immigrant detention

Already Killing People, ICE to Scale Up With Warehouse Detention

“No puedo respirar!” Geraldo Lunas Campos yelled as guards pinned him down. I can’t breathe. The moments leading up to…

February 17, 2026

ICE Resumes Immigrant Detention at Private Jail Known for Medical Abuse

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is again holding detainees at the southern Georgia jail it previously cut ties with amid allegations…

October 20, 2025

Legal Battle Emerges as ICE Denies Bail to All Undocumented Immigrants

Immigrant rights activists are fighting back against a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy that prevents all undocumented detainees…

July 30, 2025

Federal Court Blocks Texas From State-Level Immigration Enforcement

On July 3, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision that Texas' notorious Senate Bill 4…

July 10, 2025

“Alligator Alcatraz” ICE Detention Opens, Floods, and Begins Filling Beds

On July 1, President Donald Trump visited the Florida immigrant detention compound dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” On July 2, water began…

July 3, 2025

“We Haven’t Seen the Worst Yet”—Private Prisons Relish Trump Deportations Plan

Immigration was a dominant theme of President Donald Trump's speech to Congress on March 4, an antagonistic marathon of self-congratulation,…

March 6, 2025

Title 42, Weapon of the Imperialist US Drug War, Is Struck Down. Now What?

On November 15, a federal judge declared a policy commonly known as Title 42 to be unlawful. Implemented by the…

November 17, 2022

Biden Ending Federal Contracts With Private Prisons; Private ICE Detention Continues

On January 26, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive actions focused on racial equity. Among four orders issued,…

January 28, 2021

Detained Immigrants Face Retaliation Over COVID Hunger Strike

A group of immigrants under federal detention have reportedly been holding a hunger strike. Beginning on December 28, it took…

January 12, 2021