Interior Enforcement
ACLU v. DHS – Ninth Circuit
The American Immigration Council and the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program and Boston University School of Law filed an amicus brief in ACLU v. DHS, a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In ACLU v. DHS, the ACLU asks the Court to… Read More
The Landscape of Immigration Detention in the United States
This analysis reveals that individuals detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were commonly held in privately operated and remotely located facilities, far away from basic community support structures and legal advocacy networks. Read More
When Immigrant Parents Are Deported, The Entire Family Suffers, Survey Shows
Another form of family separation is on the rise—the deportation of relatives with longstanding ties to the United States. Those left behind in the United States often face significant hardships, a new study from the Kino Border Initiative shows. Families can become impoverished, as relatives are unable to… Read More
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