Editorial credit: Grossinger / Shutterstock.com By Sunita Sohrabji | Ethnic Media Services More than 160 detained migrants have embarked on a hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma,...
ICE Subjected Immigrants in Detention to Unnecessary Surgeries, Report Finds
By Raul Pinto | February 2, 2024 | Immigration Impact The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (OIG) published a report last month finding that nearly one-third o...
ICE Will Be Required to Wear Body Cameras in a Win for Transparency—But the Implementation Will Be Key
By Kel Smith-Holbourn | January 19, 2024 | Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a policy on January 12 calling for ICE personnel to wear body cameras in most s...
Lawsuits Prompt Immigration Agencies to Publish Critical Documents in Their FOIA Libraries
Editorial credit: Nicole Glass Photography / Shutterstock.com By Raul Pinto | Dec 1, 2023 | Immigration Impact Last September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed to publish past versions of...
New Complaint Shows ICE’s Use of Solitary Confinement Is Excessive
El Centro, California, USA – May 27, 2022: Afternoon light shines on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service Processing Center. (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact ...
On International Workers’ Day, Unions and Worker Justice Groups Call for Passage of New York For All Act
Hundreds of workers march to Foley Square in New York City to demand stronger worker protections and a full pathway to citizenship for immigrants on May 1, 2022. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK—Unions and w...
States Lead the Way in Banning Immigration Detention Centers
San Diego, CA / USA – November 3, 2019: Sign for privately owned Core Civic Detention Center in Otay Mesa, where San Diego County’s illegal immigrants are held as they go through the legal...
In New York, Department of Corrections Questioned About Collaboration with ICE at New York City Council Hearing
During a city council hearing on Wednesday, February 23 years of emails were made public showing collaboration between some members of the Department of Corrections and Immigration and Customs Enforce...
Investigation Confirms Immigrant Women Held by ICE Underwent Illegal Medical Procedures at Georgia Facility
By Linda Nwoke, A Journal Exclusive In September 2020, the news broke on a class-action lawsuit filed by former detainees at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, against several parti...
The Supreme Court Takes on Enforcement Priorities and Other Immigration Questions in its 2022 – 2023 Term
By Emma Winger, Immigration Impact The Supreme Court will tackle more hot button immigration issues in its 2022 – 2023 term. Front and center is the Biden administration’s effort to set immigratio...