IN ICE CUSTODY: America, the Country I Love, is Allowing Detained Immigrants Like Me to Be Treated in Inhumane and Degrading Ways
"...these detention centers see us – migrants – as a source of profit, and little more."
"...these detention centers see us – migrants – as a source of profit, and little more."
After learning about the medical and psychological trauma inflicted on a detained man, Freedom for Immigrants is demanding answers - and action.
Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejia, 57, is the first person in ICE custody to die of the COVID-19 virus. His bond request was denied on April 15.
As the number of COVID-19 cases at Otay Mesa rises, so do alarming reports of hunger strikes and the use of pepper spray.
ICE will not be renewing its contract with CoreCivic for the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, leaving people detained there facing an uncertain future.
On average, 2,371 were being held in immigration detention in 1979. That number has skyrocketed to to more than 52,000 in September of this year. Here's a recap of the history of immigration detention from a new report by the Marshall Project.
By persuading two major pension funds to divest their holdings in CoreCivic and GEO Group, Ms. Goldman aims to shrink financial support for the for-profit prison industry.
"Some men attacked me and left me to die. I am alive by a miracle."