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Amicus Brief Filed with Supreme Court of Michigan in Support of State FOIA Request in Wrongful Detention Case

Amicus Brief Filed with Supreme Court of Michigan in Support of State FOIA Request in Wrongful Detention Case

In the amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court of Michigan, the Council and partners reject Calhoun County's position to withhold records that otherwise would be released under the Michigan state FOIA. Read More

Demanding ICE Provide Essential Data

Demanding ICE Provide Essential Data

The Council submitted an amicus brief explaining why ICE should release usable immigration data. The amicus brief was filed in a case where the ACLU is seeking information about how individuals are impacted by ICE enforcement practices. Read More

ICE Spread COVID-19 Across the Country, Not Just in Immigration Detention Centers

ICE Spread COVID-19 Across the Country, Not Just in Immigration Detention Centers

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) mishandled the coronavirus outbreak in detention centers so badly that it not only lead to horrific conditions and deaths among people in its custody, it is also responsible for the spread of COVID-19 in surrounding areas. A recent New York Times… Read More

Advocates Seek Answers to Reports of Discriminatory Treatment of Black Immigrants in ICE Detention

Advocates Seek Answers to Reports of Discriminatory Treatment of Black Immigrants in ICE Detention

The Council and Black Alliance for Just Immigration filed 10 FOIA requests to uncover what is happening inside immigration detention facilities and how ICE treats incarcerated Black immigrants in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Read More

Controversial Practice of Detaining and Interrogating Immigrant Advocates Included Legal Service Providers in El Paso

Controversial Practice of Detaining and Interrogating Immigrant Advocates Included Legal Service Providers in El Paso

Newly revealed government documents provide details on the extent of the Trump administration’s retaliation against people who provided legal assistance to asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. The documents link border interrogations of immigration legal service providers in El Paso in 2019 to similar treatment that journalists and immigrant… Read More

Council and Broad Coalition Urge Department of Homeland Security to Withdraw Records Destruction Plans

Council and Broad Coalition Urge Department of Homeland Security to Withdraw Records Destruction Plans

In this letter, the Council and a diverse coalition call on the Biden administration to stop and reevaluate plans to destroy immigration agency records documenting abuse and misconduct. Read More

Firsthand Experiences Inside ICE Facilities During the Pandemic Underscore Why Immigration Detention Should be Abolished

Firsthand Experiences Inside ICE Facilities During the Pandemic Underscore Why Immigration Detention Should be Abolished

This blog is the second in a three-part series examining President Biden’s first 100 days in office from the Immigration Justice Campaign. Many of us will always vividly remember the fear and lack of control that took hold as COVID-19 spread through our communities. While many people and communities took… Read More

Scrutinizing the Treatment and Conditions Black Immigrants Face in Detention

Scrutinizing the Treatment and Conditions Black Immigrants Face in Detention

The Council and Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) are investigating the abuse and mistreatment of Black immigrants in ICE detention facilities located in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Read More

Border Patrol’s New Coordinators Are Meant to Help Process Children, But Concerns Linger

Border Patrol’s New Coordinators Are Meant to Help Process Children, But Concerns Linger

A record number of migrant children are arriving to the U.S.-Mexico border alone. In March 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encountered nearly 19,000 unaccompanied minors—the most to ever arrive in a single month. But for the first time, Border Patrol processing coordinators—not law enforcement agents—will be stationed… Read More

Coalition Letter Calling for Phase-Out of Detention, Beginning with Ten Facilities

Coalition Letter Calling for Phase-Out of Detention, Beginning with Ten Facilities

The American Immigration Council joined other organizations in calling on the Biden administration to phase-out immigration detention, beginning with the closure of ten specific facilities. Read More

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