New York City – July 12, 2019: People taking part in the “Lights4Liberty” protests against President Trump’s planned ICE raids against immigrants and the detention centers alon...
U.S. Citizen Sues Pierce County for Unlawfully Detaining Him and Violating Constitutional Rights and State Law
Seattle, WA – Carlos Rios, a United States citizen, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington today against Pierce County and Pierce County Jail deputies, ...
ICE May Have Deported as Many as 70 US Citizens In the Last Five Years
By Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) keeps making an inexcusable error: it has been deporting U.S. citizens by mistake. 70 potential U.S. citizens were de...
Firsthand Experiences Inside ICE Facilities During the Pandemic Underscore Why Immigration Detention Should be Abolished
ICE Protest outside Bergen County Jail – Protester holding “Abolish ICE” sign marching at a protest. – Hackensack, New Jersey, USA – November 27th, 2020 (Shutterstock) By...
This is what happens when ICE asks Google for your user information
By Johana Bhuiyan, LA Times You’re scrolling through your Gmail inbox and see an email with a strange subject line: A string of numbers followed by “Notification from Google.” It may seem like a...
DOJ Appeals Ruling Limiting Immigrant Detentions Without a Court Hearing
By Paul Moses and Tim Healy, Documented NY The Biden administration has filed a notice to appeal a Manhattan federal judge’s groundbreaking order that limited immigrant detentions by instructing the...
Family Battles ICE For The Same Reason They Fled Their Home: They’re Muslim
No Muslim Ban sign at Protest Rally at the United States Supreme Court during demonstration against proposed ban on Muslim travel to the USA. Recorded June 26, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Shutterstock) ...
Stranded international college students feel abandoned. They are suing the US government.
By Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY Gemma Potter hit her breaking point in early February. After six months of being told she couldn’t come to America, the Australian basketball player, a key member of ...
Healey, feds sue over alleged immigration bond scam
By Sarah Betancourt, Commonwealth Magazine Attorney General Maura Healey and two other state AGs joined the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in its first major watchdog action under the Bi...
Not Enough Water, Toilets Full Of Human Excrement, No Showers: ICE Detainees In Texas Described The Storm’s Misery
By Adolfo Flores and Hamed Aleaziz, BuzzFeed As millions across Texas endured freezing temperatures without running water or electricity this week, immigrants detained by ICE said they have endured th...