Detention

4 Ways ICE Doesn’t Hold Immigration Detention Facilities Accountable

Government Quietly Increases ICE Detention to 48,000 Beds During the Shutdown

As One ‘Tent City’ for Immigrant Children Closes in Texas, Another Opens in Florida

FOIA Lawsuit Seeks Names of CBP Officers Who Allegedly Abused Children

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

Comments Opposing Proposed Regulation Barring Asylum to Those Entering Between US Ports of Entry

The American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) submitted a joint comment opposing the “Interim Final Rule: Aliens Subject to a Bar on Entry Under Certain Presidential Proclamations; Procedures for Protection.” The Rule, which was published in the Federal Register on November 9, 2018 and which has… Read More

A Second Child Died in Border Patrol Custody. Why Is the Government Doubling Down on Deterrence?

Regulatory Comments Opposing the Indefinite Detention of Children

The Trump administration proposed new regulations undermining the 1997 Flores settlement agreement. If the proposed regulations are finalized, they would weaken protections for children and place them at greater risk of trauma and mistreatment. Read More