Tag Archives: immigrant detention centers
How Trump Shredded What Little Protection Our System Offers Migrant Kids
The administration uses emergency exceptions to break government rules for detaining migrant minors. What happens when that becomes the norm?
Detaining kids is bad. Don’t take my word for it; listen to the doctors: “Even brief detention can cause psychological trauma and induce long-term mental he...Read More
Loon Star: The Huddled Masses
To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section, or find Observer political reporting here....Read More
‘Even the Birds and Animals Are Free’
Asylum-seeker Jeelani Ghulam traveled through 11 countries over one year from Pakistan to the U.S.-Mexico border, but his ordeal was only beginning....Read More
America Beyond Detention
By Gus Bova, Melissa del Bosque, Jen Reel and Emma Pérez-Treviño The United States portrays itself as a beacon of freedom and liberty, yet it operates the wor...Read More
Lives in Limbo
How activism, art and architecture are bringing the shadowy immigrant detention system into clearer view
“These are public institutions,” Lopez says. “It's taxpayer money. And it's immigration — a national issue. But it's not something that we're having the...Read More
Hundreds of Central American Families Freed from Detention after Court Ruling
Volunteers are scrambling to house all the families, who were unexpectedly released after a ruling that prohibits Texas from licensing immigration jails as child care facilities.
Hundreds of Central American Families Freed from Detention after Court Ruling Volunteers are scrambling to house all the families, who were unexpectedly release...Read More
Advocates: Asylum-Seeking Mom’s Seizures ‘Uncontrolled’ in Texas Detention Center
Susana Arevalo Hernandez and her kids were picked up by immigration officials during ramped-up raids in early January.
Immigration rights advocates say a Salvadoran woman detained after recently ramped-up ICE raids isn't getting the medical care she needs....Read More
Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike in Texas Detention Center
Immigrants in a for-profit detention center in Conroe are refusing to eat in protest of conditions at the facility and the record number of deportations....Read More
