Quotes & Media Coverage
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KFLY: Allegations of abuse and neglect at Louisiana ICE facility
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in collaboration with its partners, has filed a civil rights complaint and demanded the closure of a Louisiana ICE facility.
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting: Anthony Enriquez Appears on ‘The State We’re In’
In this episode of Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s The State We’re In, immigration experts examine a worrisome new trend: The Trump administration’s collaboration with local governments to repurpose state prisons into ICE detention facilities.
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Newsweek: Trump Admin’s $4.7 Million Deal With El Salvador Revealed in Court Filing
The Trump administration’s agreement with El Salvador to detain alleged criminal gang members has been made public for the first time, as part of a lawsuit challenging the use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA).
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The Marshall Project: The Next Alligator Alcatraz Could Be in Your State
Tags Share Immigrants held in detention are increasingly being sent to state and federal prisons, including many with troubling human rights records. This new practice has already led to abuses, as the unclear legal authority dictating the status of ICE detainees held in prisons means that they are often unable to contact their attorneys or
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The Intercept: Teen Immigrant’s Release Propels Lawsuit to End ICE’s Courthouse Arrests
Tags Share A Buffalo teen arrested outside of his asylum hearing has been released after a judge ruled his arrest was unlawful. Following this victory, the New York Civil Liberties Union and other organizations are suing the Trump administration to end courthouse arrests nationwide. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights staff attorney Sarah Gillman said, “We
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News4JAX: A man spent 88 days in solitary confinement at the Baker County ICE detention center. His experience led to a lawsuit
Tags Share Two immigrants are suing Florida’s Baker County Detention Center, alleging abuse in solitary confinement. Guillermo Serrabi says officers pressured him to sign deportation papers, assaulted him, and denied medical care during 88 days in isolation. A second lawsuit, filed by “Ana Doe,” claims she was punished after requesting menstrual products and strapped into
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Louisiana Illuminator: These civil rights advocates toured Louisiana ICE detention centers. Here’s what they saw.
Tags Share In late July, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement gave civil rights advocates access to three of Louisiana’s nine detention centers, including the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Alexandria that is now a hub for transfers from across the country. Advocates say the facilities, ringed with barbed wire and run like prisons, reveal
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Louisiana Illuminator, ‘The Light Switch’ podcast: Inside ICE’s Louisiana detention centers
Tags Share Last month, a group of civil rights advocates toured three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in Louisiana, part of a network of nine facilities that have processed tens of thousands of people this year under President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown. Among those on the tour were Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert
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Democrat and Chronicle: ICE detention center guards in Batavia NY used force improperly: audit
Tags Share Recent federal audits reveal that guards at an ICE immigration detention center in upstate New York improperly used force against individuals held there. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ Director of Strategic U.S. Litigation Sarah Gillman said, “The inappropriate use of force that was found in the audit are consistent with what the people
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New York Times: Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown in New York: More Arrests, Longer Detention
Tags Share Over three decades, Mr. Ceesay, 63, lived a simple life in the same Bronx apartment he has shared with other Gambians since arriving in New York, cheering the Knicks on television. Mr. Ceesay, who is illiterate, swept sidewalks in the Flatiron district in Manhattan for years until two heart attacks forced him to
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The New York Times: Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown in New York: More Arrests, Longer Detention
Tags Share In President Trump’s second term, ICE has ramped up deportations in NYC by arresting migrants during routine check-ins at immigration offices and courts. New data shows over 2,300 arrests since January, many of them longtime residents with no criminal record. Inside detention, migrants report inhumane conditions, including lack of medical care, overcrowding, and
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The Washington Post: ‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the megaprison where the U.S. deported migrants
Tags Share Deported by the U.S. under President Trump’s mass removal policy, over 250 Venezuelan migrants were secretly sent to El Salvador’s CECOT megaprison where they endured months of abuse, torture, and isolation. In a harrowing investigation by The Washington Post, detainees describe sexual assault, starvation, and beatings inside a facility built for gang members.
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