Immigration Detention

Individuals who demonstrate that they meet the guidelines below may request consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) for a period of 2 ...

Global Detention Project | Mapping immigration detention around ...

The world's leading research centre for immigration detention as response to migration and refugee movements; promoting respect for the rights of detainees.

A Guide to Obtaining Release from Immigration Detention | NIPNLG

The purpose of this guide is to provide practitioners with a comprehensive resource for representing adult clients detained by DHS in immigration court bond ...

DHS's Secret Reports on ICE Detention

New records confirm abuses, medical and mental health care failures, and extensive use of solitary confinement at immigrant detention centers across the nation.

'Barbaric' and 'negligent' treatment in ICE detention, inspections found

Inspectors for the Department of Homeland Security found dangerous problems in immigration detention facilities. For years, the government ...

Migrant children in U.S. detention face physical, mental harms: report

Children detained for a prolonged period in family immigration detention centers in the US are experiencing mental and physical harm due to inadequate and ...

Navigating Immigration Detention - Texas Law Help

Upon admission to a detention facility, your loved one should receive a copy of two handbooks, the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations National Detainee ...

Individuals' experiences in U.S. immigration detention during the ...

Individuals held in carceral settings were significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, limited research exists of the direct ...

END IMMIGRATION DETENTION OF CHILDREN - Unicef

This advocacy brief provides an overview of promising practices and lessons learned to end child immigration detention and sets out a range of policy actions ...

Living Conditions in Immigration Detention Centers | Nolo

These are largely overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They are large facilities; some house several thousand detainees at any one time, in ...

Senators Urge Closure of Inhumane Immigration Detention Centers

We do not support a system that detains people in inhumane conditions that result in long-term medical issues, psychological trauma, ...

Deadly Failures: Preventable Deaths in U.S. Immigration Detention

A comprehensive examination of the deaths of 52 people whom ICE reported to have died in its custody between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2021.

Profiting from Enforcement: The Role of Private Prisons in U.S. ...

This article examines the economics of immigration detention in the United States, by focusing on the role of the private prison industry in immigration ...

Trump administration eyes new immigrant detention centers near ...

The incoming Trump administration is considering locations and talking to private prison companies about drastically expanding immigrant ...

Immigration detention in Australia - Australian Border Force

Immigration detention is part of strong border control and supports the integrity of Australia's migration program.

Restrict Government Involvement In Immigration Detention

Entering into an agreement for the detention of individuals in an immigration detention facility that is owned, managed, or operated by a private entity; ...

Immigration Detention and Covid-19 | Brennan Center for Justice

Covid-19 poses a grave threat to those in immigration custody, including those being held along the southern border and at other immigration facilities around ...

Deaths at Adult Detention Centers

AILA provides a list of press releases issued by ICE since December 2015 announcing deaths in adult immigration detention.

Understand the deportation process - USAGov

Participate in criminal acts; Are a threat to public safety; Violate their visa. What happens when someone is detained by immigration.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON IMMIGRATION DETENTION ...

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated that. “immigration detention should gradually be abolished,”88 and “alternative and non-custodial measures ...