Immigration
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Gutting of Key US Watchdog Could Pave Way for Grave Immigration Abuses, Experts Warn The federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted so thoroughly that it could be laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to
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The Guardian: Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
A new investigation reveals that the Department of Homeland Security’s internal civil rights watchdog system has been dismantled to the point of near-collapse, just as the Trump administration accelerates aggressive immigration enforcement.
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The Independent: Miscarriages, infections, neglect: The pregnant women detained by ICE
Referencing a recent report from Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and partner organizations, The Independent details medical neglect and harrowing abuses against pregnant women inside ICE detention
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Trump Administration ‘Inadvertently’ Deported Transgender Woman to Mexico Despite Judge’s Concern she May Face Torture There The Trump administration admitted it “inadvertently” deported a transgender woman to Mexico this month after a judge ordered she not be removed to the country over fears she may be tortured or violently persecuted. The government has said
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The Guardian: Trump officials wrongly deport trans woman in violation of court order
A federal judge found that transgender woman Britania Uriostegui Rios would face significant risk of persecution or torture if she was deported to Mexico.
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POLITICO: Trump admin acknowledges another ‘inadvertent’ deportation despite court order
A federal judge found that transgender woman Britania Uriostegui Rios would face significant risk of persecution or torture if she was deported to Mexico.
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CNN: Trump administration ‘inadvertently’ deported transgender woman to Mexico despite judge’s concern she may face torture there
The Trump administration now admits it “inadvertently” deported transgender woman Britania Uriostegui Rios to Mexico despite a court order barring her return.
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Uriostegui Rios v. Trump: Freeing torture survivors from indefinite detention
This case asks whether the federal government can continue to detain someone who was granted deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture when there is no substantial likelihood it will be able to remove her to a third country in the foreseeable future.
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share ‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Human Rights Organizations Document Abuses in El Salvador Prison A report by Human Rights Watch and Central American rights group Cristosal alleges that dozens of Venezuelans deported from the United States to a Salvadoran prison earlier this year were subjected to torture and other serious abuses including sexual violence. The
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G.T. v. McShane: Fighting ICE surveillance
After lawsuit, government removes GPS ankle monitor of person released from detention by an immigration judge’s order of release on bond alone.
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N.N. v. McShane: Fighting ICE surveillance
Federal court rules ICE use of GPS surveillance is unconstitutional when an immigration judge ordered release from detention on bond alone.
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Private Prison Operator CoreCivic Saw 55% Increase in Immigration Detainee Contracts CoreCivic has seen a substantial increase in revenue over the past six months, driven by a steady rise in new federal government contracts signed as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based private prison operator announced its quarterly earnings Wednesday,
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