ninth Circuit, Courthouse News Service, April 2019
As US communities resist ICE, private prison companies are cashing in, Quartz, April 2019
Adelanto cuts ties to troubled ICE detention center — and removes a layer of oversight, LA Times, April 2019
Migrant family separations, heckling: Key moments from Kirstjen Nielsen's troubled tenure as DHS secretary, USA Today, April 2019
Could a proposed change in Illinois law derail plans for an ICE detention center near Chicago? Chicago Tribune, April 2019
Adelanto moves to revisit ending contract for troubled immigration detention facility, Palm Springs Desert Sun, April 2019
ICE released detainee while he was in a coma, weeks before his death, OC Register, April 2019
El centro de Adelanto cierra contrato con inmigración – Noticias 62, Estrella TV, April 2019
Lawmakers commend advocacy group for taking up cause of South Asians seeking asylum, News India Times, April 2019
Democratic lawmakers blast Trump administration for appalling treatment of immigrant detainees, American Bazaar, April 2019
Will Adelanto Officials Reform a Brutal Detention Center—Or Just Make It Bigger? Capital and Main, April 2019
News Roundup, Pasquines, April 2019
The Etowah Visitation Project: Supporting the Needs of ICE Detainees, Counterpunch, April 2019
March
Cierran centro de detención de Adelanto en California, Telemundo Al Rojo Vivo, March 2019
Adelanto Ending Contract for Largest Immigration Detention Facility in California, KQED, March 2019
Asylum seekers endure prison-like conditions in ICE detention centers for chance of freedom, ABC 10, March 2019
Immigrant detentions in Adelanto might end, continue or expand, San Bernardino Sun, March 2019
Adelanto Severs Ties With Local ICE Processing Center, Victorville Daily Press, March 2019
Noticias Telemundo, 29 de marzo de 2019, Telemundo, March 2019
Orange County will stop holding inmates for ICE at its jails, LA Times, March 2019
Sheriff to stop holding ICE detainees in Orange County jails, OC Register, March 2019
Court Order Allows ICE to Force-Feed Arizona Detainee on Hunger Strike, Phoenix New. Times, March 2019
ICE, immigrant rights advocates dispute hunger strike at Adelanto facility, San Bernardino Sun, March 2019
Lax Oversight Allows Serious Health and Safety Violations to Continue at Immigration Detention Centers, California Health Report, March 2019
OP-ED: State Attorney General’s report draws attention to abuses at Theo Lacy, OC Register, March 2019
How ICE outmaneuvered a town that tried to close a detention facility, VICE News, March 2019
Immigrant detention center in Bakersfield, thought to be set to close, will stay open, LA Times, March 2019
California AG finds poor oversight on immigration detention centers, ABC 10, March 2019
Indian Asylum-Seekers in ICE Detention Seek Release as Hunger Strike Enters Third Month, KQED News, March 2019
Activists say report of immigrants’ mistreatment in Richmond detention center proves sheriff must go, East Bay Times, March 2019
Kern County Detention Facility Will Stay Open Without Local Government Buy-In, Valley Public Radio/NPR, March 2019
High Court Rules 5-4 Against Immigrant Bond Hearings, Courthouse News Service, March 2019
Supreme Court ruling to strip immigrants of due process rights has major repercussions, experts say, ThinkProgress, March 2019
Cerrar la cárcel de migrantes más grande del país o aumentar su capacidad?, La Opinion, March 2019
Adelanto termina contrato de detención migratoria con ICE y grupo GEO, La Opinion, March 2019
February
California immigrant detainees face long periods of confinement and barriers to medical treatment, state audit reveals, LA Times, Feb. 2019
State report on treatment of jailed immigrants shows the inmates weren’t lying, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 2019
22-hour confinement, no bathrooms: Immigrants face harsh conditions in California ICE facilities, study says, Sacramento Bee, Feb. 2019
Immigrant detainees treated like prisoners in California, Attorney General report says, OC Register, Feb. 2019
State report reveals poor conditions at ICE detention facilities, including one in Contra Costa, East Bay Times, Feb. 2019
Op-Ed: Christina Fialho and Grisel Ruiz: CA’s Attorney General Reveals Abuses in Immigration Detention Conditions Report, YubaNet, Feb. 2019
California AG reveals unprecedented look at state's 10 immigration centers, KTVU, Feb. 2019
J vs. United States, Radio Ambulante, Feb. 2019
Budget Leaves Neither Side In Immigration Debate Satisfied, Law360, Feb. 2019
Progressive freshmen Democrats oppose giving Trump’s DHS more funds, ThinkProgress, Feb. 2019
Immigrants Are Fighting for Their Rights Even Behind Bar, The Nation, Feb. 2019
Jail Served Us Meatballs That Smelled Like Feces, NJ Inmate Says, Patch.com, Feb. 2019
Incarcerated Immigrants Are Being Tortured, Truthout, Feb. 2019
More than 70 detainees condemn conditions at San Diego immigration facility, LA Times/San Diego Tribune, Feb. 2019
Inmigrantes detenidos en Otay Mesa denuncian abusos intolerables, La Opinion, Feb. 2019
Democrats push for detention cap, PRI’s The World, Feb. 2019
How an El Paso Detention Center Is Treating Some Asylum-Seekers Could Violate the UN Convention Against Torture, Mother Jones, Feb. 2019
ICE threatens hunger striking detainees with immediate deportation, Think Progress, Feb. 2019
Congresswoman visits detainees on hunger strike, calls ICE force-feeding 'unacceptable’, ABC News, Feb. 2019
Congresswoman visits detainees on hunger strike, calls ICE force-feeding ‘unacceptable’, Sandhills Express/ABC News Radio, Feb. 2019
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike, WNTC, Feb. 2019
US Immigration Authorities Force-feed Detainees From India, Cuba, News 18, Feb. 2019
US Officials Force-feed Immigration Detainees on Hunger Strike, PTV News, Feb 2019
ICE is now force-feeding immigrants on hunger strike, using method called "unethical”, Salon, Feb. 2019
Desi immigrants force-fed at US detention centre, Times of India, Feb. 2019
ICE Force-feeding Migrant Detainees On Hunger Strike, AZ Central, Feb. 2019
US Officials Force-feed Immigration Detainees on Hunger Strike, VOA News, Feb. 2019
US immigration officials force-feeding detainees, The Week UK, Feb. 2019
S is For Sponsor, Sacramento News & Review, Feb. 2019
JANUARY
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike, The Associated Press, Jan. 2019
ICE confirms it is force-feeding detainees on hunger strike, Washington Post, Jan. 2019
ICE Force-Feeds Detainees Who Are on Hunger Strike, New York Times, Jan. 2019
ICE is force-feeding immigration detainees on hunger strike, LA Times, Jan. 2019
ICE Confirms Force-Feeding Of Detainees On Hunger Strike, NPR, Jan. 2019
APNewsBreak: ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike, Seattle Times, Jan. 2019
ICE Confirms Force-Feeding Of Detainees On Hunger Strike, KRWG, Jan. 2019
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike, NBC News, Jan. 2019
ICE is force-feeding a group of hunger-striking immigrants who have been refusing food for more than a month at their detention center to protest deportation and lengthy lock-ups, Daily Mail, Jan. 2019
ICE Force-Feeding Detainees On Hunger Strike, HuffPost, Jan. 2019
ICE Is Force-Feeding Immigrants on a Hunger Strike in Texas, Spokesperson Says, TIME, Jan 2019
ICE Force-Feeding Detainees On Hunger Strike To Protest Abuse, Talking Points Memo, Jan 2019
ICE reportedly force-feeding detainees on hunger strike through nasal tubes, CBS News, Jan. 2019
ICE force-feeding several immigrants on hunger strikes: report, The Hill, Jan 2019
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike including in San Francisco area, FOX KTVU
ICE is Force-Feeding Detainees on Hunger Strike, OC Register, Jan. 2019
Federal officials are force-feeding six immigrants who are on a hunger strike, Marketwatch, Jan. 2019
ICE is force-feeding hunger-striking immigrants in the US: Report, Al Jazeera, Jan. 2019
Ice force-feeds immigrants inside Texas detention center, The Guardian, Jan. 2019
ICE Is Force-Feeding Some Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strikes: AP, Bloomberg, Jan. 2019
ICE force-feeding immigrants on hunger strike, Chicago Sun-Times, Jan. 2019
Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike Being Force-Fed in El Paso: ICE, KTLA 5, Jan. 2019
ICE force-feeding immigration detainees on hunger strikes, Japan Times, Jan. 2019
AP NewsBreak: ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike, Newsier, Jan. 2019
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike, WHYY, Jan. 2019
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike at Texas facility, KXAN, Jan. 2019
ICE Force-Feeds Detainees Hunger Striking in Protest of Deportation Threats, Extended Lock-ups, Paste Magazine, Jan. 2019
ICE Force-Feeding Sikh Asylum Seekers on Hunger Strike at El Paso, Texas Detention Center, India West, Jan. 2019
U.S. Immigration Officials Force-feeding Detainees on Hunger Strike, Haaretz, Jan. 2019
For asylum seekers, a wall of support by a movement of strangers, SF Chronicle, January 2019
There Is a Real Border Crisis. A Wall Would Only Make It Worse., The Intercept, January 2019
Quels sont les effets du mur souhaité par Donald Trump sur l'environnement? FranceInfo/MSN, January 2019
What Really Happens Inside American Immigration Facilities and Detention Centers, Teen Vogue, Jan. 2019
House passes amendment to prevent the transfer of relief funds to expand immigrant detention, ThinkProgress, Jan. 2019
Small but powerful amendment could lessen immigration detention, The Hill, January 2019
2018
DECEMBER
A Mother And Son's Journeys Seeking Asylum In The U.S., WBUR/KQED, Dec. 2018
Etowah: the Ice detention center with the goal to ‘make your life miserable’, The Guardian, Dec. 2018
Bay Area families are opening their homes to asylum seekers: ‘It’s a bold act of resistance’, The Mercury News, Dec. 2018
Helping end isolation in detention one immigrant at a time, The Renegade Rip, Dec. 2018
UC-Berkeley Student Gov't Approves Resolution to Financially Support Migrant Caravan, Fox News, Dec. 2018
Care and the caravan: the unmet needs of migrants heading for the US, The British Medical Journal, Dec. 2018
Meet Bud Conlin of Friends of Miami-Dade Detainees, VoyageMIA, Dec. 2018
How To Volunteer To Help Migrant Children If What They're Going Through Breaks Your Heart, Bustle, Dec. 2018
New law could lead to closure of Mesa Verde, but outcome remains unknown after decision by McFarland to end agreement with ICE, Bakersfield Californian, Dec. 2018
NOVEMBER
ICE moves to silence detention center volunteer visitors, San Diego Tribune, Nov. 2018
Bay Area mom waits for son traveling in migrant caravan, KRON4, Nov. 2018
Jeff Sessions May Be Gone, But His Impact On Immigration Policy Will Live On, Buzzfeed, Nov. 2018
With or without criminal records, some immigrants spend many years in detention, LA Times, Nov. 2018
ICE suspende acceso a grupo que visita a inmigrantes del Centro de Detención Otay Mesa, La Opinion, Nov. 2018
Fondo de jubilación de maestros de California retira inversiones de cárceles de ICE, La Opinion, Nov. 2018
What Life is Like After Getting Out of an Immigration Detention Center, ELLE, Nov. 2018
Christian visitors bring hope to immigrant detainees facing tough odds in New Hampshire jail, Episcopal News Service, Nov. 2018
Asylum seeker dies 10 days after hospitalization, Crosscut, Nov. 2018
‘This is not the country I want my kids to grow up in:’ How the new women’s wave in Congress will change the game, MAKERS/Yahoo, Nov. 2018
A Private Prison Company Says Georgia’s Investigation Into a Detainee’s Death Must Stay Secret, Mother Jones, Nov. 2018
How you can help the caravan, El Tecolote, Nov. 2018
OCTOBER
A Surprise Inspection of an ICE Detention Center Reveals Horrific Conditions, Mother Jones, Oct. 2018
Homeland Security watchdog attacks ICE for dangers at immigrant detention center, Center for Public Integrity, Oct. 2018
A Pattern of Medical Neglect in ICE Detention Centers Has Immigrants and Advocates on Alert, Brit+Co, Oct. 2018
Report: Trump Administration Not Prepared for Family Separation Policy, VOA News, Oct. 2018
Records of abuse of detainees should be retained, Albuquerque Journal, Oct. 2018
Makeshift nooses among problems found at San Bernardino County immigration detention center struggling with suicide attempts, Orange County Register, Oct. 2018
Report: Nooses in cells highlight violations inside Adelanto immigration detention center, Victorville Daily Press, Oct. 2018
Bedsheet "nooses" among "serious violations" at California ICE detention facility, CBS News, Oct. 2018
This is what you should know about Brett Kavanaugh’s first hot-button Supreme Court case, ThinkProgress, Oct. 2018
Incarcerated and Infirmed: How Northwest Detention Center Is Failing Sick Inmates, Seattle Weekly, Oct. 2018
Inmigrante detenido narra su cautiverio en Theo Lacy, La Opinion, Oct. 2018
This Supreme Court immigration case could mean more family separations, The Hill, Oct. 2018
At Largest ICE Detention Center In The Country, Guards Called Attempted Suicides ‘Failures,’ The Intercept, Oct. 2018
Immigrants face hurdles to prove abuse by US agents, Associated Press, Oct. 2018
DHS rarely urges action against agents accused of abusing immigrants, advocates say, Associated Press/Washington Post, Oct. 2018
"Le levantó el sostén y le tocó los senos": cientos denuncian abusos de agentes migratorios, pero no les creen, Univision, Oct. 2018
For ICE detainees, access to clergy is infrequent or absent altogether, rights groups say, Religion News Service, Oct. 2018
SEPTEMBER
In response to Trump policies, some Californians open their homes to asylum seekers, LA Times, Sept. 2018
The Alternative To Immigrant Detention Everyone Should Know About, Forbes, Sept. 2018
Attorneys Fear Trump Reg Gives Detention Centers A Loose Leash, Law 360, Sept. 2018
Hudson County to end contract with ICE to house immigration detainees, North Jersey Record, Sept. 2018
As Family Detention Expands, Attys Look To Alternatives, Law 360, Sept. 2018
Below the Surface of ICE: The Corporations Profiting From Immigrant Detention, In These Times, Sept. 2018
Responding to Trump's 'hatred and meanness,' Americans open their homes to asylum seekers, Daily Kos, Sept. 2018
People Nationwide Pledge To Host Asylum Seekers In New Freedom for Immigrants Campaign, Yuba Net, Sept. 2018
"Los pandilleros gobiernan esas cárceles", asegura un migrante que pasó 15 meses bajo custodia de ICE, Univision, Sept. 2018
Asylum seeker goes on hunger strike after being detained in El Paso for two years, NBC KTSM El Paso, Sept. 2018
Community Raises $80,000 to Post Bond for Man Detained by ICE at Richmond Jail, KQED, Sept. 2018
AUGUST
Activists Push Back, East Bay Express, August 2018
Demonstrators Gather in Pasadena as Federal Appeals Court Hears Border Wall Challenge, KTLA 5, August 2018
Venezuelan military deserter faces deportation back to government U.S. calls dictatorship, McClatchy, August 2018
Women's Magazine on KPFA: WCDF Community Fund, KPFA, August 2018
If Canada Wants To Protect Migrants, Stop Sending Them Back To U.S., HuffPost, August 2018
In horrifying detail, women accuse U.S. customs officers of invasive body searches, The Washington Post, August 2018
Prosecute ICE Agents? Immigrant Advocates Say Yes., Rewire, August 2018
JULY
Op-Ed: A bird trapped in ICE detention: What it’s like inside the largest immigrant prison in the US, Salon, July 2018
Immigrants Called ‘Animal,’ ‘Terrorist,’ ‘King Kong’ in Detention Under Trump: Report, Daily Beast, July 2018
Report finds more than 800 complaints of hate-related abuse in immigration detention, San Diego Tribune, July 2018
These pen-pal programs for immigrants in detention are a way to show you care, Mashable, July 2018
You can write to immigrants in detention with these pen-pal programs and offer words of kindness, Hello Giggles, July 2018
4 Pen Pal Programs For Immigrants In Detention You & Your Kids Can Write To Right Now, Romper, July 2018
Where Cities Help Detain Immigrants, The Atlantic’s City Lab, July 2018
6 Impactful Ways to Help Migrant Families Separated at the Border, Self, July 2018
Violence and abuse: The daily life of immigrants in detention centers, Al Dia, July 2018
Richmond mayor tours ICE facility, immigrant rights groups raise money to free detainees on bond, FOX KTVU, July 2018
The plight of ICE detainees, even as East Bay jail will stop holding them, SF Chronicle, July 2018
Contra Costa County cuts ties with ICE, ending contract for jailing immigrant detainees, LA Times, July 2018
Migrants describe hunger and solitary confinement at for-profit detention center, CNN, July 2018
Mounting outrage in US over conditions facing detained immigrants, World Socialist Website, July 2018
Sheriff Bans Protests On Richmond Jail Grounds, East Bay Times, July 2018
Migrant Women Who Were Sexually Assaulted in ICE Detention Are Telling Their Stories, Jezebel, July 2018
Sheriff's Termination of ICE Jail Contract Not a Win for Many Immigrant Families, East Bay Express, July 2018
Op-Ed: Termination of ICE Contract Won’t End Protests, The Mercury News, July 2018
Mexican national who killed himself in ICE custody spent 21 days in solitary confinement, ThinkProgress, July 2018
The Sustained Work of Activists Pushed This California County to Cut Ties With ICE, Remezcla, July 2018
South Florida activists take action against ICE, GEO Group, dozens arrested, Liberation News, July 2018
For Survivors of Domestic Violence, Gaining Asylum Just Got Tougher, East Bay Express, July 2018
Travel Ban and Beyond The High Court: Year in Immigration, LAW 360, July 2018
CityWatch Today: The Human Cost of Getting Used to Trump, City Watch LA, July 2018
A Native American Tribe Has a $800 Million Contract to Run ICE Detention Centers, Daily Beast, July 2018
Immigrant detainees are being held at an EPA Superfund site, ThinkProgress, July 2018
Healthy alternatives needed to house detained immigrants in US, Vatican News, July 2018
Migrant Parents Reunited With Children Must Brace for Trauma and Long Recovery, Truthout, July 2018
Report details 800+ complaints of hateful abuse in immigration detention since Trump's inauguration, Daily Kos, July 2018
JUNE
Fate of children unclear after reversal of Trump’s family separation policy, MSNBC, June 2018
Op-Ed: Don't stop with family separation. End the whole immigration prison system, LA Times, June 2018
Thousands Rally for Immigrant Rights at the Contra Costa Sheriff's Jail in Richmond, East Bay Express, June 2018
This New Tool Aims to Help Reunite Kids Seized at the Border With Their Families, Gizmodo, June 2018
More than 800 cases of abuse motivated by hate in immigrant detentions centres under Trump, report reveals, The Independent, June 2018
Here Is Just Some of the Hateful Abuse Immigrants Face in Detention Centers, The Nation, June 2018,
Advocates say the fastest way to help immigrants separated from their children: Post their bail, Marketwatch, June 2018
Immigrant Detainees Held At Site Flagged Hazardous To Human Health, Carbonated TV, June 2018
Here’s How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border, Slate, June 2018
The story of a family ripped apart by Trump's immigration policies | Al Jazeera English, June 2018
Here’s One Solution to Keep Families Together — And We Know It Works, InStyle Magazine, June 2018
California group starts online detainee locator, Associated Press, June 2018
“No one will believe baboon complaints” - Racist abuse in immigration detention on the rise in Trump era, report says, The Intercept, June 2018
Churches push for alternatives to detention for immigrants, Reading Eagle, June 2018
Another Way to Keep Families Together: Join the New Sanctuary Movement, The Nation, June 2018
A Twitter Bot Is Posting the Names and Locations of Immigrant Detention Centers Across the U.S., Slate, June 2018
Op-Ed: Estrada: What It’s Like To Celebrate Father’s Day While In Immigration Detention, Voice of OC, June 2018
'ICE out of California,' News Review, June 2018
Abuse of immigration detainee alleged at Bristol County House of Correction, South Coast Today, June 2018
U.S. Senators Harris, Merkley, Cortez Masto Introduce Bill to Reunify and Protect Immigrant Families, Sierra Sun Times, July 2018
Crossing the U.S. border shouldn't send you to jail, LA Times, June 2018
On family separation, evangelicals add their voices to opposition, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 2018
At Victorville prison, 1,000 beds set aside to hold immigration detainees, Victorville DailyPress, June 2018
Federal court orders Trump administration to reunite separated families by deadlines, KPCC, June 208
Op-Ed: Trump Doesn’t Want Californians To Know What’s Happening Inside Immigrant Jails, The OC Register, June 2018
Meet the Women Defending Migrant Children on Our Border, InStyle, June 2018
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MAY
California stopped expansion of abusive ICE detention. Congress can, too, The Sacramento Bee, May 2018
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Sen. Kamala Harris bills to place moratorium on ICE detention centers, American Bazaar, May 2018
Indian American Politicians Ask for Better Supervision of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Little India, May 2018
Immigrant activist organizations hold public tribunal to hold ICE, East Bay police accountable, East Bay Times, May 2018
Contra Costa: Richmond Mayor blocked from jail as volunteer group returns, East Bay Times, May 2018
Alabama's immigration detainees face 'black hole' of endless waiting, The Associated Press, May 2018
No end in sight: An Egyptian Man’s Ordeal in ICE Custody & the Plight of Indefinite Immigration Detention, The Intercept, May 208
Democratic Lawmakers Want Moratorium on New Ice Facilities and Better Oversight of Existing Ones, AlternNet, May 2018
Calif. Judge Urged To Block Suit Over 'Sanctuary' Policies, Law 360, May 2018
The New ICE Age: An Agency Unleashed, The New York Review of Books, May 2018
Abusos sexuales y negligencia médica plagan centros de detención de indocumentados, HOY Los Angeles, May 2018
Investigation: Corporations Are Profiting From Immigrant Detainees’ Labor. Some Say It’s Slavery., In These Times, May 2018
Clama por atención médica para su esposa detenida en Adelanto, La Opinion, May 2018
Miles de inmigrantes están detenidos lejos de sus familias, La Opinion, May 2018
APRIL
Detained, Then Violated, The Intercept, April 2018
A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’, The Nation, April 2018
People should know the truth about detention centers, ATTN:, April 2018
Immigrant Rights Group: Hudson County Jail Deaths Are 'Systemic', Patch.com, April 2018
People's Tribunal Featured on 'The Damage Report,' The Young Turks, April 2018
Migrant Caravan Is No Threat to U.S., But Trump’s Scare Tactics Are, News Deeply, April 2018
Contra Costa sheriff stonewalls officials who want to tour troubled jail, San Francisco Chronicle, April 2018
MARCH
Immigration detention in the United States denies basic human freedoms, LA Times, March 2018
Under the Media Radar, Trump Is Locking Up More Refugees, Truthdig, March 2018
What happens to immigrants after they're arrested? KALW, March 2018
ICE Reportedly Abused Nearly 100 Somalis With Shackles And Racial Slurs On Unsuccessful Deportation Flight, Blavity, March 2018
Inside Etowah County jail: 'Nightmare' conditions may have helped sheriff buy beach house, Al.com, March 2018
El condado Hudson le cierra las puertas a ICE, Telemundo 47, March 2018
I spent a decade in immigration detention, The Hill, March 2018
Contra Costa sheriff bans ICE detainee advocacy group from visiting jail. Nonprofit calls it retaliation., The Mercury News, March 2018
East Bay sheriff accuses banned immigrant rights group of sneaking ‘contraband’ to ICE detainees, East Bay Times, March 2018
Immigration advocacy group locked out of Contra Costa County jail: report, Fox KTVU, March 2018
A detention center vigil that defies La Migra, People’s World, March 2018
Sheriff’s Office bans group from serving ICE detainees, citing violations, The Richmond Standard, March 2018
Rep DeSaulnier urges Contra Costa County to end ICE detentions, San Francisco Chronicle, March 2018
'Prisoners are people first': America's inmates are ready for their #MeToo moment, The Independent, March 2018
ICE Shackled 92 Somalis for 40 Hours on a Failed Deportation Flight. That Was Just The Start of the Abuse. The Intercept, March 2018
20 Contra Costa Jail Volunteers Lose Clearances Over Violations, CBS San Francisco, March 2018
Exclusive: A look inside Georgia’s newest immigration detention center, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 2018
Hudson County ends participation in federal immigration detention program, NorthJersey.com, March 2018
Immigrant advocacy group barred from Contra Costa County jails, SFGate, March 2018
20 Detention Facility Volunteers Lose Clearances For Violations, Patch.com, March 2018
Contra Costa sheriff says banned group broke jail rules in visiting immigrants, The Greater New Milford Spectrum, March 2018
Contra Costa Sheriffs Office Addresses Revocation of Clearance for CIVIC Group, East County Today, March 2018
Sheriff bans illegal immigrant visitation group CIVIC from county jail for violating rules, they deny violations, Contra Costa Herald, March 2018
FEBRUARY
US Supreme Court: Detained Immigrants Do Not Have Right to Bond Hearing, VOA News, February 2018
These Harrowing Stories Shed Light On The Rampant Sexual Abuse in Immigrant Detention Centers, Remezcla, February 2018
The Supreme Court's Ruling on Immigrant Detention Is a Huge Win for Private Prisons, Splinter News, February 2018
Immigrant dies after being held at Georgia detention center accused of poor medical care, ThinkProgress, February 2018
Private prisons make a buck with inhumane treatment of immigrants, Who What Why, February 2018
JANUARY
Private Immigrant Prisons In California Now Subject To Public Records Act, Huffington Post, January 2018
Mistreatment at the Richmond jail? There is none, sheriff says San Francisco Chronicle , January 2018
Immigration Detention Centers Put Rule of Law to Shame Truthdig, January 2018
Advocates want #MeToo debate to include immigrant detention Associated Press, January 2018
Immigration Advocates: Immigrant Detainees Must Be Included in the #MeToo Conversation, Colorlines, January 2018
CIVIC works to end immigration detention Las Cruces Sun-News
2017
DECEMBER
Democratic Members to DHS: Investigate Sexual Abuse in Immigration Centers, Roll Call, December 2018
Grijalva, Lawmakers Urge Investigation Of Sex Assault Claims At Detention Centers, Fronteras Desk, December 2018
Dems say tiny fraction of sexual assault charges against DHS are investigated, The Hill, December 2018
73 members of Congress: Investigate sex-assault reports at immigration facilities, The Arizona Republic, December 2018
Democratic lawmakers urge investigations into sexual assault claims in immigration detention, Victorville Daily Press, December 2018
Miguel’s New Music Video ‘Now’ Shows Harsh Reality of Immigration Detention Centers, People Magazine, December 2017.
FBI Intervenes After Sexual Assault Allegations at Texas Immigrant Detention Center, Reveal, December 2017.
Miguel’s New Music Video ‘Now’ Sheds Light on the Truth Behind Immigration Detention Centers, Latina, December 2017.
Immigration Advocates Demand Answers After Sex Abuse Claims Surface Out of Texas Detention Center, Remezcla, December 2017.
Say ‘No’ to new immigrant detention site in Minnesota, Southside Pride, December 2017.
Miguel Tackles Immigrant Detention Centers In His Music Video For ‘Now’, Huffington Post, December 2017.
Miguel’s “Now” Video Is a Powerful Statement on the Injustice of Immigrant Detention, Remezcla, December 2017.
‘Immigrant Detention Center’ Is Just a Nice Way to Say ‘Prison’, Splinter News, December 2017.
Democrats Call for Probe of Sexual Assaults, Harassment Claims by Immigrants in Detention, KQED, Dec. 2017
US Inspectors Alarmed Over Conditions at Immigrant Detention Centers, VOA News, Dec. 2017
Widespread detainee abuse at ice prisons confirmed by inspector general report, Shadowproof, Dec 2017
NOVEMBER
Inside Miguel’s Political Awakening, Rolling Stone Magazine, November 2017.
US female migrant detainees ‘given bags to use as toilets’, BBC News, November 2017.
Deportation chosen over Richmond jail; complaints under investigation, San Francisco Chronicle, November 2017.
Conditions worsen for some ICE detainees at Richmond jail, San Francisco Chronicle, November 2017.
Calls to investigate ICE jail in Richmond, San Francisco Chronicle, November 2017.
Why Are We Locking Up Immigrants For Years?, Newsweek, November 2017.
Activist groups ask supes to audit Alameda Co. Sheriff’s budget, KTVU, November 2017.
Texas Detention Center Faces Allegations of Widespread Sexual Abuse—Again, Rewire, November 2017.
More Trouble at T. Don Hutto, The Austin Chronicle, November 2017.
Inmigrante detenida denuncia abuso sexual: “Pensaba que si ella no tocaba mi cuerpo me iban a deportar”, Univision, November 2017.
ICE moves to close South Georgia detention center, then re-evaluates, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 2017.
Contra Costa sheriff pledges ‘full investigation’ amidst troubling allegations from ICE detainees, East Bay Times, November 2017.
The Agony of Having a Sick Husband in ICE’s Deadliest Detention Center, Splinter News, November 2017.
Immigrant complaints of East Bay jail conditions prompt call for U.S. probe, San Francisco Chronicle, November 2017.
Separar hijos de padres inmigrantes para crear desánimo, Telemundo, November 2017.
US release of asylum-seeker on life support raises questions, Associated Press News, November 2017.
Immigrant detainees allege conditions are so bad at Contra Costa jail, they'd prefer deportation, Daily Kos, Nov. 2017
Contra Costa sheriff pledges ‘full investigation’ amidst troubling allegations from ICE detainees, Times-Herald, Nov. 2017
A Migrant Says She Was Assaulted at a Detention Center. Advocates Are Calling on Law Enforcement to Investigate, Rewire, Nov. 2017
ICE Destroys Detainees' Records, KPFA, Nov 2017
OCTOBER
Immigrant advocates hold concert outside detention center to bring awareness to mass imprisonment, ThinkProgress, October 2017.
Arizonans can fight against immigrant detention, Arizona Daily Star, October 2017.
Undocumented Youth in Immigration Facilities Face Unique Challenges, TeenVogue, October 2017.
R&B singer Miguel headlines concert in Adelanto calling for end of immigrant detention, Los Angeles Times, October 2017.
Miguel To Hit The Stage As The Headliner For #SchoolsNotPrisons Concert, BET.com, October 2017.
R&B Singer Miguel Plays Concert For Detained Immigrant Cause, CBS Los Angeles, October 2017.
Grammy winner Miguel to perform free concert in Adelanto to advocate for immigrants, The Press Enterprise, October 2017.
Study: Fox News covered immigration five times as much as CNN and MSNBC combined, Media Matters for America, October 2017.
Brave New Films’ mini doc on Immigrant Prisons, Brave New Films, October 2017.
When the American Dream Becomes Human Rights Abuse, Nationswell, October 2017.
What Life Is Like In An Immigrant Prison, Splinter News Video, October 2017.
Orange County, California, is ICE’s island of support in sanctuary state, Reveal, October 2017.
Nueva campaña contra centros migratorios ante aumento en quejas de parte de detenidos, La Opinion, October 2017.
Activists plan Adelanto concert to call for immigration detention center shutdowns, VV Daily Press, October 2017.
Governor signs bill slowing expansion of for-profit immigration detention facilities, Oakland North, October 2017.
Governor signs bills that seek to protect undocumented immigrants, Fontana Herald News, October 2017.
California freezes growth of immigration detention facility in Adelanto, VV Daily Press, October 2017.
SEPTEMBER
California, Rights Groups Seek Greater Control Of Immigrant Detention Centers, CBS SF Bay Area, September 2017.
A Medical Emergency, and the Growing Crisis at Immigration Detention Centers, The New Yorker, September 2017.
ICE Wants to Destroy Its Records of In-Custody Deaths, Sexual Assault, and Other Detainee Files, The Nation, September 2017.
Asylum Seekers Sue ICE Over Prolonged Detention, Courthouse News, September 2017.
How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report, PolitiFact, September 2017.
Do We Have to Abolish the Victim Narrative to Abolish Immigration Detention?, Huffington Post, September 2017.
Victory for Immigrant Hunger Strikers: Lawsuit Challenges Slave Wages at Private Jail, Truthout, September 2017.
AUGUST
ICE Wants To Start Destroying Records Related To Deaths And Sexual Assaults In Immigrant Detention, LAist, August 2017.
ICE Seeks Permission to Destroy Records of Sexual Assaults and Deaths, Fusion/Splinter News, August 2017.
ICE Seeks To Destroy Records On Detainee Deaths, Sexual Abuse, Talking Points Memo (TPM), August 2017.
Officials insist Adelanto ICE detainees properly cared for, immigrant rights activists disagree, San Bernardino Sun, August 2017.
Business and ICE collaborate to keep workers down, Sacramento Bee, August 2017
JULY
Immigration Court Case Backlog Hits Record 610,000, Law 360, July 2017.
“I Almost Died in My Own Blood”: A German Detainee’s Harrowing Allegations of His Time in Immigration, Mother Jones, July 2017.
A Diabetic Migrant Was Taken Into ICE Custody—Then They Trashed Her Medication, Rewire, July 2017.
Investigation: Medical neglect at Hudson County jail alleged in death of detainee, NorthJersey.com, July 2017.
Adelanto Detention Facility barred from expanding for another decade, VV Daily Press, July 2017.
ICE facility in California a monument to cruelty, greed, Las Vegas Sun, July 2017.
The Stain of Adelanto: Suffering and Solidarity for Detained Immigrants, Truthout, July 2017.
Is Adelanto California’s Guantanamo?, City Watch, July 2017.
Stand With Hunger Strikers at the Adelanto Detention Facility, Truthout, July 2017.
El Paso artist teaches art to refugees in Otero County Prison, Alamogordo Daily News, July 2017.
DOJ Announces New EOIR Acting Deputy Director, Law 360, July 2017.
JUNE
California Aims to Quash Immigration Detention Growth, New York Times, June 2017.
California Deals Blow To Trump’s Plan To Expand Immigrant Detention Centers, BuzzFeed, June 2017.
ICE Detention Facility Locks Out Clergy and Lawyers, Capital & Main, June 2017.
ICE Locks Down Immigrant Detention Facility After Interfaith Group Holds Prayer Circle, LAist, June 2017.
Women in California’s Largest Immigrant Prison Hold Hunger Strike, Truthout, June 2017.
Centro de ICE en Adelanto en el ojo del huracán por muertes, huelga de hambre, quejas de abusos y visitas negadas, Univision, June 2017.
Mujeres migrantes detenidas por ICE hacen huelga de hambre en California, Azteca, June 2017.
California Leading the Way in Immigration Detention Reform with Budget Bill, New America Media, June 2017.
California Just Outlawed Immigration Detention Expansion, Huffington Post, June 2017.
Undocumented, and Trapped Between Your Abuser and Deportation, Vice, June 2017.
Clérigos tratan visitar detenidos en huelga de hambre en cárceles de Inmigración, Radio Bilingue, June 2017.
Expulsan a visitantes y bloquean la entrada a pastores y abogados en Adelanto, La Opinión, June 2017.
Another immigrant dies while in ICE custody at a controversial for-profit detention center, Think Progress, June 2017.
Another Immigrant Has Died In ICE Custody And Critics Worry It’s Just The Beginning, BuzzFeed, June 2017.
ICE Violates First Amendment Rights of 60 Faith Leaders and Attorneys, Huffington Post, June 2017.
The U.S. is Trying to Deport Me, But You Can’t Deport My Story, VOICE of OC, June 2017.
Budget deal bans new immigrant detention center contracts in California, Reveal, June 2017.
Attorney General Becerra, Senator Lara Announce California Department of Justice to Review Conditions in Immigrant Detention Facilities, Highland News, June 2017.
California Aims to Block Trump’s Expansion of Immigrant Detention, Mother Jones, June 2017.
California Bars Expansion of ‘Inhumane’ Immigration Detention Facilities, Rewire, June 2017.
California Defies Federal Mandate to Expand Immigration Detention Centers, LA Weekly, June 2017.
California Takes a Stand Against Immigrant Detention, Human Rights Watch, June 2017.
Detainees protest medical neglect, high bond amounts with brief hunger strike, VV Daily Press, June 2017.
Visibility for immigrants in detention increasingly urgent in Trump era, Media Matters for America, June 2017.
MAY
ICE Urged To End Arbitrary Detention For Asylum Seekers, Law 360, May 2017.
More Immigrants Are Being Detained As US Clamps Down On “Catch-And-Release”, BuzzFeed, May 2017.
O.C. Supervisors’ decision to expand detention program overlooks jail conditions, Los Angeles Times, May 2017.
Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown will be deadly, USA Today, May 2017.
U.S. Government Abruptly Removes Damning Detention Inspection Report From Its Website, Huffington Post, May 2017.
Immigrant detention centers marred by ‘needless deaths’ amid poor care – report, The Guardian, May 2017.
Report: medical woes at US immigrant detention centres, BBC News, May 2017.
Stati Uniti, il pugno di ferro di Trump riduce l’assistenza sanitaria nei centri di detenzione per migranti, La Repubblica (Italy), May 2017.
‘Systematic’ Neglect: Rights Groups Slam Deadly US Treatment of Migrant Detainees, TeleSUR TV, May 2017.
Precaridade nos cuidados médicos para os imigrantes detidos nos EUA – ONG, Diario de Noticias (Portugal), May 2017.
Second ICE detainee in Georgia dies in space of two days, Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 2017.
Un detenido de ICE se suicida y vuelve a encender las alarmas sobre las celdas de aislamiento, Univision, May 2017.
Adelanto Detention Facility ranks high for sexual assaults on immigrants, group says, Press Enterprise, May 2017.
Houston immigrant detention center has more deaths than most other centers nationwide, Houston Chronicle, May 2017.
Medical care for immigrant detainees in detention facilities appear to be ‘broken’, Business Insider, May 2017.
In Immigrant Jails, Health Care Can Be Hazardous To Prisoners’ Health, Fast Company, May 2017.
Immigrant Detainees May Be Dying Because Of Inadequate Care, Doctors Say, Huffington Post, May 2017.
Deficiencies In Detention Centers’ Medical Care Contributed To Immigrants’ Deaths, Report Finds, California Healthline, May 2017.
Immigration officials defend detention practices from human rights groups, Washington Times, May 2017.
‘If you don’t want us, tell us to go back’: The making of a California prison town., High Country News, May 2017.
Treating Cancer with Ibuprofen, The Marshall Project, May 2017.
Class project promotes immigrant rights, Cal State Los Angeles University Times, May 2017.
Report questions immigration detention deaths in Houston – and nationwide, Houston Chronicle, May, 2017.
Immigrant Detainees Are Being Neglected in Private Prisons, Attn.com, May 2017.
Human Rights Report cites Pa. case of suicide in immigration detention, Philly.com, May 2017.
Report: Undocumented People Dying ‘Needlessly’ in Immigrant Detention Centers, Rewire, May 2017.
Human Rights Watch & CIVIC Charges Detention Medical Failures, The Crime Report, May 2017.
Poor care contributed to migrant deaths in U.S. jails: report, Reuters, May 2017.
US detention hazardous to immigrants’ health, Al Jazeera, May 2017.
Immigrant Jails: Health Care Can Be Hazardous to Prisoners’ Health, Capital & Main, May 2017.
Report criticizes York prison for 2013 suicide: ‘Woefully inadequate’, York Dispatch, May 2017.
A tragic suicide at York County Prison (editorial), York Daily Record, May 2017.
Scathing report alleges substandard mental health care at York County Prison, York Daily Record, May 2017.
Suffering, Deaths Likely to Increase in Trump’s Immigration Jails, Phoenix New Times, May 2017.
Systematic medical failure kills several immigrants in US detention centers, PressTV, May 2017.
‘Systemic’ problems in immigrant detainee medical care, report charges, KPCC, May 2017.
Here’s how private prisons are being challenged, even as they scale up, PRI The World, May 2017.
Poor medical care in immigration detention has deadly results, report says, Reveal: The Center for Investigative Reporting, May 2017.
Immigrant deaths due to poor care in detention: report, Law 360, May 2017.
Where Trump’s Policies Sow Fear, New Campaign Argues, ‘Corporate Backers of Hate’ Stand to Profit, Rewire, May 2017.
Indiferencia “sistémica” de ICE pone en peligro mortal a inmigrantes detenidos, La Opinion, May 2017.
Indiferencia “sistémica” de ICE pone en peligro mortal a inmigrantes detenidos, El Diario, May 2017.
Indiferencia “sistémica” de ICE pone en peligro mortal a inmigrantes detenidos, MSN.com, May 2017.
Human Rights Watch y CIVIC advierte sobre riesgo de muertes de migrantes por políticas de Trump, El Pais, May 2017.
Human Rights Watch y CIVIC advierte sobre riesgo de muertes de migrantes por políticas de Trump, Sputnik News, May 2017.
Human Rights Watch advierte sobre riesgo de muertes de inmigrantes bajo la administración Trump, Etcetera.com, May 2017.
Alerta Human Rigths de atencion mèdica precaria a migrantes, Ciudadania Express, May 2017.
Human Rights alerta por muertes de migrantes en detenciones, Tiempo, May 2017.
Human Rights Watch y CIVIC teme que con Trump mueran más inmigrantes en las cárceles de ICE, Univision, May 2017.
Por Trump aumenta riesgo de muerte de migrantes detenidos, El Diario Guadalajara, May 2017.
Políticas migratorias de Trump podrían matar a más inmigrantes, ADN 40 (Mexico), May 2017.
Human Rights Watch y CIVIC teme que mueran más inmigrantes en cárceles, Sercano, May 2017.
APRIL
97 Percent of Sexual Abuse Reports in Detention Centers Aren’t Investigated, Latina, April 2017.
Yet Another Person Dies in ICE Custody, Rewire, April 2017.
Amid Crackdown, Immigrants are Dying of Neglect in ICE Detention Facilities, Fast Company, April 2017.
Group claims ICE ignores claims of sexual assault of immigrants in custody, Houston Chronicle, April 2017.
Sexual Assaults in Immigration Detention Centers Rarely Get Investigated, Group Charges, NBC News, April 2017.
Complaint Alleges Immigration Detention Center Sexual Assaults Are Ignored, TeenVogue, April 2017.
Report: Homeland Security fields 1,000 sex abuse complaints, Associated Press/SF Chronicle, April 2017.
ICE detainee questions medical treatment at Adelanto Detention Facility, Victor Valley Daily Press, April 2017.
Complaint Claims Thousands of Reports of Sexual Assault in Immigration Detention Have Not Been Investigated, Fusion, April 2017.
Few Complaints Of Sexual Abuse Inside Immigrant Detention Centers Are Investigated, Report Finds, BuzzFeed, April 2017.
Sexual Assault Claims At Private Immigrant Detention Centers Are Rarely Investigated, LAist, April 2017.
Group names Alabama county jail 6th worst for immigrant sexual abuse complaints, Alamaba’s AL.com, April 2017.
York prison cited in ICE sexual harassment complaint, York Dispatch, April 2017.
Piden que DHS investigue abuso sexual en centros de detención, La Opinión, April 2017.
Chances are high that if you’re abused in immigration detention, no one will care, Think Progress, April 2017
Más de 1,000 denuncias de abuso sexual a inmigrantes en centros de detención, Univision, April 2017.
Complaint: Sexual Abuse, Harassment in Immigrant Detention Largely Goes Uninvestigated, Rewire, April 2017.
Report: Over 1,000 Sexual Abuse Complaints Against DHS, AmericaNow, April 2017.
Sexual Assault Claims At Immigrant Detention Facilities Are Rarely Investigated, Romper, April 2017.
Reportan más de mil casos de abuso sexual en centros de detención de EU en dos años, Proceso, April 2017.
Inmigrantes sufren abusos sexuales en los centros de detención, Jambalaya News, April 2017.
Why Trump’s Agency, “VOICE” Should Stand for “Victims of ICE,” Truthout, April 2017.
Santa Ana’s Motto: Jails Not Schools, OC Register, April 2017.
MARCH
The first immigrant detainee to die under President Trump had a treatable disease, Think Progress, March 2017.
Female immigrants face unique problems in detention centers, Think Progress, March 2017.
Immigrant advocacy group calls for investigation of Adelanto detainee’s death, Victor Valley Daily Press, March 2017.
ICE Detainee Hangs Himself In California Jail Cell, Vocativ, March 2017.
Immigrants given rotten meat, solitary confinement at Theo Lacy Jail, watchdog finds, Orange County Register, March 2017.
The Trump Administration Is Considering Separating Undocumented Parents From Their Children, BuzzFeed, March 2017.
Migranti in Usa: Trump vorrebbe separare i figli dalle madri che entrano clandestinamente, Repubblica, March 2017.
Is ICE Trying to End Public Oversight of Detention Conditions?, Rewire, March 2017.
Legal groups accuse Trump administration of cutting access to illegal immigrants, Washington Times, March 2017.
Planned ICE Deportation Of Napa Man Spurs Saturday Protest In Richmond, CBS, March 2017.
Activists protest planned deportation of Napa man, Napa Valley Register, March 2017.
FEBRUARY
Immigration officials abruptly announce end to controversial contract at Santa Ana Jail, Los Angeles Times, February 2017.
Study Finds Right-Wing Media Routinely Criminalize Immigrants In Coverage: Skewed Portrayals Have Dangerous Effects In Politics, Media Matters, February 2017.
ICE ends contract to use Santa Ana Jail to detain immigrants, 89.3KPCC, February 2017.
What changed – and what didn’t – with Trump’s immigration raids, Christian Science Monitor, February 2017.
Lawyers for detained DREAMer accuse government of intentionally tampering documents, Think Progress, February 2017.
The ‘Day Without Immigrants’ protest returns a decade later. Will it be effective? Christian Science Monitor, February 2017.
Methodist Sunday school teacher detained in immigration raids, Think Progress, February 2017.
Trump’s Executive Orders Could Drastically Expand Family Detention Centers, Truth-Out, February 2017.
Has Trump Outlawed Immigration Advocacy?, Huffington Post, February 2017.
This Low-Tech Device is Primed for a Comeback, Inverse Innovation, February 2017.
JANUARY
Immigration Officials And Private Prison Company Are Accused Of Denying Access To Detainees, BuzzFeed, January 2017.
Immigration detention center in South Georgia to cost $116.7 million, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 2017.
Sheriff Hodgson is the next Joe Arpaio, The Standard Times, January 2017.
To protect their immigrant residents under Trump, some cities are arming them with lawyers, PRI World News, January 2017.
Access restrictions rise at immigration detention facility, VV Daily Press, January 2017.
The Rev. John Guttermann, immigrant advocate, dies at age 69, Star Tribune, January 2017.
What Trump Can and Can’t Do to Immigrants, Dollars & Sense, January 2017.
2016
DECEMBER
Santa Ana declares itself a sanctuary city in defiance of Trump, Los Angeles Times, December 2016.
Advocates Are Worried About New Texas Facility’s Separate Housing for Transgender Detainees, National Public Radio – Austin, December 2016.
City Council Approves Sanctuary Policy in Santa Ana, NBC News Channel 4, December 2016
Santa Ana takes financial risk by becoming sanctuary city, phasing out ICE jail contract, Orange County Register, December 2016.
Santa Ana Is Not A Sanctuary City (Yet), Huffington Post, December 2016.
Immigrant Rights Leaders React to Santa Ana Sanctuary Policy Vote, Voice of OC, December 2016.
Santa Ana Declares Itself The First ‘Sanctuary City’ In Orange County, LAist, December 2016.
NOVEMBER
On eve of Trump presidency, Supreme Court takes up key immigration case, Christian Science Monitor, November 2016.
Last chance this term for the Supreme Court to stand up for immigrants in detention, The Hill, November 2016.
A Mother’s Appeal to the Supreme Court, The Intercept, November 2016.
Supreme Court Hears Case on Stripping Migrants of Due Process Rights, Rewire, November 2016.
Immigration Detention Centers: Immigrant Describes Conditions, Experience In Indefinite Detention, International Business Times, November 2016.
A look inside the immigration detention system Trump wants to expand, Think Progress, November 2016.
President-elect Trump presses on with border fencing and mass deportation, Think Progress, November 2016.
We Can Stop Trump’s Deportation Force. Here’s How., Huffington Post, November 2016.
OCTOBER
Ghana asylum seekers stake out new lives in NYC, Huffington Post, October 2016.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for the Feds on Private Prisons, TakePart.com, October 2016.
SEPTEMBER
California’s governor vetoed a bill that would stop privately run migrant detention. What now?, National Public Radio, September 2016.
California Will Keep Housing Its Detained Immigrants in For-Profit Centers, Mother Jones, September 2016.
Costly, Inefficient And Unaccountable: The Case For Outlawing For-Profit Prisons, Forbes, September 2016.
OC Sheriff Hutchens Wrong on CA Immigration Detention Bill, Voice of OC, September 2016.
California has the opportunity to lead the nation with dignity, not detention, OC Register, September 2016.
CIVIC is Honored by Fairview Community Church and text of speech, OC Weekly, September 2016.
Where’s Your Pen Governor Brown?, San Francisco Examiner, September 2016.
AUGUST
Are Private Immigration Jails on the Chopping Block in Southern California?, LA Weekly, August 2016.
Immigrant detainees deserve to be treated with dignity, Los Angeles Times/Daily Pilot, August 2016.
California Pushes to End Private-Prison Management of Immigrant Detention Centers, The Atlantic’s City Lab, August 2016.
U.S. to phase out private prisons, yet Adelanto Detention Facility not in pullback plans, Victorville Daily Press, August 2016.
JUNE
Profits over care make case for immigration reform, The Hill, June 2016.
Stopping the Suffering of Transgender Immigrants, The Advocate, June 2016.
MAY
Health Care at New Jersey Immigrant Jail Is Substandard, Watchdog Groups Say, New York Times, May 2016.
Inside the Fight to Protect Face-To-Face Visitation for Prisoners, The Establishment, May 2016.
Immigrants Detail The Atrocious Medical Care They Received In ICE Detention, Think Progress, May 2016.
Immigration Officials Accused of Providing Faulty Medical Care to Immigrant Detainees, The Latin Post, May 2016.
Groups say Hudson County immigration detention site not giving adequate medical care, The Record, New Jersey, May 2016.
Immigrants in Detention: A three part series, Inland Empire Community News, May 2016.
APRIL
‘It’s a nightmare inside’: Bill would place new restrictions on private immigrant detention centers, Los Angeles Times, April 2016.
2016 Marks Devastating 20-Year Anniversary for American Families with Immigrant Roots, America’s Voice, April 2016.
Poets and artists expose the failure of immigration detention, The Hill, April 2016.
Detaining immigrants for profit a bad business to be in, Orange County Register, April 2016.
After Almost Three Years Of Immigration Detention — And Abuse — A Transgender Woman Looks For Asylum, Public Radio International, April 2016.
On Sunday The U.S. Deported A Lot Of Muslims. They Could Be On Their Way To Die, Think Progress, April 2016.
GEO makes big push for Gary, The Times Indiana, April 2016.
Weekend immigration detainee protest at Etowah County Jail draws activists, AL.com, April 2016.
FEBRUARY
End law enforcement violence against trans women, The Hill, February 2016.
Cities should stop doing dirty work for ICE, Orange County Register, February 2016.
Santa Ana distances itself from immigration agency in rare rejection of jail contract expansion, Orange County Register, February 2016.
Santa Ana Backs Away From ICE Contract Expansion, VOICE of OC, February 2016.
Investigate abuse of women detainees in Santa Ana Jail, Orange County Register, February 2016.
Stop State-Sanctioned Sexual Assaults in Santa Ana, VOICE of OC, February 2016.
Advocates: Man Sterilized in ICE Detainment Deported to Guatemala, RH Reality Check, February 2016.
JANUARY
Women Allege Illegal Strip Searches While Held In Immigration Detention, BuzzFeed News, January 2016.
Immigrant Women Complain of “Disturbing” Strip Searches, Mother Jones, January 2016.
Immigrant women say they’re being illegally strip searched by male officers, Fusion, January 2016.
Female Detainees Allege Unlawful Strip Searches By Immigration Center Officials, Think Progress, January 2016.
Women accuse immigration detention of illegal strip searches, Chicago Sun Times, January 2016.
ICE niega revisiones “invasivas y humillantes” a detenidas en Santa Ana, La Opinion, January 2016.
Illegal immigrants, especially transgenders, ‘humiliated’ by strip-searches, The Washington Times, January 2016.
Complaint filed against immigration detention facility for unlawful strip searches of women, Daily Kos, January 2016.
Community Bonds Cannot Be Broken, The Public Humanist, January 2016.
2015
DECEMBER
Asylum Seekers Keep Resorting To Hunger Strikes, BuzzFeed, December 2015.
Immigrant detainees deserve humane treatment, The Press Enterprise, December 2015.
Detention centers don’t reflect well on our country, Orange County Register, December 2015.
Border Agents Detain U.S. Citizen For 3 Hours For Sketching In Her Notebook, Think Progress, December 2015.
I’m Just an Immigrant Who Was Trying to Fight My Case, Mother Jones, December 2015.
Under the Shroud of Freedom: The First Amendment Rights of Visitors in the Immigration Detention System, Race & Social Justice Law Review, University of Miami Law School, 2015.
Immigrants Say They Suffered Abuse And Neglect At This California Detention Center, Think Progress, December 2015.
Here’s Why Hundreds of Immigrants in Detention Have Gone on Hunger Strike, Mother Jones, December 2015.
Immigration facility won’t accept transgender detainees, VV Daily Press, December 2015.
NOVEMBER
Immigrants end hunger strike at Adelanto detention facility, Los Angeles Times, November 2015.
Why 26 asylum-seekers in a California detention center have stopped eating, Los Angeles Times, November 2015.
US Guards ‘Taunt Hunger-Striking Asylum Seekers’, Al Jazeera, November 2015.
Why Hundreds Of Immigrant Detainees Are Refusing To Eat, Think Progress, November 2015.
Immigrants Seeking Asylum Are On A Hunger Strike At SoCal Detention Center, LAIST, November 2015.
Hundreds launch hunger strike at immigrant detention center in Adelanto, Calif., Los Angeles Times, November 2015.
Wave of Hunger Strikes Hits National Immigration Detention Facilities, KPFA Pacifica Evening News, November 2015
ICE niega huelga en Adelanto, pero activistas no bajan la guardia, La Opinion, November 2015.
Immigrant detainees launch hunger strike, Daily Kos Radio, November 2015.
Why Immigrant Detainees In California Just Launched A Hunger Strike, Think Progress, November 2015.
Why Did One of America’s Most Controversial Immigration Detention Facilities Get Even Bigger?, Foreign Policy, November 2015.
Exigen cerrar cárcel de ICE en Adelanto por “abusos extremos, La Opinion, November 2015.
Inmigrantes detenidos optan por la huelga de hambre como recurso para evitar abusos, Hoy Adelanto, November 2015.
Indocumentados en cárcel de ICE inician huelga de hambre para denunciar malos tratos, Univision, November 2015.
Here‘s why detainees at immigration detention centers across the U.S. are starting hunger strikes, Latinos Post, November 2015.
Immigration News Today: Prolonged Detention, Lack of Legal Access at Detention Center, Latin Post, November 2015.
OCTOBER
Jan Meslin on LaSalle Hunger Strike, WHYR 96.9 FM Baton Rouge, October 2015.
LGBT “Pods” Won’t Keep Trans and Queer People in Immigration Detention Safe, Truthout, October 2015.
SEPTEMBER
Etowah Visitation Project to Resume Detainee Visits at County Jail, AL.com, September 2015.
Adelanto is “Ground Zero” for region’s immigration debate, Inland Empire Community News, September 2015.
AUGUST
Silencing US Immigration Detainees, Human Rights Watch, August 2015.
Immigration Advocates Banned From Visiting Detainees, BuzzFeed, August 2015.
Trapped in detention, transgender immigrants face new traumas, MSNBC, August 2015.
Locals gather to protest prison expansion, Victor Valley Daily Press, August 2015.
Detention Program Allegedly Barred Lawyers From Visiting Their Immigrant Clients, Think Progress, August 2015.
Attorney Barred From Visiting Clients in Immigration Detention Centers, Colorlines, August 2015.
Visitation Cut at Etowah Co. Detention Center, Alabama Public Radio, August 2015.
Immigration lawyer says she was barred from detention center, Associated Press, August 2015.
Niegan entrada a centros de detención de familias, Washington Hispanic, July 2015.
Group stages brief protest outside detention center, The Gadsden Times, August 2015.
Immigration detainees denied attorney access, groups say, Victor Valley Daily Press, August 2015.
Activistas acusan a ICE de negarles acceso a detenidos por exponer abusos, La Opinion, August 2015.
President Obama: Release Jewish Homeschooling Family Imprisoned in the United States, Huffington Post, August 2015.
JULY
‘God’s Love Has No Borders’: Meet The Faith Leaders Who Offer A Lifeline To Immigrant Detainees, Think Progress, July 2015
Advocates claim detainees were abused at Alabama immigrant detention center, Los Angeles Times, July 2015.
Immigrants Face ‘Mental Torture’ At Detention Center That Was Supposed To Be Shut Down, Think Progress, July 2015.
Immigrant Inmate Treatment Complaint, Alabama Public Radio, July 2015.
“God Is With Them”: Meet The Faith Leaders Who Comfort Distraught Immigrant Families In Detention, America’s Voice, July 2015.
Krome Corps: Volunteers Reach Out To Immigrants In Detention, WLRN Public Radio and Television, July 2015.
Lawmakers seek to halt detention center expansion, VV Daily Press, July 2015.
Advocates push to end detention of transgender immigrants — and then all undocumented immigrants, Orange County Register, July 2015.
Stop Detaining Immigrants at Adelanto, The Hill, July 2015.
ICE facility expands to house women, VV Daily Press, July 2015.
Words Beyond Walls: Free the Adelanto 4, Huffington Post, July 2015.
JUNE
End Immigration Detention of LGBTQ, The Hill, June 2015.
Event Honors Immigration Detainees, The Gadsden Times, June 2015.
Katherine Weathers on Serving as a Detention Center Volunteer, The Plural of You Podcast, June 2015.
Reporte: Centros de detención de ICE operan con sus propias ‘cuotas’, La Opinion, June 2015
MAY
Protesters Demand End To Unlawful, Indefinite Detainment Of Asylum Seekers, Bay City News, May 2015.
Three mothers and many children to a room, Unitarian Universalist World, May 2015.
Costa Mesa Church Hosts SUNDAY Fund-raiser for Families of Immigrants in Federal Detention, Orange County Weekly, May 2015.
Community Group Expanding Their Outreach to Krome Detainees, Kendall Gazette, May 2015.
Immigrant-rights advocates seek closure of facility & Video, Victor Valley Daily Press, May 2015.
Groups to protest at detention center, Victor Valley Daily Press, May 2015.
GEO Group Whistleblower Exposes First Amendment Violations, Lack of Officer Training, and Poor Conditions at the Adelanto Detention Center, Huffington Post, May 2015.
Hillary Clinton’s Immigration Policy Could Be Very Different From Obama’s. Here’s How. Think Progress, May 2015.
APRIL
ICE ‘ramping up’ detention center in Bakersfield (open PDF), The Bakersfield Californian, April 2015.
Salvadoran immigrant held at Adelanto ICE facility dies, Los Angeles Times, April 2015.
Immigrant Dies in Geo Group Facility After Three Weeks of Ignored Symptoms, Says Attorney, New Times: Broward & Palm Beach, April 2015.
Group Calls for Investigation into Death of Salvadoran Immigrant Held at ICE Facility, Fox News, April 2015.
Mothers and Children Allegedly Locked in a Dark Room for Protesting Detention Conditions, Think Progress, April 2015.
Madres detenidas por ICE denuncian represalias tras huelga de hambre, La Opinion, April 2015.
Slice of the Good Life, The Yale Journal of Politics, Spring 2015.
MARCH
Words Beyond Walls: Dreams of Freedom, Huffington Post, March 2015.
Nine Years After Completing His Prison Sentence, This Man Was Finally Released, Think Progress, March 2015.
Immigrant free after nine years in detention, WORLD Magazine, March 2015.
FEBRUARY
Centros de detención están en el limbo, El Diario, February 2015.
Words Beyond Walls: A Mother’s Love in Immigration Detention, Huffington Post, February 2015.
Inside the Small California Town with a Lot of Prisons, but Not Much Opportunity, Vice Magazine, February 2015.
Exploiting Inmates, East Bay Express, February 2015.
JANUARY
For-profit prison group drops plans for third jail in Adelanto, Victorville Daily Press, January 2015.
2014
DECEMBER
Immigration policies are criminalizing our communities, San Francisco Bay View, December 2014.
Mi Vida Arte, My Life Art, The Prison Arts Coalition, December 2014.
War on Immigrants Report, Global Movements, Urban Struggles WBAI 99.5 FM, December 2014.
Financially Troubled Adelanto Approves Plan to Build Another Jail, Los Angeles Times, December 2014.
Etowah Visitation Project gives volunteers new perspective on privilege of being an American, Alabama.com, December 2014.
Attorney: City Agrees to Drop Charges, Victorville Daily Press, December 2014.
NOVEMBER
On Behalf of CIVIC, ACLU Issues Threat to Adelanto, Victorville Daily Press, November 2014.
A million dollars: The cost of free speech?, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California Blog, November 2014.
Celebrating 25 Years of Children’s Rights, From Inside Immigration Detention, Huffington Post, November 2014.
Small town with several detention centers debates if it needs another, Los Angeles Times, November 2014.
Activist says Adelanto is rushing prison approval, Victorville Daily Press, November 2014.
OCTOBER
Tales of Detention Center Woes, WORLD Magazine, October 2014.
Radical Sanctuary: Faith Groups Rally Around Migrant Youth, Tikkun, October 2014.
The high cost of phone calls for inmates, KALW, October 2014.
SEPTEMBER
California Group Gives Voice To Detained Immigrants, National Public Radio (NPR)’s Here & Now, September 2014.
AUGUST
Adelanto: Unlimited Prison Possibilities, Huffington Post, August 2014.
Newly Released Recordings Capture Abuse in Immigration Detention, Huffington Post, August 2014.
Al descubierto abusos en centros de detención de migración, La Opinión, August 2014.
Do so many immigrants need to be detained?, WORLD Magazine, August 2014.
Detention Contention, WORLD Magazine, August 2014.
TRUST Didn’t Help, New Haven Independent, August 2014.
JULY
Expansion of Adelanto immigrant detention center underway, Los Angeles Times, July 2014.
PRISION: Congresista Judy Chu cuestiona expansión del Centro de Detención de Adelanto, Unidos, July 2014.
Activists Criticize Expansion of Immigrant Detention Center, NBC News, July 2014.
Every Year, 400,000 People Are Bought And Sold By The U.S. Government. I Had No Idea., Upworthy, July 2014.
Unstoppable Tide of Child Migrants to the US, Latinamerica Press, July 2014.
MAY
Dialing with Dollars: How County Jails Profit From Immigrant Detainees, The Nation, May 2014.
APRIL
Move to Amend Radio, April 2014.
CIVIC ending the isolation of men and women in U.S immigration detention, KBOO Community Radio – Portland, OR, April 2014.
MARCH
Protests rise as Santa Maria refuses to halt immigrant center, Los Angeles Times, March 2014.
Watchdog: Feds Are Muzzling Us for Reporting Alleged Immigrant Detainee Sex Abuse, Mother Jones, March 2014.
Confined in the Shadows in the Land of the Free, Friends Committee on Legislation of California, Spring 2014.
Florida immigrants decry detention quota, Sun Sentinel, March 2014.
Santa Maria Approves ICE Facility: City Council Splits Vote on Immigration Center After Eight Hour Hearing, Santa Barbara Independent, March 2014.
Groups consider action after Santa Maria approves ICE facility, Lompoc Record, March 2014.
FEBRUARY
Someten 4 apelaciones contra de centro de ICE en Santa Maria, Univision, February 2014.
Two more ICE facility appeals filed before Wednesday deadline, KSBY News, February 2014.
Santa Maria receives two more appeals over ICE permit, Santa Maria Times, February 2014.
Living in the Shadows: Detention Centers Deaths Raise Immigrant Rights Questions, New America Media, February 2014.
Faltan mejoras en condiciones de inmigrantes detenidos, La Opinión, February 2014.
Thousands Protest Santa Maria ICE Center, Santa Barbara Independent, February 2014.
Groups Plan to Appeal ICE Permit to City Council, Santa Maria Times, February 2014.
¿Usted paga por retener a los inmigrantes? & Crisis de salud para inmigrantes detenidos & ¿Errores mortales en los centro de detención para inmigrantes?, Univision, February 2014.
Tabak, Shana and Levitan, Rachel, LGBTI Migrants in Immigration Detention: A Global Perspective (February 26, 2014). Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2014; American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2014-13.
JANUARY
Obama’s Immigration-Lockup Quota, Washington Times, January 2014.
Planning Commission to Discuss ICE Permit, Santa Maria Times/NBC News, January 2014.
Inmigrante detenido es ahora activista, La Opinión, January 2014.
Rep. Diane Black again pushes to close immigration-rights advocacy office, Washington Times, January 2014.
Here’s What New FCC Chairman Heard When He Came to Oakland, San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 2014.
2013
NOVEMBER
Legal Resources Scarce for Immigration Detainees, KQED/NPR, November 2013.
If the SHU Fits: Voices from Solitary Confinement, National Religious Campaign Against Torture & Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, November 2013.
CAP Releases LGBT Detainee Report, Metro Weekly, November 2013.
How ICE’s Privacy Standards Hurt Immigration Reform, Huffington Post, November 2013.
One Year Later: Expose and Close, Detention Watch Network, November 2013.
Dignity Denied: LGBT Immigrants in U.S. Immigration Detention, Center for American Progress, November 2013.
LGBT Undocumented Immigrants Face Harsh Living Conditions In Detention Centers, Generation Progress, November 2013.
Bringing Hope and Friendship to Detainees, Maryknoll Magazine: Not So Far Afield, November 2013.
34,000 Sold: How Human Rights are Traded for Profit in the U.S., G92.org, November 2013.
SEPTEMBER
How Volunteers Keep Watch, Ease Isolation of Immigrant Detainees, PRI’s The World, September 2013.
Visitations Resume in California Immigration Detention, San Francisco Chronicle/Sacramento Bee/San Jose Mercury News, and others via the Associated Press (AP), September 2013.
Love the Prisoner, Western Friend, September 2013.
GBT Housing ‘Pod’ Offers National Detention Model, Women’s eNews, September 2013.
AUGUST
ICE visitation ban lifted at detention centers, San Bernardino’s The Sun, August 2013.
U.S. suspends visitation programs at 3 immigrant facilities in Southland, Los Angeles Times, August 2013.
Immigration Visitors Blocked at Detention Centers, San Francisco Chronicle/Sacramento Bee/San Jose Mercury News, and others via the Associated Press (AP), August 2013.
Martin, Lauren. 2013. “Getting out and getting in: Legal Geographies of US Immigration Detention,” in Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention. Eds. Dominique Moran, Nick Gill,and Deirdre Conlon. Ashgate Publishers, pp. 149-166.
From Subjugation to the Sublime: Isolated Immigration Detainees, Ask A Leader, KUCI 88.9fm.
Suspenden programas de visitas a centros de detención de inmigración en California, Fox News Latino, August 2013.
ICE Blacklists Community Visitors, Huffington Post, August 2013.
Bloquean visitas a cárcel de ICE en el sur de California, Univision, August 2013.
Suspenden los programas de visitas de voluntarios a los centros de inmigración, 20 Minutos México, August 2013.
Protestan para exigir visitas a inmigrantes presos en Adelanto, La Opinión, August 2013.
Protesters rally at Adelanto Detention Facility, demanding that a visitation program be reinstated, Fontana Herald News, August 2013.
Jesus would demand justice for immigrants, Daily Pilot, August 2013.
ICE Suspends Volunteer Visits To Detainees At Three California Jails, KPBS: San Diego, Public Radio, August 2013.
Protesters rally against visitation ban in Adelanto, Victorville Daily Press, August 2013.
Groups Protest ICE Visitation Ban, San Bernardino Sun, Los Angeles Daily News, August 2013.
Immigrants Denied Visitation – Activists Hope To Restore Programs, San Fernando Sun, August 2013.
Visits to Immigrants Detained at Santa Ana Jail and Musick Facility Stop After ICE Criticized, OC Weekly, August 2013.
Sheriff’s Office made half a million dollars from inmate phone calls in 2011, Fairfax Times, August 2013.
Imprisoned U.S. Navy Vet Fights Deportation, CBS News, August 2013.
JULY
Detained Veteran Goes on Hunger Strike to Fight Deportation, Arizona Republic, July 2013.
Who is Overseeing Immigration Detention?, Huffington Post, July 2013.
Detained U.S. Veteran on Hunger Strike at Eloy Detention Center, Huffington Post, July 2013.
Vet on Hunger Strike Over Deportation Threat, Military.com News, July 2013.
JUNE
Former Detained U.S. Hiker Sarah Shourd Speaks Out Against Immigration Detention, Huffington Post, June 2013.
People United, KOOP Studio, June 2013.
MAY
Protestors Target Excessive Phone Rates for Immigrant Detainees, New America Media, May 2013.
Alleviating Detainees’ Isolation, Orange County Register, May 2013.
Please Deposit All of Your Money: Kickbacks, Rates, and Hidden Fees in the Jail Phone Industry, Prison Policy Initiative, May 2013.
APRIL
A Model Immigration Detention Facility for LGBTI?, Refugee Studies Centre, Forced Migration Review No. 42 – Sexual orientation and gender identity and the protection of forced migrants, April 2013.
FEBRUARY
Why ICE released immigration detainees nationwide today, Allvoices, February 2013.
A Window into the World of Immigrant Detainees, VOICE of Orange County, February 2013.
She Was Born In The USA, Started A Family In The USA, And Her Husband Was Stolen From Her BY THE USA, Upworthy, February 2013.
Ending Isolation Through A Ministry of Presence, G92.org, February 2013.
JANUARY
The Invisible Problem of Immigration Detention, Jurist Hotline, January 2013.
2012
Detention Watch Network Expose and Close Reports on 10 of the Worst Immigrants Prisons in the U.S., Detention Watch Network, November 2012.
The Next Big Superstars, Conscious Magazine, May 2012.
Institución crea vínculo entre inmigrantes detenidos y sus familiares, Univision, February 2012.
Volunteers Report on Treatment of Immigrant Detainees, NY Times, April 2010.