News & Commentary about Immigrants' Rights and Detention

The 51Æ·²è works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Sep 26, 2014
DHS Argues It Has Evidence That Locking Up Immigrant Families Deters Migration. One Problem: It’s So Wrong.

Aug 22, 2014
Mothers and Children Fleeing Violence Need a Fair Chance

Aug 6, 2014
Border Crisis Prompting New Xenophobic Drumbeat for an Old Disgrace—Detention Camps

Aug 4, 2014
Their Lives Depend on It: Every Unaccompanied Child Needs a Lawyer

Jul 25, 2014
Afraid, Lawyerless, and Warehoused: The Mothers of Artesia

Jul 10, 2014
Doing Right by the Unaccompanied Children on Our Border

Jun 27, 2014
Un-American Justice: Chilling Scenes from a Southwest Courtroom

Jun 9, 2014
Getting Off the Deportation Train, One State at a Time

May 28, 2014
The U.S. Government Treats Detained Immigrants Like Slaves