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Judge Orders Border Patrol Provide Short Term Detainees With Basic Necessities

December 2, 2016 Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, www.immigrationimpact.com , , ,
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick for Immigration Impact - A federal judge ordered the Border Patrol to immediately cease its practice of refusing to provide basic amenities to people detained in Border Patrol holding cells in Tucson, Arizona. The judge cited evidence that shows that detainees are kept in freezing holding cells—often called “hieleras” or “iceboxes” —for days without any access to showers or basic hygiene and are forced to sleep on cold concrete floors with only a thin Mylar sheet. On November 18, Judge David C. Bury ordered the Border Patrol to immediately begin providing any detainee held for more than 12 hours with a mattress...

Getting Immigrants Out Of Detention Is Very Profitable

September 20, 2016 Steve Fisher, www.motherjones.com , ,
By Steve Fisher for Mother Jones - Sofía was 19 when she fled El Salvador after receiving threats from a drug cartel. In late 2014, she was caught near San Diego by the US Border Patrol and sent to an immigration detention center in Eloy, Arizona. Following eight months in detention, she was desperate to reunite with her mother, who lives in Northern California. Like many detainees, Sofía was eligible for release on bond while awaiting her immigration court proceedings. But her bond, set at $15,000, was far more than she could afford.

Formerly Incarcerated Immigrant Describes Harsh Life On Inside

September 8, 2016 Rebekah Barber, www.truth-out.org , ,
By Rebekah Barber for Facing South - When the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last month that it was divesting from private prisons after they were found to be more dangerous than publicly run facilities, immigrant advocates hailed the groundbreaking decision. However, the move would affect only 13 prisons, as most private prisons are run not by the DOJ but by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Immigrant advocacy groups immediately called on DHS to follow suit.

Homeland Security Orders Review Of Privatized Immigration Detention Facilities

August 30, 2016 Jennifer Quigley, www.humanrightsfirst.org ,
By Jennifer Quigley for Human Rights First - Washington, D.C. ‑ Following today’s announcement from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson directing the Homeland Security Advisory Council to evaluate whether immigration detention operations conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should phase out private management of immigration detention facilities, Human Rights First is urging for a clean break from private companies. This announcement follows the recent Department of Justice decision to phase out the use of private prisons.

Why Is Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars?

August 18, 2016 Joshua Holland, www.thenation.com ,
By Joshua Holland for The Nation - Twenty-two mothers who have been interned with their children for up to a year in a for-profit immigration detention facility entered the ninth day of a hunger strike on Wednesday. Neither the mothers nor their children have committed any crimes, nor have they been charged with any. They have no idea when they will be released. Advocates and attorneys representing the women tellThe Nation that their children are suffering, they feel that they’ve been lost in the system and their desire for freedom has become desperate.

Teachers Protest Deportations, Detention Of Refugee Students

July 8, 2016 Kevin Gosztola, www.shadowproof.com , , , , ,
By Kevin Gosztola for Shadow Proof - It was the first presidential campaign event in which Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama appeared together. The Charlotte Observer ran a headline that suggested Clinton found her “roar” during the event in Charlotte, North Carolina. Despite the momentous occasion, teachers and students were there to protest Obama’s record on deportations and demand Clinton and Obama release refugee youth, who are currently jailed by Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE).

Atlanta Campaign Demands Immigration Reform

July 6, 2016 Paul McLennan, Azadeh Shahshahani, and Adelina Nicholls, www.alternet.org , , ,
By Paul McLennan, Azadeh Shahshahani, and Adelina Nicholls for AlterNet - On June 15, coordinated actions were held across the world including in Atlanta, seeking justice for Berta Caceres, an indigenous human rights and environmental justice activist who was assassinated in Honduras on March 3. Several of those charged with her murder have ties to the Honduran military, including at least one high-ranking officer who reportedly was trained by U.S. Rangers. At the Atlanta action, we also drew attention to the recent ICE raids that have targeted women and children fleeing horrific persecution, rape, murder, and torture in Central American countries such as Honduras, who were seeking a safe haven in this country.

Immigration Detainees Begin Hunger Strike At Georgia Center

April 22, 2016 Roque Planas, www.huffingtonpost.com , , ,
By Roque Planas for The Huffington Post - Two undocumented immigrants locked in Stewart Detention Center in rural Georgia are refusing food, authorities said Thursday. The protest, described as a hunger strike by an immigration attorney, comes a few months after a major disturbance at the for-profit detention center, which contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE, which issued a statement confirming two inmates were rejecting food, didn’t provide details and declined to make the inmates available for telephone interviews, citing privacy concerns.

Trump Protester Transfered To Immigration Authorities In Arizona

March 21, 2016 Staff, www.mijente.net , , ,
By Staff of Mijente - Yesterday a multiracial coalition of immigrant rights, faith, labor and local activists peacefully rallied as well as shut down both of the main roads leading to Donald Trump’s event to stand #UnitedAgainstHate and protest the racist violence his campaign is causing. Among those arrested at the rally was Jacinta Gonzalez, field director for Mijente, who had locked her neck to a vehicle blocking the principal route to the rally.

Vigil Held Outside Juvenile Detention Center Where Teen Died

February 5, 2016 Anna-Lysa Gayle, www.wlky.com , ,
By Anna-Lysa Gayle for WLKY - HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. —Mourners gathered in Hardin County Sunday night to remember a teenager who died shortly after arriving at a juvenile detention facility. Dozens stood outside the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center, praying and shouting Gynnya McMillen's name as they called for answers. McMillen, 16, was found dead on Jan. 11, hours after she was admitted. She was brought there after a physical altercation with her mother.

UN Discovery Of Secret Detention Centre Revives Nightmares

December 28, 2015 Amantha Perera, www.ipsnews.net , ,
By Amantha Perera for IPS - COLOMBO Sri Lanka , Dec 21 2015 (IPS) - Details of a secret detention center, where serious human rights abuses took place, deep inside the sprawling Tricomalee Naval base in the east of Sri Lanka are slowly emerging. The site is nothing new to those who were held there. In June this year the South Africa-based International Truth and Justice Project, Sri Lanka (ITJPSL) launched a 134-page report on on-going human rights violations and past cases in Sri Lanka. The report titled An Unfinished War: Torture and Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka 2009-2014 said. They knew they were being held there, but their family members or others concerned about their state knew nothing of where they were held.
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