Border agents lied about boy's in-custody death. We still don't know if anyone was held accountable

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general confirmed last September that border agents lied about the in-custody death of a 16-year-old boy in May 2019. They’d claimed they’d checked …

Biden admin doesn't have to repeat past mistakes. It should release immigrants amid omicron surge

The number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 while in unnecessary federal immigration detention continues to skyrocket. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported 900 confirmed …

ICE is blocking Haitian asylum-seekers from accessing legal groups: 'It's racist, it's wrong'

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have refused to allow Haitian asylum-seekers detained at a New Mexico detention facility access to legal services that could determine their futures …

Lawmakers urge Biden admin to end Customs and Border Protection detention of pregnant immigrants

The Biden administration this past summer issued a policy limiting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of pregnant individuals. Now, a group of Senate Democrats is calling on …

Civil rights group files complaint on behalf of nearly 50 Haitian families abused in U.S. custody

Nearly 50 people who fled threatening conditions in Haiti, only to be detained under a bridge by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials for as long as ten days, have launched a civil rights …

'No testing being done': Black immigrants file complaint over harmful conditions, anti-Black abuses

Nine Black immigrants currently jailed at a Florida detention facility with a long history of inhumane conditions have filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …

DHS watchdog confirms detained immigrants had to sign liability form in order to get face masks

California’s Otay Mesa Detention Facility, a privately operated immigration prison where the first detained immigrant to die from COVID-19 had been held, has failed yet another unannounced inspection. …

Despite in-custody deaths, probe finds CBP failed on consistent medical screenings for migrants

 A quick Google search of “Customs and Border Protection” (CBP) and “medical attention” will bring up press release after press release pushed by the agency detailing care that border agents have …