Tag Archives: immigrant detention centers
‘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