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What Are Immigration Detainees' Legal Rights?


Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU

If you have been arrested by police, you have the right to make a local phone call. The police cannot listen if you call a lawyer. If you have been detained by ...

Immigrants' Rights and Detention | American Civil Liberties Union

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the ...

Legal Access in Detention: At a Glance - ICE

This information is meant to assist immigration legal representatives who represent individuals who are detained in ICE custody. August 2021. ERO | Custody ...

IMMIGRATION DETENTION AND REMOVAL: A Guide for Detainees ...

The legal process leading to removal can be overwhelming. Although everyone in removal proceedings has the right to be represented by a lawyer, you do not have ...

Immigration Detention & Enforcement

Many of the immigrants detained in ICE's nominally civil system are held in county and local jails that contract with ICE to detain immigrants. The rest are ...

Understanding US Immigration Detention: Reaffirming Rights and ...

The immigration detention system is legally classified as civil, rather than criminal, and therefore non-punitive. Yet it mimics the criminal incarceration ...

Detention Management - ICE

When a noncitizen is not subject to mandatory detention or is not deemed to be a public safety or flight risk, ICE exercises its discretion in ...

Featured Issue: Immigration Detention and Alternatives to Detention

Legal Representation: There is no right to a government-provided attorney in immigration court and 70 percent of detained persons face ...

The Law of Immigration Detention: A Brief Introduction - CRS Reports

The Law of Immigration Detention: A Brief Introduction. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) authorizes— and in some cases requires—the ...

Immigration Detention 101

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) increased the scope of who ...

Detention | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC

The Department of Homeland Security detains hundreds of thousands of immigrants every year throughout the United States. This entirely unnecessary, inhumane ...

Detention & Deportation Defense | NWIRP.org

We believe that people should not be incarcerated in immigration detention centers, and that all people are entitled to competent and meaningful legal ...

Detention - Immigration Equality

U.S. immigration law requires that immigrants who have been convicted of certain crimes be detained without the possibility of being released on ...

UNITED STATES - Human Rights Watch

Immigration detention is civil in nature, and should not be used as punishment. Deprivation of liberty is a serious matter, yet international and domestic legal ...

Immigration Detention in the United States by Agency

What Access to Legal Counsel Is Available Inside ORR Permanent Shelters? Most unaccompanied minors receive Know Your Rights presentations while in custody. Many ...

What Are Immigration Detainees' Legal Rights? | FRONTLINE - PBS

In most situations, immigrants have a right to see an immigration judge for a hearing to see if they are eligible for relief to stay in the ...

Immigration Detention in the United States: A Primer

Notably, to remain in the United States without authorization is an administrative violation of the law. For this reason, immigration detention ...

Compilation of International Human Rights Law and Standards on ...

Compilation of International Human Rights Law and Standards on Immigration Detention. Click here to download. Support our work. Please help refugees in need ...

IMMIGRATION DETENTION - The Advocates for Human Rights

WHAT IS IMMIGRATION DETENTION? U.S. law gives federal immigration authorities broad power to arrest and detain people who are attempting.

Legal Services for Detained Immigrants

NIJC staff and volunteers also conduct presentations and individual screenings at detention centers within these four states. During these visits, detained ...