News & Commentary about Immigrants' Rights and Detention


Sep 19, 2016
At the UN Refugee Summit, Americans Should Examine Our Treatment of People Seeking Asylum — Not Just on a Boat in the Mediterranean, but at Our Border

Aug 31, 2016
No Review Necessary: Stop Using Private Prisons for Immigration Detention

Aug 19, 2016
The Justice Department’s Call to Axe Private-Prison Contracts Is A Victory. ICE Must Now Do the Same to End Federal Prison Profiteering.

May 4, 2016
The Best Way of Stopping Out-of-Control Immigration Prosecutions Is to Avoid Them in the First Place

Apr 6, 2016
Immigrants Shouldn’t Be Locked Up for Being Poor

Feb 25, 2016
When Immigration Detention Becomes a Death Sentence

Nov 5, 2015
Judges Say No to Obama’s Lock-’Em-Up-With-No-Questions-Asked Immigration Detention Policy

Oct 21, 2015
President Obama and Texas Are Colluding to Detain Refugee Children in Private Prisons

Aug 31, 2015
A Federal Judge Denounced the ‘Egregious Conditions’ of Border Patrol Holding Cells: Will Anything Change?

Aug 10, 2015
President Obama Wants to Continue Imprisoning Immigrant Families