News & Commentary about Immigration Detention Conditions
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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
![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 young child holds on to her mother legs as they wait with other families to request political asylum in the United States, across the border in Tijuana, Mexico.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/DHS_ANNIVERSARY-Blog-V3-400x266.jpg)
Nov 23, 2022
20 Years Later, It’s Time to Overhaul the Department of Homeland Security
![Three women with raised fists, wearing masks with "BAN OFF OUR BODIES" printed on them and carrying a purple banner, lead other protestors at the Women's March Rally For Abortion Justice In Washington, D.C.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/ABORTION_PROTECTION_FOR_IMMIGRANTS-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Nov 21, 2022
Biden Administration Issues Policy Protecting Access to Abortion for Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth
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Aug 31, 2022
UN Racial Justice Experts Call on Biden to End the 287(g) Program
![Two detainees seen waiting through a window behind closed doors.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/06/ICE-Defense-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Jun 22, 2022
Without Access to Counsel, Detained Immigrants Face Increased Risks of Prolonged Detention and Unlawful Deportation
![A migrant leans on a fence of the Gateway International Bridge that connects downtown Matamoros, Mexico with Brownsville, Texas.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/04/MPP_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Apr 25, 2022
Trump’s Remain in Mexico Policy is at the Supreme Court. Here’s What's at Stake.
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Jan 27, 2022
Why Is America So Keen on Separating Families?