I wanted to point out the contradiction. This country purports itself to be a safe haven for LGBTQ people, but it routinely tortures and harasses trans and gender nonconforming migrants in detention. I had known about the case of someone named Roxsana Hernandez, a...
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A major news network reported in July 2019 that well over 4,000 migrant children could be held indefinitely in government custody. Read the story here.
IMMIGRATION ABCs Immigrant Detention Immigrant detention has greatly expanded since 2014. A surge in unaccompanied minors during the Obama administration led to a policy of using detention, including family detention, as a way to deter people from coming to the US. ...
There are over 250 detention centers operating throughout the U.S. (see Detention by the Numbers) Most immigration processing centers are managed by a few private prison corporations such as GEO GROUP. Detained immigrants who aren’t citizens, lack documentation...
Visitor to an ICE Detention Center Austin immigration and civil rights lawyer Virginia Raymond and retired law professor Elvia Arriola (Director for WOB) authored a critique of the for-profit detention system for immigration. Giant global companies like GeoGroup, Inc....