News & Commentary about Immigrants' Rights and Detention
![Immigrants' Rights and Detention image](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/news/news-by-issue-images/immigrants-rights_600.png)
![The silhouette of a hand holding on to a gate.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/05/manditory-detention-blog-400x266.jpg)
May 13, 2024
A Mistake Shouldn’t Mean Exile or Prolonged Mandatory Detention
![A man and woman with baggage at the border.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/02/cbp-immigration-items-full-bleed-400x266.jpg)
Feb 13, 2024
Border Patrol’s Abusive Practice of Taking Migrants’ Property Needs to End
![US Customs and Border Protection building facade.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/01/us-customs-and-border-protection-building-facade-b-400x266.jpg)
Jan 12, 2024
Government Agencies Shouldn't Be Allowed to Destroy Their Paper Trail of Medical Abuse and Neglect
![The exterior of an immigrant detention center.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/12/la-detention-blog-400x266.jpg)
Dec 7, 2023
We’re Making Sure People in Immigration Detention Know Their Rights
![American and Texas state flags flying on the dome of the Texas State Capitol building.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/11/american-and-texas-state-flags-b-400x266.jpg)
Nov 2, 2023
White Supremacy is Fueling Extreme Anti-Immigrant Policy in Texas
![A hand holding up a "With LGBT Refugees" sign.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/10/with-lgbtq-refugees-sign-b-400x266.jpg)
Oct 10, 2023
Asylum Seeker's Wrongful 6-Year Detention is Emblematic of a Broken System
![Protestors march in front of the ICE Company, The Geo Group building, demanding the end of private prisons.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/08/anti-private-prison-protest-geo-b-400x266.jpg)
Aug 7, 2023
Unchecked Growth: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention, Three Years Into the Biden Administration
![A photo of Maribel Hernandez Rivera and her husband.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/05/Maribel-banner-400x266.jpg)
May 11, 2023
The Fight for Asylum: An American Imperative
![Activists march to the White House to demand no asylum ban and no family detention.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/05/white-house-protest-banner-400x266.jpg)
May 5, 2023
Showing Up to Protect the Right to Seek Asylum
![Margarito Castañon Nava looks into the camera as he stands next to an American flag hanging from a wooden fence behind him on his right.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/04/margarito-flag-fb-400x266.jpg)
Apr 12, 2023
This Deceptive ICE Tactic Violates the Fourth Amendment